Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report  53

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 12/26/2008

(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
12/26/2008 		Change From Previous Week
March 2009 7,659   -1,380   1,780   -5   69,467   -626  
May 2009 5,570   112   2,193   -11   19,325   253  
July 2009 9,843   142   1,432   0   17,683   -89  
October 2009 1,025   0   40   0   253   0  
December 2009 6,411   65   1,378   0   15,297   -19  
March 2010 1,649   27   176   0   168   0  
May 2010 548   -9   10   0   109   0  
July 2010 1,135   0   310   0   637   11  
October 2010 13   0   0   0   8   0  
December 2010 164   0   0   0   974   0  
March 2011 42   0   0   0   13   0  
May 2011 0   0   5   0   0   0  
Totals 34,059   -1,043   7,324   -16   123,934   -470  

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, January 2, 2009.
01/02/2009
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