Calendar | Glossary | Forms | Contact Us
You may also be interested in...

Large Trader Reporting Requirements

Market Surveillance


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 1

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures reported by merchants in special account status1 as of January 2, 2009 (in Contracts).



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
1/2/2009

Change From Previous Week

March 2009

7,826  

245 *

1,575  

-188 *

70,913  

1,446  

May 2009

5,469  

-134 *

2,335  

141 *

19,236  

-89  

July 2009

10,644  

801  

1,431  

-1  

18,099  

416  

October 2009

1,025  

0  

40  

0  

242  

-11  

December 2009

6,919  

508  

1,378  

0  

15,808  

511  

March 2010

1,856  

207  

176  

0  

168  

0  

May 2010

627  

79  

10  

0  

109  

0  

July 2010

1,135  

0  

310  

0  

637  

0  

October 2010

13  

0  

0  

0  

8  

0  

December 2010

164  

0  

0  

0  

985  

11  

March 2011

42  

0  

0  

0  

13  

0  

May 2011

0  

0  

5  

0  

0  

0  

Totals

35,720  

1,706 *

7,260  

-48 *

126,218  

2,284

1 Merchants with futures positions of 100 or more contracts in one future.

*Changes from the previous week are based on revised data for last week.

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, January 8, 2009.

Last Updated: January 8, 2009