Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 40**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 09/30/2005

**(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 09/30/2005	Change From Previous Week
October 2005	107	0	131	-20	12	-353
December 2005	14,908	2,323	10,086	-900	79,227	1,794
March 2006	12,886	-572	550	191	25,427	3,765
May 2006	9,643	-160	936	0	2,145	53
July 2006	12,817	-201	6,680	522	2,277	164
October 2006	2,162	47	226	0	44	43
December 2006	3,835	-27	54	7	931	164
March 2007	260	0	0	0	3	0
May 2007	97	0	136	-949	2	0
July 2007	225	0	1,345	44	1	0
December 2007	0	0	1,036	33	0	0
March 2008	13	0	0	0	0	0
May 2008	0	0	48	0	0	0
March 2009	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	56,966	1,410	21,228	-1,072	110,069	5,630
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 10/6/2005