Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 42**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 10/14/2005

**(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 10/14/2005	Change From Previous Week
December 2005	13,939	-442	7,158	-2,052	86,685	6,847
March 2006	13,338	190	637	67	28,719	2,818
May 2006	9,874	200	936	0	2,932	752
July 2006	13,182	510	6,206	-463	2,921	508
October 2006	2,322	144	226	0	64	0
December 2006	3,921	92	49	0	1,358	92
March 2007	260	0	0	0	3	0
May 2007	152	0	1,317	137	2	0
July 2007	298	0	1,902	332	4	3
December 2007	0	0	1,036	0	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	57,312	694	19,515	-1,979	122,688	11,020
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 10/20/2005