Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report  50

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 12/05/2008

(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
12/05/2008 		Change From Previous Week
December 2008 117   0   0   0   188   -65  
March 2009 7,545   -341   1,755   26   79,919   -566  
May 2009 4,955   -10   2,195   232   17,196   2,668  
July 2009 9,246   -207   1,430   356   16,763   524  
October 2009 950   -49   40   0   240   87  
December 2009 6,062   -182   1,245   156   13,886   296  
March 2010 1,622   0   176   0   149   29  
May 2010 535   8   10   0   109   25  
July 2010 1,135   21   310   178   623   -3  
October 2010 13   0   0   0   8   0  
December 2010 164   0   0   0   907   0  
March 2011 42   0   0   0   13   0  
May 2011 0   0   5   0   0   0  
Totals 32,386   -760   7,166   948   130,001   2,995  

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, December 11, 2008.
12/11/2008
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