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 45

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 11/07/2025

(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
11/07/2025 		Change From Previous Week
December 2025 5,040   -1,817   29,035   -2,965   105,015   -33,745  
March 2026 17,955   2,324   19,563   3,581   110,507   23,091  
May 2026 7,187   1,385   1,737   400   33,683   4,809  
July 2026 9,817   2,055   4,195   -167   21,960   3,306  
October 2026 0   0   0   0   6   1  
December 2026 6,254   539   39,129   -879   23,707   758  
March 2027 1,403   404   18   18   406   33  
May 2027 590   0   50   0   107   22  
July 2027 463   -3   0   0   165   56  
December 2027 265   0   1,401   0   314   41  
March 2028 0   0   0   0   1   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 48,974   4,887   96,076   -12   295,874   -1,628  

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

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11/25/2025
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