Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 38**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 09/16/2005

**(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 09/16/2005	Change From Previous Week
October 2005	1,256	-203	852	-26	2,492	-912
December 2005	11,653	435	10,171	-635	76,559	-459
March 2006	12,688	1,038	388	9	20,567	392
May 2006	9,491	1,003	936	0	1,967	-36
July 2006	12,538	973	6,030	6	2,041	-9
October 2006	2,059	124	226	-13	1	0
December 2006	3,766	26	47	0	707	-23
March 2007	260	13	0	0	3	0
May 2007	107	30	1,055	-30	2	0
July 2007	225	0	1,169	0	1	0
December 2007	0	0	1,003	0	0	0
March 2008	13	0	0	0	0	0
May 2008	48	48	0	-48	0	0
March 2009	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	54,117	3,487	21,877	-737	104,340	-1,047
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 9/22/2005