Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  7

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 02/10/2006

(In Contracts)

Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
New York Board of Trade

Unfixed Call Sales Change From Previous Week Unfixed Call Purchases Change From Previous Week At Close
02/10/2006 		Change From Previous Week
March 2006 9,771 -2,709 1,390 -475 42,089 -34,069
May 2006 13,862 739 2,051 333 70,115 29,509
July 2006 17,592 1,133 7,276 158 9,401 1,212
October 2006 4,119 723 376 99 270 25
December 2006 6,654 271 4,893 600 7,637 647
March 2007 1,127 179 48 0 1,703 90
May 2007 656 156 290 0 32 0
July 2007 2,335 1,279 4,020 -66 1,379 199
October 2007 43 0 0 0 10 0
December 2007 513 348 0 0 42 31
March 2008 30 17 0 0 0 0
May 2008 0 0 248 0 0 0
March 2009 13 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 56,715 2,136 20,592 649 132,678 -2,356

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
2/16/2006