Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  47

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 11/18/2005

(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
11/18/2005 		Change From Previous Week
December 2005 1,901 -4,056 1,938 -2,236 8,054 -23,701
March 2006 15,088 -402 2,741 759 70,636 8,013
May 2006 10,738 170 1,138 65 9,156 2,055
July 2006 14,529 89 6,959 -43 3,531 -26
October 2006 2,331 20 226 -26 63 0
December 2006 4,079 -14 181 0 1,747 159
March 2007 348 31 0 -26 28 25
May 2007 199 0 1,786 1,175 6 4
July 2007 327 0 1,974 -99 29 25
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 49,566 -4,162 18,227 -431 93,250 -13,446

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
11/25/2005