OPEN INTEREST

253,334

(+13,359, +6.81%)
COMMERCIAL NET

48,968

(+11,434, +30.46%)
LARGE SPEC NET

-48,212

(-10,606)
SMALL TRADERS NET

-756

(-828)
COT INDEX

92.74%

As of 09/02/2025
LAST UPDATE

09/02

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Cotton No 2 Price
Candlestick • D / W / M
COT Positioning Chart
Net positions over time
Cotton No 2 COT Index
Current positioning
0% = Lowest in 3 years
COT Positioning Trends
Line chart trends
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Historical COT Data
Complete positioning history with weekly changes
Showing 20 records
All data includes weekly changes
Market Commercials Large Speculators Small Traders Open Interest Net Commercials COT Index
Long Short Long Short Long Short
04/21/2020
91,517
(-5,225)
87,459
(-4,229)
50,095
(+2,924)
54,703
(+2,823)
10,293
(-424)
9,743
(-1,319)
179,858
(-2,725, -1.76%) 		4,058 (-996, -19.71%)
81.17%
04/14/2020
96,742
(-3,680)
91,688
(-1,777)
47,171
(+2,190)
51,880
(+750)
10,717
(+194)
11,062
(-269)
185,745
(-1,296, -0.83%) 		5,054 (-1,903, -27.35%)
81.73%
04/07/2020
100,422
(-14,129)
93,465
(-10,978)
44,981
(+2,337)
51,130
(-955)
10,523
(+951)
11,331
(+1,092)
188,501
(-10,841, -6.5%) 		6,957 (-3,151, -31.17%)
82.81%
03/31/2020
114,551
(+407)
104,443
(-3,180)
42,644
(-83)
52,085
(+3,853)
9,572
(-49)
10,239
(-398)
199,435
(+275, +0.17%) 		10,108 (+3,587, +55.01%)
84.6%
03/24/2020
114,144
(-7,882)
107,623
(-8,948)
42,727
(-3,101)
48,232
(-1,464)
9,621
(-77)
10,637
(-648)
195,682
(-11,060, -6.23%) 		6,521 (+1,066, +19.54%)
82.56%
03/17/2020
122,026
(+10,755)
116,571
(+2,201)
45,828
(-3,735)
49,696
(+4,109)
9,698
(-596)
11,285
(+114)
211,258
(+6,424, +3.75%) 		5,455 (+8,554, +276.02%)
81.96%
03/10/2020
111,271
(+10,251)
114,370
(+46)
49,563
(-4,660)
45,587
(+5,576)
10,294
(+1,136)
11,171
(+1,105)
210,803
(+6,727, +4.09%) 		-3,099 (+10,205, +76.71%)
77.11%
03/03/2020
101,020
(+14,650)
114,324
(-2,169)
54,223
(-7,117)
40,011
(+7,621)
9,158
(-2,336)
10,066
(-255)
201,743
(+5,197, +3.26%) 		-13,304 (+16,819, +55.83%)
71.32%
02/25/2020
86,370
(+122)
116,493
(-10,750)
61,340
(-3,610)
32,390
(+4,753)
11,494
(-2,588)
10,321
(-79)
194,910
(-6,076, -3.68%) 		-30,123 (+10,872, +26.52%)
61.79%
02/18/2020
86,248
(-13,388)
127,243
(-12,949)
64,950
(+1,335)
27,637
(+930)
14,082
(+171)
10,400
(+137)
206,890
(-11,882, -6.71%) 		-40,995 (-439, -1.08%)
55.62%
02/11/2020
99,636
(-16,910)
140,192
(-9,705)
63,615
(-622)
26,707
(-7,296)
13,911
(+833)
10,263
(+302)
224,610
(-16,699, -8.61%) 		-40,556 (-7,205, -21.6%)
55.87%
02/04/2020
116,546
(-3,178)
149,897
(-7,675)
64,237
(-4,072)
34,003
(-260)
13,078
(+264)
9,961
(+949)
250,242
(-6,986, -3.48%) 		-33,351 (+4,497, +11.88%)
59.96%
01/28/2020
119,724
(+4,623)
157,572
(+5,035)
68,309
(+5,020)
34,263
(+2,837)
12,814
(-1,590)
9,012
(+181)
265,593
(+8,053, +4.18%) 		-37,848 (-412, -1.1%)
57.41%
01/21/2020
115,101
(+4,497)
152,537
(+1,635)
63,289
(+209)
31,426
(+2,310)
14,404
(-1,287)
8,831
(-526)
258,018
(+3,419, +1.81%) 		-37,436 (+2,862, +7.1%)
57.64%
01/14/2020
110,604
(+3,397)
150,902
(+12,371)
63,080
(+7,359)
29,116
(-1,705)
15,691
(-398)
9,357
(-308)
250,399
(+10,358, +5.79%) 		-40,298 (-8,974, -28.65%)
56.02%
01/07/2020
107,207
(+7,672)
138,531
(+7,704)
55,721
(-661)
30,821
(-166)
16,089
(+1,028)
9,665
(+501)
236,605
(+8,039, +4.7%) 		-31,324 (-32, -0.1%)
61.11%
12/31/2019
99,535
(+2,161)
130,827
(+6,758)
56,382
(+1,768)
30,987
(-3,361)
15,061
(-385)
9,164
(+147)
221,797
(+3,544, +2.12%) 		-31,292 (-4,597, -17.22%)
61.13%
12/24/2019
97,374
(-3,461)
124,069
(+13,192)
54,614
(+4,677)
34,348
(-8,531)
15,446
(+1,189)
9,017
(-2,256)
214,041
(+2,405, +1.46%) 		-26,695 (-16,653, -165.83%)
63.73%
12/17/2019
100,835
(+441)
110,877
(+12,729)
49,937
(+124)
42,879
(-10,491)
14,257
(+1,358)
11,273
(-315)
206,101
(+1,923, +1.18%) 		-10,042 (-12,288, -547.11%)
73.17%
12/10/2019
100,394
(-2,357)
98,148
(+7,747)
49,813
(+212)
53,370
(-8,377)
12,899
(+563)
11,588
(-952)
194,863
(-1,582, -0.96%) 		2,246 (-10,104, -81.81%)
80.14%
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