Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report  32

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 08/01/2008

(In Contracts)

Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
ICE Futures U.S.

Unfixed Call Sales Change From Previous Week Unfixed Call Purchases Change From Previous Week At Close
08/01/2008 		Change From Previous Week
October 2008 3,230   -396   423   25   5,095   -292  
December 2008 19,694   -598   10,343   35   168,224   2,138  
March 2009 12,107   502   319   -99   32,945   1,072  
May 2009 5,882   331   536   176   3,018   -64  
July 2009 11,261   580   369   -176   6,583   92  
October 2009 734   -155   329   -88   122   0  
December 2009 7,199   309   757   176   6,528   459  
March 2010 1,404   46   0   0   50   0  
May 2010 396   30   10   0   20   0  
July 2010 596   0   132   0   1,330   0  
October 2010 0   0   0   0   13   0  
December 2010 148   0   0   0   236   0  
March 2011 42   0   0   0   10   0  
Totals 62,693   649   13,218   49   224,174   3,405  

1 Merchants with futures positions of 100 or more contracts in one future.

If you have any questions concerning this report, email [email protected] or call the Eastern Regional
Office at 646-746-9777.

Released after 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, August 7, 2008.
08/07/2008
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