Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report  34

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 08/15/2008

(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
08/15/2008 		Change From Previous Week
October 2008 1,750   -436   245   -57   4,433   -66  
December 2008 13,704   -2,232 * 10,057   -39   161,666   473  
March 2009 12,346   178   321   0   32,975   -759  
May 2009 6,051   -14   400   16   3,307   197  
July 2009 11,173   -50   413   44   6,450   168  
October 2009 721   -13   40   0   116   -8  
December 2009 7,501   420   1,046   0   7,355   269  
March 2010 1,457   66   0   0   50   0  
May 2010 466   73   186   0   16   0  
July 2010 987   391   132   0   1,330   0  
October 2010 0   0   0   0   8   -5  
December 2010 148   0   0   0   228   -9  
March 2011 42   0   0   0   10   0  
Totals 56,346   -1,617 * 12,840   -36   217,944   260  

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 21, 2008.
08/21/2008
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