Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  34

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 08/20/2004

(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
08/20/2004 		Change From Previous Week
October 2004 450 28 1,113 -429 2,876 107
December 2004 7,197 15 11,178 -218 46,853 -7,195
March 2005 9,624 181 146 -247 13,331 -47
May 2005 8,915 89 844 13 3,347 -25
July 2005 15,916 119 135 0 4,092 172
October 2005 1,638 15 0 0 32 0
December 2005 3,394 34 4 0 2,035 85
March 2006 266 0 0 0 79 0
May 2006 566 0 0 0 0 0
July 2006 680 0 50 0 0 0
October 2006 54 0 0 0 0 0
December 2006 62 0 0 0 0 0
March 2007 75 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 48,837 481 13,470 -881 72,645 -6,903

1 Merchants with futures positions of 50 or more contracts in one future.

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

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
8/26/2004