Historical Cotton On-Call

Special Announcement

May 5, 2025: CFTC was made aware of an error in data submission by one or more traders for report date May 2, 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 18

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 05/02/2025

(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
05/02/2025
Change From Previous Week
May 2025 63   -140   4   -249   5   -21  
July 2025 18,420   -469   19,708   -221   107,059   -5,303  
October 2025 0   0   0   0   119   -6  
December 2025 16,092   834   49,620   1,427   89,967   5,674  
March 2026 8,047   301   3,513   -52   12,989   1,133  
May 2026 2,775   182   311   0   2,905   93  
July 2026 1,405   220   13   0   1,411   -38  
October 2026 0   0   0   0   1   -1  
December 2026 2,089   59   12,486   442   3,701   140  
March 2027 775   20   0   -50   25   0  
May 2027 415   13   50   50   7   0  
July 2027 238   13   0   0   3   0  
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 50,319   1,033   87,657   1,347   218,192   1,671  

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

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05/09/2025
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