Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 1**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 12/30/2005

**(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 12/30/2005	Change From Previous Week
March 2006	13,764	-602	4,367	-1,610	80,278	653
May 2006	9,874	-16	1,440	184	16,717	1,105
July 2006	13,785	-265	7,388	142	4,832	272
October 2006	2,771	27	274	0	85	-13
December 2006	4,835	-44	522	0	3,418	63
March 2007	551	-81	0	0	28	0
May 2007	306	-54	290	0	27	0
July 2007	966	320	4,404	0	29	0
December 2007	10	0	0	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	46,888	-715	18,933	-1,284	105,414	2,080
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 1/5/2006