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 02/27/2004

**(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 02/27/2004	Change From Previous Week
March 2004	29	-138	199	-66	208	-1,005
May 2004	5,532	299	3,071	-429	49,829	-4,219
July 2004	14,087	52	537	-9	14,868	680
October 2004	1,926	-36	1,048	-51	665	70
December 2004	4,567	652	3,412	-534	8,764	1,351
March 2005	2,744	460	125	-24	1,620	496
May 2005	2,290	354	165	0	393	57
July 2005	3,347	516	50	50	591	155
October 2005	34	13	0	0	0	0
December 2005	1,417	0	0	0	162	2
March 2006	186	112	0	0	0	0
May 2006	0	-112	0	0	0	0
July 2006	119	0	50	50	0	0
Totals	36,278	2,172	8,657	-1,013	77,100	-2,413
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 3/4/2004