Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 48**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 11/25/2005

**(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 11/23/2005	Change From Previous Week
December 2005	0	-1,901	23	-1,915	1,126	-6,928
March 2006	15,373	285	4,386	1,645	71,975	1,339
May 2006	10,633	-105	1,183	45	10,304	1,148
July 2006	14,292	-237	7,048	89	3,577	46
October 2006	2,371	40	226	0	63	0
December 2006	4,899	820	181	0	1,834	87
March 2007	1,151	803	295	295	28	0
May 2007	199	0	290	-1,496	30	24
July 2007	327	0	1,965	-9	29	0
December 2007	10	10	1,036	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	49,281	-285	16,881	-1,346	88,966	-4,284
¹ Merchants with futures positions of 100 or more contracts in one future. Open futures contracts are for November 23, 2005 because the Exchange was closed on November 25, 2005 due to the Thanksgiving holiday. 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 12/1/2005