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 40

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 10/03/2025

(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
10/03/2025 		Change From Previous Week
December 2025 15,710   -2,198   57,186   -3,615   165,464   -1,278  
March 2026 13,362   501   9,846   1,197   58,150   737  
May 2026 5,271   161   1,618   511   17,779   1,589  
July 2026 7,384   106   3,815   24   14,066   1,156  
October 2026 0   0   0   0   4   0  
December 2026 4,489   -200   37,420   103   20,264   16  
March 2027 1,039   -44   0   0   191   -1  
May 2027 591   0   50   0   85   0  
July 2027 466   7   0   0   106   29  
December 2027 265   265   1,622   44   29   26  
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 48,577   -1,402   112,505   -1,736   276,141   2,274  

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

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11/18/2025
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