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 SalesChange From Previous WeekUnfixed Call PurchasesChange From Previous WeekAt Close
01/03/2025
Change From Previous Week
March 202516,367  -1,425  35,495  -311  134,825  2,675  
May 202511,617  2,078  4,767  166  48,096  440  
July 202513,337  72  1,718  6  28,239  810  
October 20250  0  0  0  78  19  
December 20254,776  -79  38,233  274  28,138  136  
March 20261,387  0  144  0  1,203  24  
May 2026437  0  50  0  232  16  
July 2026464  0  0  0  112  0  
October 20260  0  0  0  2  1  
December 2026401  313  3,148  534  203  20  
March 2027132  0  0  0  0  0  
May 202788  0  0  0  0  0  
July 202744  0  0  0  0  0  
Totals49,050  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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