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 05/07/2004

**(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 05/07/2004	Change From Previous Week
May 2004	0	-19	0	-66	71	-976
July 2004	4,327	-413	1,612	-39	49,049	-1,630
October 2004	1,357	100	1,352	41	1,452	-181
December 2004	5,923	497	8,200	1,314	25,233	598
March 2005	5,967	743	166	0	4,854	38
May 2005	4,182	295	170	0	836	0
July 2005	7,356	718	81	31	757	0
October 2005	449	42	0	0	2	0
December 2005	1,493	275	0	0	449	0
March 2006	121	0	0	0	76	0
May 2006	112	0	0	0	0	0
July 2006	119	0	50	0	0	0
March 2007	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	31,419	2,238	11,631	1,281	82,779	-2,151
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 5/13/2004