Historical Cotton On-Call

Special Announcement

January 7, 2025: Due to the National Day of Mourning for the passing of former President James Earl Carter Jr., CFTC offices will be closed on Thursday, January 9, 2025. This week’s Cotton On-Call Report will be released on Friday, January 10, 2025.

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 01

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 01/03/2025

(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
01/03/2025
Change From Previous Week
March 2025 16,367   -1,425   35,495   -311   134,825   2,675  
May 2025 11,617   2,078   4,767   166   48,096   440  
July 2025 13,337   72   1,718   6   28,239   810  
October 2025 0   0   0   0   78   19  
December 2025 4,776   -79   38,233   274   28,138   136  
March 2026 1,387   0   144   0   1,203   24  
May 2026 437   0   50   0   232   16  
July 2026 464   0   0   0   112   0  
October 2026 0   0   0   0   2   1  
December 2026 401   313   3,148   534   203   20  
March 2027 132   0   0   0   0   0  
May 2027 88   0   0   0   0   0  
July 2027 44   0   0   0   0   0  
Totals 49,050   959   83,555   669   241,128   4,141  

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, January 10, 2025. 
01/08/2025 
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