Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 43**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 10/21/2005

**(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 10/21/2005	Change From Previous Week
December 2005	11,593	-2,346	5,553	-1,605	83,748	-2,937
March 2006	13,644	306	635	-2	29,337	618
May 2006	9,922	48	1,298	362	3,462	530
July 2006	13,256	74	6,431	225	3,001	80
October 2006	2,306	-16	252	26	64	0
December 2006	3,894	-27	49	0	1,363	5
March 2007	260	0	0	0	3	0
May 2007	752	600	1,577	260	2	0
July 2007	298	0	1,986	84	4	0
December 2007	0	0	1,036	0	0	0
March 2008	13	0	0	0	0	0
May 2008	0	0	248	200	0	0
March 2009	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	55,951	-1,361	19,065	-450	120,984	-1,704
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 10/27/2005