Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 5**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 01/27/2006

**(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 01/27/2006	Change From Previous Week
March 2006	12,717	69	2,508	-198	85,220	-791
May 2006	11,855	984	1,532	236	27,601	3,542
July 2006	15,697	1,049	7,445	-105	6,854	1,012
October 2006	3,387	288	274	0	162	41
December 2006	6,038	365	3,526	1,422	5,904	1,223
March 2007	859	78	48	0	1,229	575
May 2007	406	31	290	0	32	0
July 2007	1,210	-96	4,286	77	705	305
October 2007	21	0	0	0	10	0
December 2007	44	20	0	0	7	1
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	52,260	2,788	20,157	1,432	127,724	5,908
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 2/2/2006