Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  7

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 02/13/2004

(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
02/13/2004
Change From Previous Week
March 2004 2,250 -3,129 2,210 -1,994 14,211 -21,201
May 2004 4,863 -2,494 2,044 433 46,370 15,078
July 2004 14,944 -1,245 423 6 11,089 1,485
October 2004 1,958 -166 1,098 13 580 32
December 2004 3,721 -886 3,776 126 6,376 -87
March 2005 2,223 8 100 11 963 26
May 2005 1,834 92 165 88 339 0
July 2005 2,664 100 0 0 243 6
December 2005 1,403 0 0 0 160 47
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 36,165 -7,720 9,816 -1,317 80,331 -4,614

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 Walter Spilka
Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646) 746-9777.


Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
2/19/2004