Historical Cotton On-Call

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May 5, 2025: CFTC was made aware of an error in data submission by one or more traders for report date April 25, 2025. These data submissions have been corrected and an updated report is now available.

Cotton-On-Call (COC) Report Description

The Cotton On-Call Report shows the quantity of call cotton bought or sold on which the price has not been fixed, together with the respective futures on which the purchase or sale is based. Call cotton refers to physical cotton bought or sold, or contracted for purchase or sale at a price to be fixed later based upon a specified delivery month future’s price.

Weekly Report 17

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 04/25/2025

(In Contracts)

ISSN: 1945-3442

Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
ICE Futures U.S.

Unfixed Call Sales Change From Previous Week Unfixed Call Purchases Change From Previous Week At Close
04/25/2025
Change From Previous Week
May 2025 203   -3,439   253   -7,559   26   -7,803  
July 2025 18,889   2,921   19,929   5,991   112,362   -2,922  
October 2025 0   0   0   0   125   -13  
December 2025 15,258   1,467   48,193   616   84,293   5,298  
March 2026 7,746   279   3,565   1,967   11,856   1,484  
May 2026 2,593   709   311   0   2,812   698  
July 2026 1,185   -5   13   0   1,449   101  
October 2026 0   0   0   0   2   1  
December 2026 2,030   28   12,044   539   3,561   281  
March 2027 755   160   50   0   25   0  
May 2027 402   49   0   0   7   3  
July 2027 225   49   0   0   3   3  
December 2027 0   0   1,004   0   0   0  
December 2028 0   0   503   0   0   0  
December 2029 0   0   445   0   0   0  
Totals 49,286   2,218   86,310   1,554   216,521   -2,869  

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

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05/09/2025
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