Cotton No 2

Futures Continuous ct.c
Open Interest 327,793 (+16,921, +7.15%)
Commercial Net 24,316 (-543, -2.18%)
Large Spec Net -27,431 (+1,489)
Small Traders Net 3,115 (-946)
COT Index 75.71% As of 01/13/2026
Last Update 01/13 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
03/27/2012
90,332
(-4,619)
104,521
(+3,625)
56,279
(+1,731)
46,898
(-4,342)
20,132
(+766)
15,324
(-1,405)
189,215
(-2,122, -1.26%)
-14,189 (-8,244, -138.67%) 81.34%
03/20/2012
94,951
(+2,146)
100,896
(+1,337)
54,548
(+264)
51,240
(+1,267)
19,366
(+925)
16,729
(+731)
188,724
(+3,335, +2.01%)
-5,945 (+809, +11.98%) 85.61%
03/13/2012
92,805
(+728)
99,559
(-2,069)
54,284
(+2,074)
49,973
(+6,130)
18,441
(+1,976)
15,998
(+717)
182,548
(+4,778, +2.97%)
-6,754 (+2,797, +29.28%) 76.95%
03/06/2012
92,077
(+1,008)
101,628
(+3,477)
52,210
(+3,655)
43,843
(+978)
16,465
(+135)
15,281
(+343)
176,384
(+4,798, +3.08%)
-9,551 (-2,469, -34.86%) 71.15%
02/28/2012
91,069
(-2,588)
98,151
(-9,257)
48,555
(+723)
42,865
(+8,246)
16,330
(+1,509)
14,938
(+655)
171,632
(-356, -0.23%)
-7,082 (+6,669, +48.5%) 73.07%
02/21/2012
93,657
(-11,906)
107,408
(-12,798)
47,832
(+459)
34,619
(+1,809)
14,821
(-930)
14,283
(-1,388)
172,437
(-12,377, -7.34%)
-13,751 (+892, +6.09%) 65.31%
02/14/2012
105,563
(+4,315)
120,206
(-4,551)
47,373
(-151)
32,810
(+5,359)
15,751
(-3,220)
15,671
(+136)
189,670
(+944, +0.56%)
-14,643 (+8,866, +37.71%) 64.27%
02/07/2012
101,248
(+9,964)
124,757
(+8,380)
47,524
(-1,127)
27,451
(+2,794)
18,971
(+4,234)
15,535
(+1,897)
189,435
(+13,071, +8.45%)
-23,509 (+1,584, +6.31%) 53.95%
01/31/2012
91,284
(+9,780)
116,377
(+8,633)
48,651
(-937)
24,657
(-714)
14,737
(-242)
13,638
(+682)
172,686
(+8,601, +5.89%)
-25,093 (+1,147, +4.37%) 52.11%
01/24/2012
81,504
(+3,294)
107,744
(+9,853)
49,588
(+2,376)
25,371
(-4,580)
14,979
(+75)
12,956
(+472)
165,008
(+5,745, +4.09%)
-26,240 (-6,559, -33.33%) 50.77%
01/17/2012
78,210
(+6,615)
97,891
(+7,211)
47,212
(-776)
29,951
(+634)
14,904
(+567)
12,484
(-1,439)
155,162
(+6,406, +4.78%)
-19,681 (-596, -3.12%) 58.41%
01/10/2012
71,595
(-4,350)
90,680
(-1,532)
47,988
(-2,856)
29,317
(-6,174)
14,337
(+502)
13,923
(+1,002)
147,317
(-6,704, -4.77%)
-19,085 (-2,818, -17.32%) 59.1%
01/03/2012
75,945
(-6,240)
92,212
(+7,392)
50,844
(+3,011)
35,491
(-6,203)
13,835
(+1,716)
12,921
(-2,702)
152,079
(-1,513, -1.06%)
-16,267 (-13,632, -517.34%) 62.38%
12/27/2011
82,185
(-764)
84,820
(-281)
47,833
(+29)
41,694
(+1,602)
12,119
(+1,407)
15,623
(-649)
151,348
(+672, +0.48%)
-2,635 (-483, -22.44%) 78.25%
12/20/2011
82,949
(-314)
85,101
(-1,536)
47,804
(+804)
40,092
(+3,687)
10,712
(+473)
16,272
(-1,188)
150,186
(+963, +0.69%)
-2,152 (+1,222, +36.22%) 78.81%
12/13/2011
83,263
(+9,521)
86,637
(+4,603)
47,000
(-284)
36,405
(+4,936)
10,239
(+524)
17,460
(+222)
149,446
(+9,761, +7.47%)
-3,374 (+4,918, +59.31%) 77.39%
12/06/2011
73,742
(-4,063)
82,034
(+1,468)
47,284
(+4,542)
31,469
(+1,541)
9,715
(+404)
17,238
(-2,126)
139,821
(+883, +0.68%)
-8,292 (-5,531, -200.33%) 71.66%
11/29/2011
77,805
(-398)
80,566
(-4,850)
42,742
(+2,159)
29,928
(+2,199)
9,311
(+232)
19,364
(+4,644)
138,214
(+1,993, +1.56%)
-2,761 (+4,452, +61.72%) 78.1%
11/22/2011
78,203
(-1,109)
85,416
(-10,852)
40,583
(-733)
27,729
(+6,321)
9,079
(-3,095)
14,720
(-406)
137,106
(-4,937, -3.72%)
-7,213 (+9,743, +57.46%) 72.92%
11/15/2011
79,312
(-12,830)
96,268
(-12,284)
41,316
(-5,726)
21,408
(-4,306)
12,174
(+342)
15,126
(-1,624)
143,259
(-18,214, -12.06%)
-16,956 (-546, -3.33%) 61.58%
Price data: Database (1,022 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays