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Cotton #2 Jul '23 (CTN23)
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Cotton #2 Futures Market News and Commentary

Cotton Saw 13-Week Lows on Friday

Friday’s red session left the cotton market net weaker for the week. December gave back 148 points on Friday to close 143 points below last week. Dec also saw the lowest prints on Friday since March 24th. July ended the day down by 123 points for a weekly drop of 340. 

CFTC reported the managed money cotton net position as 5,522 contracts net short for 6/20. That was a 6k contract swing back to net short, after a short lived 4-weeks of being net long. The commercial cotton hedgers removed 7k short hedges for the week and were shown to be 54,681 contracts net short for 6/20. 

FAS reported 42,721 RBs of cotton were sold for export during the week that ended 6/15. That was down from 99k RBs last week as a 25-wk low. New crop business was 187,615 RBs. The total forward book remains half of the volume coming into this season at 1.97m RBs. 

USDA’s weekly Cotton Market Review had 6,082 bales sold this week for an average price of 76.71 cents/lb. The season’s total was mar... Read more

Contract Specifications

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Contract
Cotton #2
Contract Size
50,000 pounds (approximately 100 bales)
Tick Size
0.01 cents per pound ($5.00 per contract)
Trading Hours
8:00p.m. - 1:20p.m. (Settles 1:15p.m.) CST
Exchange
ICE/US
Point Value
$500
Margin/Maintenance
$3,712/3,375
First Notice Date
06/26/23 (3 days)
Expiration Date
07/07/23 (14 days)

Seasonal Chart

Cotton #2 Jul '23
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Jul Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Jun 20, 2023

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Commercials - Long / Short
86,869 (+2,019)
95,737 (-3,919)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
52,445 (-1,742)
45,787 (+2,810)
Producers - Long / Short
28,415 (-412)
81,182 (-7,523)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
55,349 (+1,617)
11,450 (+2,790)
Managed Money - Long / Short
29,637 (-2,897)
36,785 (+3,888)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
22,808 (+1,155)
9,002 (-1,078)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
76.91 +1.50%
on 06/23/23
87.16 -10.44%
on 06/02/23
-6.29 (-7.46%)
since 05/23/23
3-Month
76.34 +2.25%
on 03/24/23
87.98 -11.28%
on 05/19/23
-0.13 (-0.17%)
since 03/23/23
52-Week
70.50 +10.72%
on 10/31/22
111.08 -29.73%
on 08/16/22
-14.95 (-16.07%)
since 06/23/22

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Barchart Trading Guide

The Barchart Trading Guide is a Sell Signal with a Maximum Signal Strength.

Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point 82.34
2nd Resistance Point 81.03
1st Resistance Point 79.54
Last Price 78.06s
1st Support Level 76.74
2nd Support Level 75.43
3rd Support Level 73.94

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52-Week High 111.08
Fibonacci 61.8% 95.58
Fibonacci 50% 90.79
Fibonacci 38.2% 86.00
Last Price 78.06s
52-Week Low 70.50

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