Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 31**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 07/30/2004

**(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 07/30/2004	Change From Previous Week
October 2004	691	-857	1,598	-696	3,204	-432
December 2004	9,523	-622	12,010	-34	55,791	179
March 2005	9,163	-22	164	12	13,011	245
May 2005	8,724	75	1,252	2	2,973	440
July 2005	14,812	-278	127	0	3,041	1,154
October 2005	1,302	286	0	0	25	0
December 2005	2,860	493	0	0	1,684	169
March 2006	265	9	0	0	79	0
May 2006	565	0	0	0	0	0
July 2006	680	0	50	0	0	0
October 2006	54	0	0	0	0	0
December 2006	61	0	0	0	0	0
March 2007	74	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	48,774	-916	15,201	-716	79,808	1,755
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 8/5/2004