Cotton No 2

Futures Continuous ct.c
Open Interest 338,853 (+11,666, +4.6%)
Commercial Net 23,415 (-901, -3.71%)
Large Spec Net -25,824 (+1,607)
Small Traders Net 2,409 (-706)
COT Index 75.21% As of 01/20/2026
Last Update 01/20 Weekly Report
Cotton No 2 Price
Futures Continuous • D / W / M
COT Positioning Chart
Net positions over time
Cotton No 2 COT Index
Current positioning
0% = Lowest in 3 years | 50% = Middle | 100% = Highest
COT Positioning Trends
Line chart trends
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Historical COT Data
20 records with weekly changes
Date Commercials Large Speculators Small Traders Open Interest Net Commercial 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%
Price data: Database (1,022 records) Futures Continuous
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