Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 10**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 03/03/2006

**(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 03/03/2006	Change From Previous Week
March 2006	292	-294	192	0	2,298	-1,007
May 2006	11,721	-3,611	2,958	-58	91,849	-5,019
July 2006	16,651	-1,286	8,241	47	15,762	3,422
October 2006	4,760	-98	364	-16	406	143
December 2006	7,166	30	6,863	1,369	10,378	1,963
March 2007	2,171	1,032	55	0	1,773	43
May 2007	1,129	464	290	0	119	86
July 2007	3,369	1,004	4,064	0	1,481	-7
October 2007	52	0	0	0	20	0
December 2007	1,312	690	0	0	58	6
March 2008	60	30	0	0	0	0
May 2008	0	0	248	0	0	0
March 2009	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	48,696	-2,039	23,275	1,342	124,144	-370
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 3/9/2006