Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  38

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 09/16/2005

(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
09/16/2005
Change From Previous Week
October 2005 1,256 -203 852 -26 2,492 -912
December 2005 11,653 435 10,171 -635 76,559 -459
March 2006 12,688 1,038 388 9 20,567 392
May 2006 9,491 1,003 936 0 1,967 -36
July 2006 12,538 973 6,030 6 2,041 -9
October 2006 2,059 124 226 -13 1 0
December 2006 3,766 26 47 0 707 -23
March 2007 260 13 0 0 3 0
May 2007 107 30 1,055 -30 2 0
July 2007 225 0 1,169 0 1 0
December 2007 0 0 1,003 0 0 0
March 2008 13 0 0 0 0 0
May 2008 48 48 0 -48 0 0
March 2009 13 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 54,117 3,487 21,877 -737 104,340 -1,047

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
9/22/2005