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 8
"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 02/19/2016 |
(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 | |
March 2016 |
1,659 |
-3,213 |
1,126 |
-2,467 |
4,983 |
-39,910 |
May 2016 |
13,657 |
754 |
4,434 |
1,622 |
115,802 |
18,133 |
July 2016 |
15,375 |
417 |
1,907 |
127 |
36,771 |
4,292 |
October 2016 |
0 |
-329 |
0 |
-5 |
2 |
0 |
December 2016 |
9,591 |
669 |
6,579 |
121 |
25,677 |
1,522 |
March 2017 |
4,894 |
47 |
53 |
3 |
4,230 |
-73 |
May 2017 |
1,954 |
63 |
0 |
0 |
392 |
133 |
July 2017 |
2,341 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
712 |
643 |
December 2017 |
1,194 |
0 |
1,134 |
0 |
132 |
70 |
March 2018 |
887 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Totals |
51,552 |
-1,592 |
15,233 |
-599 |
188,701 |
-15,190 |
1 Merchants with futures positions of 100 or more contracts in one future.
If you have any questions concerning this report, email [email protected] or call the Central Regional
Office at 312-596-0694.
Released after 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, February 25, 2016.