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.
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"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures reported by merchants in special account status1 as of October 24, 2008 (in Contracts).
|
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 | |
December 2008 |
3,005 |
-690 |
7,158 |
-345 |
95,646 |
-5,024 |
March 2009 |
8,947 |
-152 |
774 |
240 |
40,117 |
1,977 |
May 2009 |
5,063 |
44 |
792 |
99 |
8,742 |
1,308 |
July 2009 |
9,319 |
-91 |
848 |
0 |
14,190 |
3,015 |
October 2009 |
980 |
32 |
40 |
0 |
110 |
2 |
December 2009 |
6,658 |
-53 |
971 |
14 |
10,800 |
567 |
March 2010 |
1,635 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
120 |
0 |
May 2010 |
479 |
0 |
186 |
0 |
84 |
7 |
July 2010 |
1,071 |
0 |
132 |
0 |
629 |
-462 |
October 2010 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
December 2010 |
157 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
862 |
19 |
March 2011 |
42 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
Totals |
37,369 |
-910 |
10,901 |
8 |
171,318 |
1,409 |
If you have any questions concerning this report, email marketreports@cftc.gov or call the Eastern Regional Office at 646-746-9777.
Released after 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, October 30, 2008.