Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  46

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 11/12/2004

(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
11/12/2004 		Change From Previous Week
December 2004 2,980 -584 3,946 -1,891 24,113 -15,981
March 2005 9,122 35 2,579 183 44,865 14,269
May 2005 7,141 -477 767 11 7,098 990
July 2005 14,372 -334 300 -27 8,676 1,649
October 2005 2,032 16 0 0 64 20
December 2005 3,623 -29 322 3 4,825 870
March 2006 357 -10 0 0 844 423
May 2006 631 0 0 0 295 90
July 2006 752 0 72 0 100 50
October 2006 54 0 0 0 0 0
December 2006 30 0 0 0 0 0
March 2007 13 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 41,107 -1,383 7,986 -1,721 90,880 2,380

1 Merchants with futures positions of 50 or more contracts in one future.

Cotton On Call Report No. 47 for the week ending November 19, 2004 will be
published on Friday, November 26, 2004 at 3:00 PM because of the
Thanksgiving holiday.

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
11/18/2004