Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 36**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 09/02/2005

**(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 09/02/2005	Change From Previous Week
October 2005	1,877	-942	1,341	-13	4,233	-574
December 2005	11,257	-1,028	11,590	-294	80,896	1,241
March 2006	11,460	-59	406	-547	18,354	1,898
May 2006	8,557	36	936	-140	1,769	125
July 2006	11,668	54	5,975	281	1,952	36
October 2006	1,958	-148	239	-156	0	0
December 2006	3,689	620	47	-39	692	24
March 2007	222	0	0	0	3	0
May 2007	77	0	1,085	0	2	0
July 2007	225	0	1,169	88	1	0
December 2007	0	0	1,003	0	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	51,016	-1,467	23,839	-820	107,902	2,750
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 9/8/2005