Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report  45

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 10/31/2008

(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
10/31/2008 		Change From Previous Week
December 2008 2,657   -348   6,064   -1,094   85,736   -9,910  
March 2009 8,844   -103   923   149   48,289   8,172  
May 2009 5,095   32   787   -5   9,456   714  
July 2009 9,924   605   878   30   13,790   -400  
October 2009 979   -1   40   0   111   1  
December 2009 6,597   -61   995   24   11,867   1,067  
March 2010 1,648   13   0   0   120   0  
May 2010 492   13   186   0   84   0  
July 2010 1,071   0   132   0   626   -3  
October 2010 13   0   0   0   8   0  
December 2010 157   0   0   0   872   10  
March 2011 42   0   0   0   10   0  
Totals 37,519   150   10,005   -896   170,969   -349  

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, November 6, 2008.
11/06/2008