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 08/17/2007

(In Contracts)

Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
New York Board of Trade

Unfixed Call Sales Change From Previous Week Unfixed Call Purchases Change From Previous Week At Close
08/17/2007 		Change From Previous Week
October 2007 3,676   -941   587   -3   5,858   354  
December 2007 16,275   -588   10,208   -319   128,858   -16,795  
March 2008 13,338   426   512   3   43,795   1,968  
May 2008 5,630   96   467   7   3,650   325  
July 2008 11,116   837   512   0   3,945   361  
October 2008 1,286   42   0   0   99   12  
December 2008 5,118   255   519   0   13,547   2,394  
March 2009 830   81   50   0   189   0  
May 2009 122   10   513   0   278   0  
July 2009 822   313   0   -53   2   2  
October 2009 74   0   0   0   0   0  
December 2009 1,109   0   97   53   0   0  
March 2010 324   0   0   0   0   0  
May 2010 13   0   0   0   0   0  
Totals 59,733   531   13,465   -312   200,221   -11,379  

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

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

Released after 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, August 23, 2007.
08/23/2007