Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  49

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 12/02/2005

(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
12/02/2005 		Change From Previous Week
December 2005 0 0 47 24 845 -281
March 2006 15,187 -186 4,511 125 76,113 4,138
May 2006 10,346 -287 1,024 -159 11,947 1,643
July 2006 14,884 592 7,340 292 3,916 339
October 2006 2,475 104 252 26 93 30
December 2006 4,348 -551 385 204 2,267 433
March 2007 478 -673 0 -295 28 0
May 2007 280 81 290 0 30 0
July 2007 471 144 3,500 1,535 29 0
December 2007 16 6 1,124 88 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 48,511 -770 18,721 1,840 95,268 6,302

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
12/8/2005