Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 38**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 09/17/2004

**(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 09/17/2004	Change From Previous Week
October 2004	218	-18	232	-213	2,045	-278
December 2004	7,174	-284	11,343	14	41,886	187
March 2005	9,740	20	413	35	15,213	535
May 2005	8,929	53	787	0	3,480	18
July 2005	16,626	87	122	0	4,721	465
October 2005	1,775	8	0	-1	31	-1
December 2005	3,681	53	4	0	1,790	29
March 2006	287	0	0	0	120	0
May 2006	581	0	0	0	0	0
July 2006	709	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	49,787	-81	12,951	-165	69,286	955
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 9/23/2004