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

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