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 47

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 11/21/2025

(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
11/21/2025 		Change From Previous Week
December 2025 107   -1,407   6,282   -13,699   121   -27,120  
March 2026 21,082   2,691   29,248   5,139   176,805   14,837  
May 2026 7,136   -12   3,792   579   42,278   345  
July 2026 9,967   -671   4,429   181   26,715   1,010  
October 2026 0   0   0   0   8   2  
December 2026 6,019   -116   42,668   458   29,986   2,153  
March 2027 1,823   420   148   80   416   7  
May 2027 578   -6   50   0   117   5  
July 2027 461   0   0   0   169   0  
December 2027 265   0   1,643   242   345   20  
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 47,438   899   89,208   -7,020   276,964   -8,741  

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

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