Historical Cotton On-Call

Special Announcement

November 17, 2025: The processing and publication of Cotton On-Call was interrupted from October 1 – November 12 due to a lapse in federal appropriations. Following a return to normal operations, the CFTC will resume publication of the Cotton On-Call reports in chronological order. Beginning with Report #39, CFTC will publish reports daily until the normal publishing schedule is resumed at Report #47.

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 39

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 09/26/2025

(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
09/26/2025 		Change From Previous Week
October 2025 0   0   0   0   0   -98  
December 2025 17,908   -150   60,801   -1,023   166,742   7,881  
March 2026 12,861   67   8,649   794   57,413   2,337  
May 2026 5,110   240   1,107   68   16,190   742  
July 2026 7,278   322   3,791   223   12,910   817  
October 2026 0   0   0   0   4   0  
December 2026 4,689   199   37,317   1,579   20,248   1,004  
March 2027 1,083   0   0   0   192   -9  
May 2027 591   0   50   0   85   32  
July 2027 459   0   0   0   77   19  
December 2027 0   0   1,578   0   3   0  
May 2028 0   0   0   0   2   0  
July 2028 0   0   0   0   1   0  
December 2028 0   0   503   0   0   0  
December 2029 0   0   445   0   0   0  
Totals 49,979   678   114,241   1,641   273,867   12,725  

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

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