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 09/19/2003

**(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 09/19/2003	Change From Previous Week
October 2003	848	-196	77	-158	1,358	-1,809
December 2003	7,929	-132	6,383	-501	63,391	7,634
March 2004	12,181	119	1,266	7	17,448	4,046
May 2004	7,778	344	1,628	-91	3,589	215
July 2004	12,180	364	89	0	2,870	146
October 2004	2,501	101	25	0	174	6
December 2004	2,783	24	23	0	978	182
March 2005	592	12	0	0	26	9
May 2005	545	7	0	0	29	2
July 2005	864	0	0	0	0	0
December 2005	496	-183	0	0	0	0
March 2006	190	129	0	0	0	0
May 2006	112	0	0	0	0	0
July 2006	119	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	49,118	589	9,491	-743	89,863	10,431
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 Vincent G. Varisano Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646) 746-9775. Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time 9/25/2003