Below is the Commitments of Traders (COT) report for COTTON NO. 2 - ICE FUTURES U.S. (COT legacy report, futures only) with COT charts. This COT report for COTTON NO. 2 is as of 2026-08-18. COT reports are released each Friday (except for U.S. holidays) by the CFTC. Each COT report release includes data from the previous Tuesday.
| Non-Commercial | Commercial | Total | Non-Reportable | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long | Short | Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short |
| (CONTRACTS OF 50,000 POUNDS) | Open Interest: 361,871 | |||||||
| 149,398 | 41,750 | 65,218 | 127,884 | 247,085 | 342,500 | 354,053 | 19,371 | 7,818 |
| Changes | (Change In Open Interest: +12,501 ) | |||||||
| +5,671 | +1,278 | +877 | +4,236 | +9,911 | +10,784 | +12,066 | +1,717 | +435 |
| Percent of Open Interest for Each Category of Traders | ||||||||
| 41.3% | 11.5% | 18.0% | 35.3% | 68.3% | 94.6% | 97.8% | 5.4% | 2.2% |
| Number of Traders in Each Category | (Total Traders: 357) | |||||||
| 190 | 59 | 103 | 70 | 76 | 292 | 213 | ||