Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 36**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 09/03/2004

**(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 09/03/2004	Change From Previous Week
October 2004	306	-86	497	-306	2,421	-374
December 2004	7,927	727	11,988	3	41,899	-2,419
March 2005	9,963	333	398	214	14,214	732
May 2005	9,110	103	835	-21	3,346	-153
July 2005	16,536	431	122	-13	4,350	-158
October 2005	1,781	135	0	0	32	0
December 2005	3,605	82	4	0	1,760	-68
March 2006	265	61	0	0	120	41
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	0	0	0	0	0
March 2007	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	50,806	1,786	13,894	-123	68,142	-2,399
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 9/9/2004