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Cotton #2 Mar '25 (CTH25)

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Cotton #2 Futures Market News and Commentary

Cotton Slipping Lower on Friday

Cotton futures posted 84 to 103 point losses on Friday, amid some outside market pressure. March was down 182 points on the week. December cotton futures expire today. The outside markets were pressure factors, with the US dollar index up 249 points and crude oil back down $1.13/barrel lower.

Weekly Commitment of Traders data showed managed money trimming another 3,618 contracts from their net short in cotton futures and options as of 12/3. They took that net position to 16,383 contracts as of last Tuesday.

Export Sales data showed 2024/25 upland cotton shipments totaling 2.145 million RB for the marketing year, 13% below last year and just 20% of the full year USDA export forecast (24% normally). Commitments, including shipped and unshipped sales, are 6.859 million RB, a 13% drop from last year.  That is 65% of USDA’s number, behind the 71% average export sales pace.

The Seam reported 7,693 bales of online sales on December 5 at an average price of 68.01 cents/lb.... 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 1:20p.m.) CST
Exchange
ICE/US
Point Value
$500
Margin/Maintenance
$2,062/1,875
First Notice Date
02/24/25 (78 days)
Expiration Date
03/07/25 (89 days)

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Cotton #2 Mar '25
Average Price Chart for 5 Prior Mar Contracts

Commitment of Traders Positions as of Dec 3, 2024

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Commercials - Long / Short
107,282 (-966)
93,680 (+3,065)
Non-Commercials - Long / Short
59,802 (+1,731)
73,392 (-1,580)
Producers - Long / Short
43,647 (-4,001)
67,487 (+2,507)
Swap Dealers - Long / Short
50,450 (+3,279)
13,008 (+802)
Managed Money - Long / Short
38,390 (+1,682)
55,376 (-1,682)
Other Reportables - Long / Short
21,412 (+49)
18,016 (+102)
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Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
68.40 +2.50%
on 11/19/24
73.75 -4.94%
on 11/08/24
-1.97 (-2.73%)
since 11/06/24
3-Month
68.40 +2.50%
on 11/19/24
76.19 -7.98%
on 09/24/24
+0.42 (+0.60%)
since 09/06/24
52-Week
67.90 +3.25%
on 08/16/24
85.25 -17.76%
on 04/03/24
-7.72 (-9.92%)
since 12/06/23

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Barchart Trading Guide

The Barchart Trading Guide is a Buy Signal with a Soft Signal Strength.

Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point 71.91
2nd Resistance Point 71.53
1st Resistance Point 70.82
Last Price 70.11s
1st Support Level 69.73
2nd Support Level 69.35
3rd Support Level 68.64

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52-Week High 85.25
Fibonacci 61.8% 78.62
Fibonacci 50% 76.57
Fibonacci 38.2% 74.53
Last Price 70.11s
52-Week Low 67.90

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