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 46

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 11/14/2025

(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
11/14/2025
Change From Previous Week
December 2025 1,514   -3,526   19,981   -9,054   27,241   -77,774  
March 2026 18,391   436   24,109   4,546   161,968   51,461  
May 2026 7,148   -39   3,213   1,476   41,933   8,250  
July 2026 10,638   821   4,248   53   25,705   3,745  
October 2026 0   0   0   0   6   0  
December 2026 6,135   -119   42,210   3,081   27,833   4,126  
March 2027 1,403   0   68   50   409   3  
May 2027 584   -6   50   0   112   5  
July 2027 461   -2   0   0   169   4  
December 2027 265   0   1,401   0   325   11  
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 46,539   -2,435   96,228   152   285,705   -10,169  

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

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12/01/2025
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