Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 8**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 02/17/2006

**(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 02/17/2006	Change From Previous Week
March 2006	5,303	-4,468	702	-688	10,993	-31,096
May 2006	14,748	886	2,735	684	94,144	24,029
July 2006	17,639	47	8,072	796	10,238	837
October 2006	4,417	298	376	0	263	-7
December 2006	6,831	177	5,218	325	7,890	253
March 2007	1,139	12	50	2	1,724	21
May 2007	665	9	290	0	32	0
July 2007	2,365	30	4,020	0	1,412	33
October 2007	52	9	0	0	10	0
December 2007	622	109	0	0	44	2
March 2008	30	0	0	0	0	0
May 2008	0	0	248	0	0	0
March 2009	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	53,824	-2,891	21,711	1,119	126,750	-5,928
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 2/23/2006