Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 32**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 08/05/2005

**(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 08/05/2005	Change From Previous Week
October 2005	3,734	-87	1,673	12	5,642	-127
December 2005	11,829	-43	13,001	349	73,729	-659
March 2006	11,217	197	333	61	10,982	888
May 2006	7,375	34	1,656	1,005	1,415	-14
July 2006	10,720	248	3,913	-702	1,818	-47
October 2006	1,585	11	517	460	0	0
December 2006	3,412	325	0	-428	464	0
March 2007	188	0	0	0	0	0
May 2007	77	0	954	0	2	0
July 2007	141	-84	852	52	0	0
December 2007	0	0	990	31	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	50,304	601	23,937	840	94,052	41
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 8/11/2005