Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report  52

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 12/19/2008

(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
12/19/2008 		Change From Previous Week
December 2008 0   0   0   0   0   -139  
March 2009 9,039   1,257 * 1,785   41   70,093   -5,002  
May 2009 5,458   311   2,204   10   19,072   -170  
July 2009 9,701   163   1,432   0   17,772   88  
October 2009 1,025   110   40   0   253   13  
December 2009 6,346   236   1,378   108   15,316   1,007  
March 2010 1,622   0   176   0   168   22  
May 2010 557   22   10   0   109   0  
July 2010 1,135   0   310   0   626   3  
October 2010 13   0   0   0   8   0  
December 2010 164   0   0   0   974   11  
March 2011 42   0   0   0   13   0  
May 2011 0   0   5   0   0   0  
Totals 35,102   2,099 * 7,340   159   124,404   -4,167  

1 Merchants with futures positions of 100 or more contracts in one future.

*Changes from the previous week are based on revised data for last week.

Because of the holiday on January 1, the On-Call Cotton Report No. 53 will be
published January 2 at 3:30 P.M.

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 29, 2008.
12/29/2008
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