Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 44**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 10/28/2005

**(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 10/28/2005	Change From Previous Week
December 2005	11,477	-116	6,243	690	76,721	-7,027
March 2006	14,108	464	955	320	32,676	3,339
May 2006	10,024	102	1,102	-196	3,619	157
July 2006	13,521	265	6,772	341	2,948	-53
October 2006	2,321	15	252	0	63	-1
December 2006	3,898	4	49	0	1,429	66
March 2007	260	0	0	0	3	0
May 2007	162	-590	1,577	0	2	0
July 2007	312	14	2,013	27	4	0
December 2007	0	0	1,036	0	0	0
March 2008	13	0	0	0	0	0
May 2008	0	0	248	0	0	0
March 2009	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	56,109	158	20,247	1,182	117,465	-3,519
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 11/3/2005