Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report 44

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 10/24/2008

(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
10/24/2008 		Change From Previous Week
December 2008 3,005   -690   7,158   -345   95,646   -5,024  
March 2009 8,947   -152   774   240   40,117   1,977  
May 2009 5,063   44   792   99   8,742   1,308  
July 2009 9,319   -91   848   0   14,190   3,015  
October 2009 980   32   40   0   110   2  
December 2009 6,658   -53   971   14   10,800   567  
March 2010 1,635   0   0   0   120   0  
May 2010 479   0   186   0   84   7  
July 2010 1,071   0   132   0   629   -462  
October 2010 13   0   0   0   8   0  
December 2010 157   0   0   0   862   19  
March 2011 42   0   0   0   10   0  
Totals 37,369   -910   10,901   8   171,318   1,409  

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 30, 2008.
10/30/2008