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 01/30/2004

**(In Contracts)**
Futures Based On:	Call Cotton Based New York				Open Futures Contracts New York Board of Trade
Futures Based On:	Unfixed Call Sales	Change From Previous Week	Unfixed Call Purchases	Change From Previous Week	At Close 01/30/2004	Change From Previous Week
March 2004	5,434	-4,727	3,777	-2,118	46,779	-17,443
May 2004	6,916	-1,066	1,137	308	25,983	6,189
July 2004	16,270	-591	301	0	8,033	439
October 2004	2,134	-15	1,062	26	534	115
December 2004	3,886	341	3,460	593	6,033	220
March 2005	2,758	268	8	0	904	81
May 2005	1,588	193	79	0	219	0
July 2005	2,383	185	0	0	209	0
December 2005	1,403	58	0	0	113	4
March 2006	74	0	0	0	0	0
May 2006	112	0	0	0	0	0
July 2006	119	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	43,077	-5,354	9,824	-1,191	88,807	-10,395
¹ Merchants with futures positions of 50 or more contracts in one future. This report is published by the Commission's Division of Market Oversight. If you have any questions concerning this report, call Vincent G. Varisano Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646) 746-9775. Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time 2/5/2004