Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 43**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 10/24/2003

**(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 10/24/2003	Change From Previous Week
December 2003	11,914	2,187 *	8,556	1,971 *	61,039	-8,127
March 2004	20,849	3,453 *	8,766	3,360 *	39,292	9,149
May 2004	8,647	-90 *	994	125	8,774	976
July 2004	14,495	385 *	80	11	3,969	138
October 2004	2,569	11	201	35 *	266	13
December 2004	2,501	-247	819	346	2,926	760
March 2005	1,182	0	0	0	291	86
May 2005	1,155	0	0	0	76	19
July 2005	1,963	119	0	0	0	0
December 2005	1,270	71	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	66,850	5,889 *	19,416	5,848 *	116,633	3,014
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 10/30/2003