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.
Special Announcement
December 21, 2017: Due to the Christmas holiday, CFTC Form 304 reports need to be submitted by close of business on Wednesday December 27, 2017. The publication date for the Cotton On-Call report will be Friday December 29, 2017.
Weekly Report 50
"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 12/15/2017 |
(In Contracts)
ISSN: 1945-3442
|
Call Cotton Based New York |
Open Futures Contracts | ||||
Unfixed Call Sales |
Change From Previous Week |
Unfixed Call Purchases |
Change From Previous Week |
At Close |
Change From Previous Week | |
December 2017 |
454 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
March 2018 |
55,139 |
-676 |
8,944 |
-1,647 |
171,049 |
467 |
May 2018 |
30,931 |
1,201 |
1,054 |
-23 |
50,197 |
6,095 |
July 2018 |
31,971 |
1,229 |
2,504 |
-109 |
14,521 |
3,190 |
October 2018 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
December 2018 |
18,521 |
407 |
9,672 |
-305 |
28,714 |
2,570 |
March 2019 |
6,387 |
291 |
533 |
-66 |
561 |
21 |
May 2019 |
1,635 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
61 |
22 |
July 2019 |
1,747 |
0 |
617 |
0 |
337 |
26 |
December 2019 |
2,309 |
0 |
4,979 |
597 |
715 |
668 |
March 2020 |
842 |
0 |
146 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Totals |
149,936 |
2,452 |
28,482 |
-1,553 |
266,156 |
13,059 |
1 Merchants with futures positions of 100 or more contracts in one future.
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Released after 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, December 21, 2017.