Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 9**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 02/25/2005

**(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 02/25/2005	Change From Previous Week
March 2005	0	-50	337	-432	557	-1,138
May 2005	7,421	-215	1,694	216	73,137	13,387
July 2005	13,761	346	1,667	138	17,168	1,703
October 2005	4,650	472	161	-77	1,318	222
December 2005	5,605	303	2,614	63	8,502	-99
March 2006	980	-7	88	0	1,503	-1
May 2006	1,333	59	0	0	642	1
July 2006	1,311	-18	1,092	235	218	0
October 2006	287	11	0	0	0	0
December 2006	226	0	0	0	130	5
March 2007	108	0	0	0	0	0
March 2008	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	35,695	901	7,653	143	103,175	14,080
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 3/3/2005