Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  39

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 09/23/2005

(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
09/23/2005
Change From Previous Week
October 2005 107 -1,149 151 -701 365 -2,127
December 2005 12,585 930 * 10,986 815 77,433 874
March 2006 13,458 733 * 359 -29 21,662 1,095
May 2006 9,803 307 * 936 0 2,092 125
July 2006 13,018 467 * 6,158 128 2,113 72
October 2006 2,115 56 226 0 1 0
December 2006 3,862 96 47 0 767 60
March 2007 260 0 0 0 3 0
May 2007 97 -10 1,085 30 2 0
July 2007 225 0 1,301 132 1 0
December 2007 0 0 1,003 0 0 0
March 2008 13 0 0 0 0 0
May 2008 0 -48 48 48 0 0
March 2009 13 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 55,556 1,382 * 22,300 423 104,439 99

1 Merchants with futures positions of 100 or more contracts in one future.

*Changes from the previous week are based on revised data for last week.

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
9/29/2005