Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 35**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 08/27/2004

**(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 08/27/2004	Change From Previous Week
October 2004	392	-58	803	-310	2,795	-81
December 2004	7,200	3	11,985	807	44,318	-2,535
March 2005	9,630	6	184	38	13,482	151
May 2005	9,007	92	856	12	3,499	152
July 2005	16,105	189	135	0	4,508	416
October 2005	1,646	8	0	0	32	0
December 2005	3,523	129	4	0	1,828	-207
March 2006	204	-62	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	0	-62	0	0	0	0
March 2007	13	-62	0	0	0	0
Totals	49,020	183	14,017	547	70,541	-2,104
¹ Merchants with futures positions of 50 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 9/2/2004