Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  14

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 04/01/2005

(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
04/01/2005
Change From Previous Week
May 2005 5,988 -175 1,297 -221 71,210 -3,797
July 2005 13,835 -4 2,110 -74 31,440 5,680
October 2005 4,961 -77 805 196 1,557 -29
December 2005 8,335 -30 7,773 56 13,730 2,489
March 2006 5,131 209 32 -10 2,163 121
May 2006 2,836 74 30 0 554 -11
July 2006 3,792 106 1,465 13 479 -3
October 2006 533 0 0 0 0 0
December 2006 1,560 17 0 0 156 18
March 2007 131 18 0 0 0 0
May 2007 0 0 30 0 0 0
March 2008 13 0 0 0 0 0
May 2008 0 0 48 0 0 0
Totals 47,115 138 13,590 -40 121,289 4,468

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
4/7/2005