Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 42**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 10/17/2003

**(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 10/17/2003	Change From Previous Week
October 2003	0	0	0	0	0	-180
December 2003	9,730	1,031	6,688	719	69,166	-4,896
March 2004	17,390	4,042	5,376	4,134	30,143	6,836
May 2004	8,717	136	869	-537	7,798	1,794
July 2004	14,152	298	69	-15	3,831	376
October 2004	2,558	7	72	47	253	6
December 2004	2,748	-100	473	450	2,166	927
March 2005	1,182	540	0	0	205	94
May 2005	1,155	360	0	0	57	5
July 2005	1,844	720	0	0	0	0
December 2005	1,199	520	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	60,980	7,554	13,547	4,798	113,619	4,962
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 10/23/2003