Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report 18

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 04/25/2008

(In Contracts)

Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
ICE Futures U.S.

Unfixed Call Sales Change From Previous Week Unfixed Call Purchases Change From Previous Week At Close
04/25/2008 		Change From Previous Week
May 2008 276   -1,650   0   -259   2,527   -14,485  
July 2008 17,822   -1,189   1,752   201   128,783   1,696  
October 2008 4,368   -8   124   -5   2,701   310  
December 2008 17,887   902   8,177   223   97,062   2,546  
March 2009 5,739   254   134   50   8,515   404  
May 2009 2,986   168   160   17   841   21  
July 2009 6,908   9   342   -15   1,533   128  
October 2009 412   0   377   15   71   3  
December 2009 5,296   70   227   35   3,362   -8  
March 2010 1,167   0   0   0   50   0  
May 2010 111   -13   10   0   0   0  
July 2010 148   0   132   0   1,331   0  
October 2010 0   0   0   0   7   0  
December 2010 148   0   0   0   106   0  
March 2011 29   0   0   0   0   0  
Totals 63,297   -1,457   11,435   262   246,889   -9,385  

1 Merchants with futures positions of 100 or more contracts in one future.

If you have any questions concerning this report, email [email protected] or call the Eastern Regional Office
at 646-746-9777.

Released after 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, May 1, 2008.
05/01/2008