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July Cotton since 1972
The table and charts reflect how much July
Cotton traded above or below its October 15th close between that close and the
termination of the contract the following July.
Cotton trades as a 50,000 pound contract.
Each one cent move in Cotton is worth $500 per futures contract.
If this table is confusing to you, all of these contracts are in chart form
further down the page.
| Year |
July Cotton Close As of
Oct. 15-17 |
Net Change of
Lowest Trade
After Oct. 15 |
Net Change of
Highest Trade
After Oct. 15 |
Total Range
(high trade to
lowest trade)
After Oct. 15 |
| 2002 |
35.00 |
-3.10 |
+11.80 |
14.90 |
| 2001 |
66.00 |
-28.50 |
+5.10 |
33.60 |
| 2000 |
57.50 |
-7.70 |
+7.60 |
15.30 |
| 1999 |
69.80 |
-22.05 |
0 |
22.05 |
| 1998 |
74.30 |
-11.95 |
+9.00 |
20.95 |
| 1997 |
76.55 |
-6.20 |
+2.45 |
8.65 |
| 1996 |
84.20 |
-15.20 |
+5.90 |
21.10 |
| 1995 |
71.75 |
0 |
+43.45 |
43.45 |
| 1994 |
60.99 |
-.94 |
+22.81 |
23.75 |
| 1993 |
53.35 |
-.35 |
+12.42 |
12.77 |
| 1992 |
66.95 |
-12.15 |
+.55 |
12.70 |
| 1991 |
73.65 |
-4.92 |
+20.80 |
25.72 |
| 1990 |
76.00 |
-9.94 |
+17.90 |
27.84 |
| 1989 |
54.76 |
-1.56 |
+14.58 |
16.14 |
| 1988 |
71.20 |
-12.00 |
+1.85 |
13.85 |
| 1987 |
49.20 |
-3.10 |
+29.39 |
32.49 |
| 1986 |
59.97 |
-3.92 |
+9.73 |
13.65 |
| 1985 |
70.60 |
-10.45 |
+2.45 |
12.90 |
| 1984 |
80.40 |
-7.40 |
+5.85 |
13.25 |
| 1983 |
69.90 |
-3.31 |
+12.05 |
15.36 |
| 1982 |
72.20 |
-10.00 |
+.35 |
10.35 |
| 1981 |
89.95 |
-12.10 |
+7.07 |
19.2 |
| 1980 |
67.85 |
-.05 |
+22.82 |
22.87 |
| 1979 |
70.83 |
-11.28 |
+5.02 |
16.30 |
| 1978 |
55.20 |
-3.18 |
+7.50 |
10.68 |
| 1977 |
78.40 |
-18.90 |
+4.40 |
23.30 |
| 1976 |
54.90 |
-.70 |
+36.70 |
37.40 |
| 1975 |
50.25 |
-12.23 |
+.85 |
13.08 |
| 1974 |
74.05 |
-23.68 |
+13.35 |
37.03 |
| 1973 |
28.44 |
-.31 |
+32.01 |
32.32 |
| 1972 |
33.18 |
-.68 |
+11.00 |
11.68 |
A summary....
The smallest range in 30 years, and the only one under 10 cents, was 8.65
cents in 1997.
The last 10 years averaged 21.65 cents. If you delete those years over 30
cents, the average is 18.29 cents.
The last 20 years averaged 20.02 cents. If you delete those years over 30
cents, the average is 16.22 cents.
The 31 years shown averaged 20.47 cents. If you delete those years over 30
cents, the average is 16.73 cents.
In other words, Cotton has tended to move, a lot, throughout its
history.....
July Cotton Charts Back to 1972
Please note price scales may be different from chart to chart.
I have also noted significant highs and lows on some contracts.
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