Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  5

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 01/28/2005

(In Contracts)

Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
New York Board of Trade

Unfixed Call Sales Change From Previous Week Unfixed Call Purchases Change From Previous Week At Close
01/28/2005 		Change From Previous Week
March 2005 4,661 -2,151 1,725 109 53,092 -10,852
May 2005 7,149 -940 1,306 173 16,991 1,117
July 2005 12,941 -918 1,130 19 11,182 -225
October 2005 3,113 213 161 0 490 9
December 2005 5,031 -375 2,078 332 7,091 1,208
March 2006 647 17 0 0 1,306 289
May 2006 998 6 0 0 467 55
July 2006 1,007 -5 458 88 218 55
October 2006 121 0 0 0 0 0
December 2006 226 0 0 0 125 125
March 2007 26 0 0 0 0 0
March 2008 13 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35,933 -4,153 6,858 721 90,962 -8,219

1 Merchants with futures positions of 100 or more contracts in one future.

Effective January 20, 2005, the level of special account status in cotton
increased from futures positions of 50 contracts or more in one future
to 100 contracts or more.

This report is published by the Commission's Division of Market Oversight.
If you have any questions concerning this report, call Walter Spilka
Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646) 746-9777.


Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
2/3/2005