Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  45

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 11/05/2004

(In Contracts)

Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
New York Board of Trade

Unfixed Call Sales Change From Previous Week Unfixed Call Purchases Change From Previous Week At Close
11/05/2004 		Change From Previous Week
December 2004 3,564 -937 5,837 -632 40,094 -1,675
March 2005 9,087 -408 2,396 13 30,596 4,745
May 2005 7,618 -317 756 0 6,108 583
July 2005 14,706 -111 327 22 7,027 299
October 2005 2,016 95 0 0 44 0
December 2005 3,652 22 319 82 3,955 677
March 2006 367 -39 0 0 421 13
May 2006 631 30 0 0 205 0
July 2006 752 30 72 0 50 50
October 2006 54 0 0 0 0 0
December 2006 30 30 0 0 0 0
March 2007 13 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 42,490 -1,605 9,707 -515 88,500 4,692

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 Walter Spilka
Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646) 746-9777.


Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
11/12/2004