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
Futures Based On:	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