OPEN INTEREST

241,165

(+27, +0.01%)
COMMERCIAL NET

35,326

(-3,892, -9.92%)
LARGE SPEC NET

-35,105

(+3,334)
SMALL TRADERS NET

-221

(+558)
COT INDEX

84.92%

As of 08/19/2025
LAST UPDATE

08/19

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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 18 records
All data includes weekly changes
Market Commercials Large Speculators Small Traders Open Interest Net Commercials COT Index
Long Short Long Short Long Short
12/31/2007
110,899
(-84)
178,943
(+15,614)
72,919
(+6,786)
19,815
(-6,859)
25,519
(-334)
10,579
(-2,387)
231,807
(+6,368, +3.14%) 		-68,044 (-15,698, -29.99%)
5.84%
12/24/2007
110,983
(+36)
163,329
(+17,519)
66,133
(+1,812)
26,674
(-9,929)
25,853
(+1,002)
12,966
(-4,740)
224,449
(+2,850, +1.42%) 		-52,346 (-17,483, -50.15%)
49.52%
12/18/2007
110,947
(+1,515)
145,810
(+1,258)
64,321
(+1,885)
36,603
(+590)
24,851
(+1,712)
17,706
(+3,264)
220,048
(+5,112, +2.62%) 		-34,863 (+257, +0.73%)
98.17%
12/11/2007
109,432
(-3,352)
144,552
(-2,436)
62,436
(+2,931)
36,013
(+3,714)
23,139
(+2,169)
14,442
(+470)
213,025
(+1,748, +0.9%) 		-35,120 (-916, -2.68%)
97.45%
12/04/2007
112,784
(+1,105)
146,988
(-7,462)
59,505
(-3,820)
32,299
(+4,280)
20,970
(+342)
13,972
(+809)
210,401
(-2,373, -1.21%) 		-34,204 (+8,567, +20.03%)
100.0%
11/27/2007
111,679
(+1,232)
154,450
(-6,763)
63,325
(-2,798)
28,019
(+2,607)
20,628
(-6,339)
13,163
(-3,749)
209,170
(-7,905, -3.88%) 		-42,771 (+7,995, +15.75%)
93.12%
11/20/2007
110,447
(-842)
161,213
(-20,219)
66,123
(-9,897)
25,412
(+6,596)
26,967
(+731)
16,912
(+3,615)
218,535
(-10,008, -4.69%) 		-50,766 (+19,377, +27.62%)
65.92%
11/13/2007
111,289
(-1,149)
181,432
(-128)
76,020
(-3,807)
18,816
(-6,616)
26,236
(+2,193)
13,297
(+3,981)
236,528
(-2,763, -1.28%) 		-70,143 (-1,021, -1.48%)
0.0%
11/06/2007
112,438
(+365)
181,560
(+4,188)
79,827
(+2,448)
25,432
(+2,734)
24,043
(+1,677)
9,316
(-2,432)
250,060
(+4,490, +2.12%) 		-69,122 (-3,823, -5.85%)
2.44%
10/30/2007
112,073
(+5,026)
177,372
(+494)
77,379
(-1,527)
22,698
(-1,345)
22,366
(-2,528)
11,748
(+1,822)
248,750
(+971, +0.46%) 		-65,299 (+4,532, +6.49%)
15.58%
10/23/2007
107,047
(+958)
176,878
(+6,662)
78,906
(+4,265)
24,043
(+545)
24,894
(+2,064)
9,926
(+80)
245,742
(+7,287, +3.58%) 		-69,831 (-5,704, -8.89%)
0.0%
10/16/2007
106,089
(-62)
170,216
(-568)
74,641
(-375)
23,498
(+84)
22,830
(+1,136)
9,846
(+1,183)
235,532
(+699, +0.34%) 		-64,127 (+506, +0.78%)
7.22%
10/09/2007
106,151
(-1,410)
170,784
(-2,723)
75,016
(-362)
23,414
(+1,176)
21,694
(+774)
8,663
(+549)
232,745
(-998, -0.49%) 		-64,633 (+1,313, +1.99%)
5.21%
10/02/2007
107,561
(-565)
173,507
(+972)
75,378
(+4,512)
22,238
(+1,546)
20,920
(-1,678)
8,114
(-249)
232,612
(+2,269, +1.13%) 		-65,946 (-1,537, -2.39%)
0.0%
09/25/2007
108,126
(+431)
172,535
(+8,906)
70,866
(+7,967)
20,692
(+1,207)
22,598
(+2,185)
8,363
(+470)
226,842
(+10,583, +5.54%) 		-64,409 (-8,475, -15.15%)
0.0%
09/18/2007
107,695
(-1,077)
163,629
(+11,108)
62,899
(+5,568)
19,485
(-3,956)
20,413
(+2,925)
7,893
(+264)
215,529
(+7,416, +4.04%) 		-55,934 (-12,185, -27.85%)
0.0%
09/11/2007
108,772
(-4,919)
152,521
(-1,920)
57,331
(+2,762)
23,441
(+590)
17,488
(+534)
7,629
(-293)
205,561
(-1,623, -0.88%) 		-43,749 (-2,999, -7.36%)
0.0%
09/04/2007
113,691
(0)
154,441
(0)
54,569
(0)
22,851
(0)
16,954
(0)
7,922
(0)
205,006
(0, 0%) 		-40,750 (0, 0%)
50%
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