Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 23**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 06/03/2005

**(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 06/03/2005	Change From Previous Week
July 2005	4,383	-3,253	1,495	-75	53,849	-11,118
October 2005	4,412	-897	750	276	4,399	1,858
December 2005	9,705	-1,452	10,419	835	30,231	5,364
March 2006	7,112	-424	272	22	3,639	438
May 2006	3,815	-357	47	0	853	220
July 2006	5,325	-334	2,750	62	866	288
October 2006	1,233	18	815	143	0	0
December 2006	2,112	-1	55	0	188	0
March 2007	139	0	0	0	0	0
May 2007	63	0	30	0	0	0
March 2008	13	0	0	0	0	0
May 2008	0	0	48	0	0	0
March 2009	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	38,325	-6,700	16,681	1,263	94,025	-2,950
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 6/9/2005