Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 2**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 01/06/2006

**(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 01/06/2006	Change From Previous Week
March 2006	14,410	646	3,801	-566	83,447	3,169
May 2006	10,827	953	1,389	-51	17,885	1,168
July 2006	14,838	1,053	7,420	32	5,200	368
October 2006	2,931	160	274	0	85	0
December 2006	5,712	877	783	261	3,627	209
March 2007	680	129	48	48	28	0
May 2007	374	68	290	0	27	0
July 2007	980	14	4,377	-27	74	45
October 2007	21	21	0	0	0	0
December 2007	14	4	0	0	1	1
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	50,813	3,925	18,630	-303	110,374	4,960
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 1/12/2006