Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 4**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 01/20/2006

**(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 01/20/2006	Change From Previous Week
March 2006	12,648	-1,117	2,706	-913	86,011	1,507
May 2006	10,871	465	1,296	-129	24,059	2,422
July 2006	14,648	11	7,550	84	5,842	409
October 2006	3,099	79	274	0	121	16
December 2006	5,673	-211	2,104	261	4,681	428
March 2007	781	39	48	0	654	296
May 2007	375	0	290	0	32	0
July 2007	1,306	278	4,209	-22	400	207
October 2007	21	0	0	0	10	10
December 2007	24	10	0	0	6	4
March 2008	13	0	0	0	0	0
May 2008	0	0	248	0	0	0
March 2009	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	49,472	-446	18,725	-719	121,816	5,299
¹ Merchants with futures positions of 100 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 Walter Spilka, Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646) 746-9777. Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time 1/26/2006