Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 28**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 07/08/2005

**(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 07/08/2005	Change From Previous Week
July 2005	13	0	0	-113	27	-1,682
October 2005	4,019	-275	1,451	-66	6,647	-71
December 2005	10,510	270	11,176	-904	75,042	1,432
March 2006	8,310	-81	239	15	7,137	384
May 2006	5,290	20	631	4	1,289	-3
July 2006	7,669	114	3,020	72	1,645	44
October 2006	1,267	-103	800	485	0	0
December 2006	2,983	-13	483	-498	304	79
March 2007	139	0	384	-211	0	0
May 2007	77	0	30	0	0	0
July 2007	225	141	668	179	0	0
December 2007	0	0	381	381	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	40,528	73	19,311	-656	92,091	183
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 7/14/2005