Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 41**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 10/07/2005

**(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 10/07/2005	Change From Previous Week
October 2005	0	-107	0	-131	0	-12
December 2005	14,381	-527	9,210	-876	79,838	611
March 2006	13,148	262	570	20	25,901	474
May 2006	9,674	31	936	0	2,180	35
July 2006	12,672	-145	6,669	-11	2,413	136
October 2006	2,178	16	226	0	64	20
December 2006	3,829	-6	49	-5	1,266	335
March 2007	260	0	0	0	3	0
May 2007	152	55	1,180	1,044	2	0
July 2007	298	73	1,570	225	1	0
December 2007	0	0	1,036	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	56,618	-348	21,494	266	111,668	1,599
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 10/13/2005