Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report 39

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 09/26/2003

(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
09/26/2003
Change From Previous Week
October 2003 147 -701 0 -77 359 -999
December 2003 8,319 390 6,864 481 66,575 3,184
March 2004 12,937 756 1,238 -28 19,588 2,140
May 2004 8,127 349 1,566 -62 4,155 566
July 2004 12,889 709 89 0 2,947 77
October 2004 2,524 23 25 0 200 26
December 2004 2,818 35 23 0 999 21
March 2005 590 -2 0 0 29 3
May 2005 764 219 0 0 40 11
July 2005 1,083 219 0 0 0 0
December 2005 679 183 0 0 0 0
March 2006 74 -116 0 0 0 0
May 2006 112 0 0 0 0 0
July 2006 119 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 51,182 2,064 9,805 314 94,892 5,029

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
10/2/2003