Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 39**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 09/23/2005

**(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 09/23/2005	Change From Previous Week
October 2005	107	-1,149	151	-701	365	-2,127
December 2005	12,585	930 *	10,986	815	77,433	874
March 2006	13,458	733 *	359	-29	21,662	1,095
May 2006	9,803	307 *	936	0	2,092	125
July 2006	13,018	467 *	6,158	128	2,113	72
October 2006	2,115	56	226	0	1	0
December 2006	3,862	96	47	0	767	60
March 2007	260	0	0	0	3	0
May 2007	97	-10	1,085	30	2	0
July 2007	225	0	1,301	132	1	0
December 2007	0	0	1,003	0	0	0
March 2008	13	0	0	0	0	0
May 2008	0	-48	48	48	0	0
March 2009	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	55,556	1,382 *	22,300	423	104,439	99
¹ Merchants with futures positions of 100 or more contracts in one future. *Changes from the previous week are based on revised data for last week. 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 9/29/2005