Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 19**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 05/06/2005

**(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 05/06/2005	Change From Previous Week
May 2005	210	-76	461	-38	1,938	-459
July 2005	12,656	-1,850	1,938	-193	82,471	-13,094
October 2005	5,467	-71	431	41	2,368	-331
December 2005	10,633	149	10,744	852	19,164	2,527
March 2006	7,174	823	153	2	2,684	111
May 2006	3,919	496	40	0	595	41
July 2006	5,548	857	2,329	44	557	1
October 2006	1,074	200	468	0	0	0
December 2006	2,084	456	11	0	183	5
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	48,917	984	16,653	708	109,960	-11,199
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 5/12/2005