EveryIntel

Markets · Agriculture · ICE US

Cotton No. 2: futures positioning

CFTC contract market code 033661 · Legacy report, futures only

Report date
3 Nov 2026
Non-commercial net
+76,198contracts
Weekly change
−6,280contracts
Net as % of open interest
+19.6%
3-year percentile
77

Contracts, weekly

Non-commercial net position

-50,000050,000100,000Oct 2021Jan 2023Apr 2024Jul 2025Nov 2026
Cotton No. 2 non-commercial net position, contracts

Blue: net long. Red: net short. Hover or tap for weekly values; the table below lists the latest 12 reports.

Contracts, weekly

Open interest

200,000250,000300,000350,000400,000Oct 2021Jan 2023Apr 2024Jul 2025Nov 2026
Cotton No. 2 open interest, contracts

Latest reports

Report dateOpen interestNon-comm. longNon-comm. shortNetCommercial netStatus
2026-11-03388,040118,00441,806+76,198−77,366Verified
2026-10-27397,988121,56639,088+82,478−85,918Verified
2026-10-20401,293126,62532,104+94,521−100,837Verified
2026-10-13395,640128,51834,211+94,307−101,446Verified
2026-10-06382,230128,34331,985+96,358−103,505Verified
2026-09-29389,494132,63936,026+96,613−104,441Verified
2026-09-22384,016138,29835,270+103,028−112,810Verified
2026-09-15380,206151,44634,673+116,773−125,686Verified
2026-09-08380,405158,08535,334+122,751−133,254Verified
2026-09-01383,730167,74237,021+130,721−141,900Verified
2026-08-25374,859159,33236,429+122,903−133,448Verified
2026-08-18361,871149,39841,750+107,648−119,201Verified

Verified = the published components reconcile to the reported totals (reportable + non-reportable = open interest; non-commercial long + spreading + commercial long = reportable long). Source: CFTC Public Reporting Environment (opens in a new tab). History shown: 265 weekly reports. Revisions published by the CFTC are stored as new records. Not investment advice. See methodology.