Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  11

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 03/10/2006

(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
03/10/2006 		Change From Previous Week
March 2006 292   0   192   0   1,792   -506  
May 2006 10,277   -1,444   2,717   -241   88,515   -3,334  
July 2006 17,362   711   8,857   616   18,040   2,278  
October 2006 4,696   -64   459   95   481   75  
December 2006 7,212   46   7,499   636   11,643   1,265  
March 2007 2,213   42   55   0   1,784   11  
May 2007 1,144   15   290   0   106   -13  
July 2007 3,614   245   4,150   86   1,476   -5  
October 2007 52   0   0   0   20   0  
December 2007 1,348   36   0   0   64   6  
March 2008 143   83   0   0   0   0  
May 2008 0   0   248   0   0   0  
March 2009 13   0   0   0   0   0  
Totals 48,366   -330   24,467   1,192   123,921   -223  

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
3/16/2006