Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 51**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 12/16/2005

**(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 12/16/2005	Change From Previous Week
December 2005	0	0	0	0	0	-65
March 2006	15,105	-262	6,212	1,187	79,361	-224
May 2006	10,341	-96	1,194	79	14,105	536
July 2006	15,127	-19	7,202	37	4,163	215
October 2006	2,620	68	274	0	93	0
December 2006	5,252	-91	473	88	3,093	394
March 2007	551	0	0	0	28	0
May 2007	306	0	290	0	27	-3
July 2007	471	0	4,404	18	29	0
December 2007	10	-6	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	49,809	-406	20,297	1,409	100,899	853
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 12/22/2005