🧵✨ Cotton Futures (CTH2026) — Market Snapshot
📉 Trend: Range Bound
💵 China’s cotton output rose.
🌍 Short covering, a weaker dollar and rising oil prices gives some support.
📊 Technical Indicator: 🔁 Fibonacci Retracement
🐦 The moving averages (MA20 ≈ ~63.75¢, MA50 ≈ ~64.2¢) act as near-term resistance. Breaking below the 20-day MA head towards previous support (~62.74¢).
💰 Support: 🟢 62.09 USD/lb
🎯 Caution: Cash trades at 61.76 vs. March futures at 64.01, leaving a 2-cent gap.
💵 Resistance Zone: 🔴 65.75 – 66.00 USD/lb (Short term 64.52 USD/lb)
📉 A potential profit-taking area or range-top resistance for short-term traders.
📊 Open Interest: 📄 177.41K contracts
🪙 Indicates active participation, with both speculators and hedgers positioning amid market weakness.
🧶 Future Type: 🌾 Cotton (CTH2026)
📍 Traded on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE US) — the global benchmark for cotton pricing.
It’s a caution that the information provided is for knowledge purposes only and should not be taken as a recommendation to buy or sell assets.
