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.

Special Announcements

To honor the memory of President George H. W. Bush, December 5, 2018 is a National Day of Mourning, and the U.S. Government will be closed.

Due to this event, the Cotton on Call report scheduled to be published on Thursday, December 6, 2018, will be published on Friday, December 7, 2018.

Weekly Report 47

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 11/23/2018

(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
11/23/2018		 Change From Previous Week
December 2018 1,278   -5,896   434   -9,367   1,305   -23,058  
March 2019 43,110   756   14,641   6,281   134,192   7,221  
May 2019 20,675   90   1,867   257   35,423   2,538  
July 2019 30,664   98   2,240   64   18,445   2,030  
October 2019 0   0   0   0   4   0  
December 2019 16,343   -72   17,814   92   30,488   9  
March 2020 5,566   53   214   0   950   7  
May 2020 2,295   195   0   0   93   5  
July 2020 2,426   554   0   0   33   0  
December 2020 1,166   0   2,511   11   876   0  
Totals 123,523   -4,222   39,721   -2,662   221,809   -11,248  

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, November 29, 2018.
11/28/2018
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