OPEN INTEREST

242,777

(+3,467, +1.8%)
COMMERCIAL NET

37,534

(+2,208, +6.25%)
LARGE SPEC NET

-37,606

(-2,501)
SMALL TRADERS NET

72

(+293)
COT INDEX

86.19%

As of 08/26/2025
LAST UPDATE

08/26

Weekly Report
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
03/03/2009
71,247
(-10)
55,196
(-2,618)
25,783
(+927)
38,117
(+2,772)
11,322
(-135)
15,039
(+628)
116,082
(+782, +0.73%) 		16,051 (+2,608, +19.4%)
100.0%
02/24/2009
71,257
(-181)
57,814
(-5,756)
24,856
(-514)
35,345
(+2,969)
11,457
(-869)
14,411
(+1,223)
115,564
(-1,564, -1.43%) 		13,443 (+5,575, +70.86%)
100.0%
02/17/2009
71,438
(-982)
63,570
(-14,147)
25,370
(-2,088)
32,376
(+8,671)
12,326
(-1,850)
13,188
(+556)
117,984
(-4,920, -4.31%) 		7,868 (+13,165, +248.54%)
100.0%
02/10/2009
72,420
(-2,675)
77,717
(-7,529)
27,458
(+829)
23,705
(+1,951)
14,176
(+288)
12,632
(+4,020)
123,430
(-1,558, -1.35%) 		-5,297 (+4,854, +47.82%)
87.6%
02/03/2009
75,095
(-2,281)
85,246
(-1,255)
26,629
(+1,316)
21,754
(+2,899)
13,888
(+537)
8,612
(-2,072)
128,412
(-428, -0.37%) 		-10,151 (-1,026, -11.24%)
82.73%
01/27/2009
77,376
(-3,035)
86,501
(+1,964)
25,313
(+1,702)
18,855
(-2,355)
13,351
(+1,271)
10,684
(+329)
131,102
(-62, -0.05%) 		-9,125 (-4,999, -121.16%)
83.76%
01/20/2009
80,411
(+1,437)
84,537
(+326)
23,611
(-2,324)
21,210
(-352)
12,080
(+999)
10,355
(+138)
130,358
(+112, +0.1%) 		-4,126 (+1,111, +21.21%)
88.77%
01/13/2009
78,974
(+1,975)
84,211
(-616)
25,935
(+101)
21,562
(+49)
11,081
(-3,322)
10,217
(-679)
129,553
(-1,246, -1.06%) 		-5,237 (+2,591, +33.1%)
87.66%
01/06/2009
76,999
(+1,038)
84,827
(+5,257)
25,834
(+297)
21,513
(-2,498)
14,403
(+2,545)
10,896
(+1,121)
130,182
(+3,880, +3.42%) 		-7,828 (-4,219, -116.9%)
85.06%
12/30/2008
75,961
(-852)
79,570
(+840)
25,537
(+1,150)
24,011
(+422)
11,858
(+628)
9,775
(-336)
125,564
(+926, +0.82%) 		-3,609 (-1,692, -88.26%)
89.29%
12/22/2008
76,813
(-1,561)
78,730
(+2,205)
24,387
(-243)
23,589
(-2,307)
11,230
(-2,108)
10,111
(-3,810)
124,035
(-3,912, -3.36%) 		-1,917 (-3,766, -203.68%)
90.99%
12/16/2008
78,374
(-1,790)
76,525
(+269)
24,630
(+802)
25,896
(-1,196)
13,338
(-591)
13,921
(-652)
127,864
(-1,579, -1.34%) 		1,849 (-2,059, -52.69%)
94.77%
12/09/2008
80,164
(-1,117)
76,256
(-839)
23,828
(-1,015)
27,092
(-1,226)
13,929
(+4,307)
14,573
(+4,240)
130,017
(+2,175, +1.88%) 		3,908 (-278, -6.64%)
96.83%
12/02/2008
81,281
(-1,062)
77,095
(+1,815)
24,843
(+181)
28,318
(-3,346)
9,622
(-330)
10,333
(+320)
126,805
(-1,211, -1.04%) 		4,186 (-2,877, -40.73%)
97.11%
11/25/2008
82,343
(-6,330)
75,280
(-8,734)
24,662
(-2,606)
31,664
(+632)
9,952
(-1,494)
10,013
(-2,328)
128,157
(-10,430, -8.19%) 		7,063 (+2,404, +51.6%)
100.0%
11/18/2008
88,673
(-11,427)
84,014
(-10,377)
27,268
(+764)
31,032
(-2,055)
11,446
(-2,312)
12,341
(-543)
138,808
(-12,975, -9.24%) 		4,659 (-1,050, -18.39%)
98.93%
11/11/2008
100,100
(-5,379)
94,391
(-13,123)
26,504
(-8,269)
33,087
(-530)
13,758
(+3,269)
12,884
(+3,274)
153,268
(-10,379, -6.89%) 		5,709 (+7,744, +380.54%)
100.0%
11/04/2008
105,479
(-1,431)
107,514
(+191)
34,773
(-462)
33,617
(-1,463)
10,489
(-788)
9,610
(-1,409)
169,015
(-2,681, -1.75%) 		-2,035 (-1,622, -392.74%)
97.58%
10/28/2008
106,910
(+3,495)
107,323
(+1,320)
35,235
(-1,378)
35,080
(+764)
11,277
(+285)
11,019
(+318)
171,963
(+2,402, +1.59%) 		-413 (+2,175, +84.04%)
99.33%
10/21/2008
103,415
(-3,897)
106,003
(-2,925)
36,613
(+679)
34,316
(-1,092)
10,992
(-1,039)
10,701
(-240)
169,152
(-4,257, -2.74%) 		-2,588 (-972, -60.15%)
96.99%
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