Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report  40

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 09/26/2008

(In Contracts)

Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
ICE Futures U.S.

Unfixed Call Sales Change From Previous Week Unfixed Call Purchases Change From Previous Week At Close
09/26/2008 		Change From Previous Week
October 2008 178   -88   176   4   442   -2,675  
December 2008 7,019   221   10,232   376   134,358   -1,352  
March 2009 11,049   -411   513   0   38,516   -852  
May 2009 5,798   59   678   1   6,693   26  
July 2009 10,761   75   765   0   11,410   220  
October 2009 952   0   40   0   114   0  
December 2009 7,420   88   815   0   9,368   -179  
March 2010 1,648   13   0   0   75   0  
May 2010 469   13   186   0   41   0  
July 2010 1,062   0   132   0   1,330   0  
October 2010 0   0   0   0   8   0  
December 2010 148   0   0   0   743   21  
March 2011 42   0   0   0   10   0  
Totals 46,546   -30   13,537   381   203,108   -4,791  

1 Merchants with futures positions of 100 or more contracts in one future.

If you have any questions concerning this report, email [email protected] or call the Eastern Regional
Office at 646-746-9777.

Released after 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, October 2, 2008.
10/02/2008
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