Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report  41

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 10/03/2008

(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
10/03/2008 		Change From Previous Week
October 2008 18   -160   0   -150 * 11   -431  
December 2008 5,709   -1,136 * 9,771   -414 * 122,967   -11,391  
March 2009 10,544   -531 * 433   -80   38,124   -392  
May 2009 5,204   -594   680   2   7,382   689  
July 2009 10,341   -420   848   83   11,253   -157  
October 2009 952   0   40   0   115   1  
December 2009 7,196   -246 * 930   115   9,660   292  
March 2010 1,648   0   0   0   75   0  
May 2010 483   14   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   781   38  
March 2011 42   0   0   0   10   0  
Totals 43,347   -3,073 * 13,020   -444 * 191,757   -11,351  

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

* Changes from the previous week are based on revised data for last week.

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 9, 2008.
10/09/2008
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