Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  46

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 11/11/2005

(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
11/11/2005 		Change From Previous Week
December 2005 5,957 -3,223 4,174 -237 * 31,755 -33,896
March 2006 15,490 497 1,982 375 62,623 21,434
May 2006 10,568 139 1,073 -44 7,101 1,829
July 2006 14,440 265 7,002 226 * 3,557 346
October 2006 2,311 14 252 0 63 0
December 2006 4,093 182 181 0 1,588 110
March 2007 317 57 26 26 3 0
May 2007 199 37 611 -966 2 0
July 2007 327 15 2,073 17 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 53,728 -2,017 18,658 -603 * 106,696 -10,177

1 Merchants with futures positions of 100 or more contracts in one future.

* Changes from the previous week are based on revised data for last week.

Cotton On Call Report No. 47 for the week ending November 18, 2005 will be
published on Friday, November 25, 2005 at 3:00 PM because of the
Thanksgiving holiday.

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
11/17/2005