Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 35**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 08/26/2005

**(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 08/26/2005	Change From Previous Week
October 2005	2,819	98	1,354	-119	4,807	-9
December 2005	12,285	1,149	11,884	-809	79,655	643
March 2006	11,519	305	953	643	16,456	1,157
May 2006	8,521	321	1,076	165	1,644	45
July 2006	11,614	263	5,694	505	1,916	13
October 2006	2,106	301	395	249	0	0
December 2006	3,069	-481	86	-350	668	-10
March 2007	222	34	0	0	3	0
May 2007	77	0	1,085	18	2	0
July 2007	225	0	1,081	0	1	0
December 2007	0	0	1,003	13	0	0
March 2008	13	0	0	0	0	0
May 2008	0	0	48	0	0	0
March 2009	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	52,483	1,990	24,659	315	105,152	1,839
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 9/1/2005