Cotton On-Call

Special Announcement

May 16, 2025: CFTC was made aware of an error in data published in the Week 19 (as of, May 9, 2025) report. The errors have been corrected and an updated report is now available.

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 19

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 05/09/2025

(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
05/09/2025
Change From Previous Week
May 2025 0   -63   0   -4   4   -1  
July 2025 18,566   146   19,675   -33   105,468   -1,591  
October 2025 0   0   0   0   119   0  
December 2025 16,660   568   50,048   428   91,332   1,365  
March 2026 7,982   -65   3,553   40   13,957   968  
May 2026 3,035   260   311   0   2,835   -70  
July 2026 1,405   0   13   0   1,551   140  
October 2026 0   0   0   0   1   0  
December 2026 2,221   132   13,443   957   3,946   245  
March 2027 775   0   0   0   25   0  
May 2027 415   0   50   0   7   0  
July 2027 238   0   0   0   3   0  
December 2027 0   0   1,004   0   0   0  
December 2028 0   0   503   0   0   0  
December 2029 0   0   445   0   0   0  
Totals 51,297   978   89,045   1,388   219,248   1,056  

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

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Release after 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, May 16, 2025.
05/16/2025
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