Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 40**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 10/03/2003

**(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 10/03/2003	Change From Previous Week
October 2003	139	-8	0	0	345	-14
December 2003	9,171	852	7,541	677	69,342	2,767
March 2004	13,106	169	1,253	15	20,411	823
May 2004	8,395	268	1,546	-20	4,641	486
July 2004	13,575	686	89	0	3,102	155
October 2004	2,572	48	25	0	185	-15
December 2004	2,863	45	23	0	1,034	35
March 2005	642	52	0	0	34	5
May 2005	764	0	0	0	40	0
July 2005	1,083	0	0	0	0	0
December 2005	679	0	0	0	0	0
March 2006	74	0	0	0	0	0
May 2006	112	0	0	0	0	0
July 2006	119	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	53,294	2,112	10,477	672	99,134	4,242
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 10/9/2003