Futures . softs
Cotton
Upland cotton, in cents a pound.
Last close
77.83 USX
Market data, close of Oct 30, 2026, supplied Nov 1, 2026.
The contract
- Quoted in
- USX
- Band
- softs
- Window drawn
- Nov 8, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026daily closes, drawn weekly
A continuous front-month series as the market data supplies it. The exchange, the contract months, the expiry and the settlement rules are not held, so none are printed.
The record
weekly, Nov 8, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026- 1 day
- -0.9%from Oct 29, 2026
- 1 month
- -0.9%from Sep 30, 2026
- 1 year
- +19.5%from Oct 30, 2025
- 5 years
- -32.2%from Oct 29, 2021
- Volatility, a year
- 22.1%annualised from 256 daily moves
- Deepest fall held
- -58.1%Apr 29, 2022 to Feb 6, 2026, weekly closes
- Today in the range held
- 20%0% is the low, 100% the high
Market data, close of Oct 30, 2026, supplied Nov 1, 2026.
The contract
- Quoted in
- USX
- Band
- softs
- Window drawn
- Nov 8, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026daily closes, drawn weekly
A continuous front-month series as the market data supplies it. The exchange, the contract months, the expiry and the settlement rules are not held, so none are printed.
In today's money
With the dollar held still, cotton is 56.4% below its highest weekly close held, 178.6675 in the week of May 4, 2022.
- 1 month, real
- -0.9%
- 1 year, real
- +14.1%
- 5 years, real
- -44.3%
Restated in the dollars of Sep 1, 2026 by the US consumer price index (CPI-U, all items, seasonally adjusted), US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The one-day figure is n/a because the index is published monthly.
The rest of the softs
6 shown- Coffee287.20 USX-26.7%
- Sugar19.36 USX+35.6%
- Cocoa5,453.00 USD-10.0%
- Orange Juice132.35 USX-25.8%
- Lumber521.50 USD-4.0%
- Class III Milk17.70 USD+4.7%
Market data, each with its own close. The figure on the right is the move over a year.
Who it lands on
n/a. No industry we cover has this crop as its own product, so no company is listed against it here. The processors and the brands buy it as an input, and an input cost is not a line we can read off a filing for one crop.