Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report  33

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

(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
08/08/2008 		Change From Previous Week
October 2008 2,186   -1,037 * 302   -121   4,499   -596  
December 2008 15,931   -3,753 * 10,096   -247   161,193   -7,031  
March 2009 12,168   43 * 321   2   33,734   789  
May 2009 6,065   183   384   -152   3,110   92  
July 2009 11,223   -38   369   0   6,282   -301  
October 2009 734   0   40   -289   124   2  
December 2009 7,081   -118   1,046   289   7,086   558  
March 2010 1,391   -13   0   0   50   0  
May 2010 393   -3   186   176   16   -4  
July 2010 596   0   132   0   1,330   0  
October 2010 0   0   0   0   13   0  
December 2010 148   0   0   0   237   1  
March 2011 42   0   0   0   10   0  
Totals 57,958   -4,736 * 12,876   -342   217,684   -6,490  

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

*Changes from the previous week are based on revised data for last week.

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 14, 2008.
08/14/2008
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