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Cotton No. 2: futures positioning

CFTC contract market code 033661 · Legacy report, futures only

Report date
22 Sept 2026
Non-commercial net
+103,028contracts
Weekly change
−13,745contracts
Net as % of open interest
+26.8%
3-year percentile
96

Contracts, weekly

Non-commercial net position

-50,000050,000100,000Sep 2021Dec 2022Mar 2024Jun 2025Sep 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

200,000250,000300,000350,000Sep 2021Dec 2022Mar 2024Jun 2025Sep 2026
Cotton No. 2 open interest, contracts

Latest reports

Report dateOpen interestNon-comm. longNon-comm. shortNetCommercial netStatus
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
2026-08-11349,370143,72740,472+103,255−113,526Verified
2026-08-04331,500134,41538,039+96,376−105,126Verified
2026-07-28323,777133,04039,509+93,531−100,367Verified
2026-07-21317,825135,35340,241+95,112−102,678Verified
2026-07-14322,307134,33738,890+95,447−105,278Verified
2026-07-07318,052137,45449,026+88,428−95,539Verified

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. History shown: 262 weekly reports. Revisions published by the CFTC are stored as new records. Not investment advice. See methodology.