Historical Cotton On-Call

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 21

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures reported by merchants in special account status1 as of May 25, 2012 (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
05/25/2012

Change From Previous Week

July 2012

12,863  

-1,594  

5,375  

-817  

93,107  

-7,958  

October 2012

46  

0  

0  

0  

218  

64  

December 2012

10,822  

2  

17,195  

1,809  

84,054  

9,101  

March 2013

6,416  

148  

19  

0  

7,508  

1,122  

May 2013

2,566  

-40  

18  

0  

2,556  

161  

July 2013

3,968  

50  

3,549  

238  

3,542  

396  

October 2013

0  

0  

0  

0  

3  

0  

December 2013

1,987  

95  

3,171  

0  

889  

113  

March 2014

219  

0  

1,000  

0  

15  

2  

May 2014

0  

0  

0  

0  

38  

0  

December 2014

0  

0  

0  

0  

2  

0  

Totals

38,887  

-1,339  

30,327  

1,230  

191,932  

3,001 

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 Eastern Regional Office at 646-746-9777

Released after 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, May 31, 2012