Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  50

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 12/09/2005

(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
12/09/2005
Change From Previous Week
December 2005 0 0 0 -47 65 -780
March 2006 15,367 180 5,025 514 79,585 3,472
May 2006 10,437 91 1,115 91 13,569 1,622
July 2006 15,146 262 7,165 -175 3,948 32
October 2006 2,552 77 274 22 93 0
December 2006 5,343 995 385 0 2,699 432
March 2007 551 73 0 0 28 0
May 2007 306 26 290 0 30 0
July 2007 471 0 4,386 886 29 0
December 2007 16 0 0 -1,124 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 50,215 1,704 18,888 167 100,046 4,778

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
12/15/2005