Cotton On-Call Report

Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report  42

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 10/13/2006

(In Contracts)

Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
New York Board of Trade

Unfixed Call Sales Change From Previous Week Unfixed Call Purchases Change From Previous Week At Close
10/13/2006 		Change From Previous Week
October 2006 0   0   0   0   0   -7  
December 2006 6,651   -326   13,954   -1,730   118,524   -4,207  
March 2007 12,649   229   1,156   54   41,056   1,345  
May 2007 8,234   403   549   100   5,987   316  
July 2007 13,601   142   4,194   -35   5,112   153  
October 2007 1,552   -30   8   0   86   -3  
December 2007 3,129   0   502   -1   10,082   205  
March 2008 988   0   95   0   835   5  
May 2008 116   50   273   0   110   17  
July 2008 1,029   20   97   0   339   25  
December 2008 151   20   0   0   0   0  
March 2009 71   0   0   0   0   0  
March 2010 13   0   0   0   0   0  
Totals 48,184   508   20,828   -1,612   182,131   -2,151  

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
10/19/2006