Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  13

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 03/24/2006

(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
03/24/2006 		Change From Previous Week
May 2006 5,559   -3,906   1,964   -489   90,873   1,626  
July 2006 15,279   -2,019   8,698   -197   26,261   3,520  
October 2006 4,867   146   1,093   713   1,441   780  
December 2006 8,729   513   8,530   781   15,584   1,990  
March 2007 3,012   736   55   0   2,079   257  
May 2007 1,578   400   290   0   106   0  
July 2007 5,036   1,016   4,285   -27   1,368   -150  
October 2007 101   62   0   0   20   0  
December 2007 1,431   -13   0   0   409   184  
March 2008 143   0   0   0   0   0  
May 2008 0   0   248   0   0   0  
March 2009 13   0   0   0   0   0  
Totals 45,748   -3,065   25,163   781   138,141   8,207  

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
3/30/2006