Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 18**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 04/29/2005

**(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 04/29/2005	Change From Previous Week
May 2005	286	-362	499	85	2,397	-3,225
July 2005	14,506	303	2,131	-465	95,565	7,342
October 2005	5,538	345	390	-351	2,699	128
December 2005	10,484	584	9,892	268	16,637	2,126
March 2006	6,351	291	151	31	2,573	190
May 2006	3,423	138	40	0	554	0
July 2006	4,691	143	2,285	408	556	43
October 2006	874	134	468	468	0	0
December 2006	1,628	10	11	11	178	15
March 2007	139	0	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	47,933	1,586	15,945	455	121,159	6,619
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 5/5/2005