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 11/07/2003

**(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 11/07/2003	Change From Previous Week
December 2003	12,280	-4,244	4,431	-3,237	31,547	-18,549
March 2004	18,947	-1,476	8,492	-281	54,189	8,731
May 2004	8,665	180	958	48	10,548	440
July 2004	15,706	572	130	44	4,463	183
October 2004	2,175	-66	675	214	282	-1
December 2004	2,853	161	1,239	241	4,112	292
March 2005	1,178	-1	44	44	340	8
May 2005	1,155	0	0	0	76	0
July 2005	1,844	0	0	0	0	0
December 2005	1,270	0	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	66,378	-4,874	15,969	-2,927	105,557	-8,896
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 11/13/2003