Cotton On-Call Report

Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report  44

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 10/27/2006

(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
10/27/2006 		Change From Previous Week
December 2006 5,647   57   11,778   -1,863   108,647   -5,972  
March 2007 13,107   40   2,742   664   48,692   4,436  
May 2007 8,506   134   549   0   6,976   704  
July 2007 14,145   227   3,836   -81   6,938   515  
October 2007 1,849   83   8   0   99   0  
December 2007 3,280   42   1,901   89   10,432   569  
March 2008 988   0   0   0   879   42  
May 2008 133   0   368   0   110   0  
July 2008 1,236   22   97   0   357   0  
December 2008 151   0   0   0   0   0  
March 2009 71   0   0   0   0   0  
March 2010 13   0   0   0   0   0  
Totals 49,126   605   21,279   -1,191   183,130   294  

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
11/02/2006