Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  8

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 02/18/2005

(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
02/18/2005 		Change From Previous Week
March 2005 50 -2,749 769 -609 1,695 -23,815
May 2005 7,636 915 1,478 30 59,750 14,774
July 2005 13,415 851 1,529 228 15,465 3,038
October 2005 4,178 1,127 238 77 1,096 464
December 2005 5,302 261 2,551 262 8,601 131
March 2006 987 305 88 88 1,504 10
May 2006 1,274 232 0 0 641 5
July 2006 1,329 232 857 174 218 0
October 2006 276 20 0 0 0 0
December 2006 226 0 0 0 125 0
March 2007 108 82 0 0 0 0
March 2008 13 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34,794 1,276 7,510 250 89,095 -5,393

1 Merchants with futures positions of 100 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
2/24/2005