Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 27**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 07/01/2005

**(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 07/01/2005	Change From Previous Week
July 2005	13	-174	113	-287	1,709	-696
October 2005	4,294	12	1,517	91	6,718	-473
December 2005	10,240	-655	12,080	-583	73,610	3,221
March 2006	8,391	245	224	-64	6,753	1,213
May 2006	5,270	444	627	568	1,292	15
July 2006	7,555	307	2,948	91	1,601	54
October 2006	1,370	149	315	-500	0	0
December 2006	2,996	67	981	926	225	-15
March 2007	139	0	595	595	0	0
May 2007	77	14	30	0	0	0
July 2007	84	84	489	97	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	40,455	493	19,967	934	91,908	3,319
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 7/7/2005