Sou Hu Cai Jing·2025-08-11 14:19Core Insights - The cotton futures market showed a slight increase with the main contract 2601 rising by 0.47% as of August 11, with a trading volume of 138,900 contracts and a net short position of 12,121 contracts among the top 20 positions [1][3] Trading Volume and Positions - Total trading volume for all cotton futures contracts reached 300,600 contracts, an increase of 12,020 contracts from the previous day [1][4] - Among the top 20 positions, long positions totaled 552,900 contracts, increasing by 285 contracts, while short positions totaled 581,600 contracts, increasing by 8,247 contracts [1][4] Major Players - The top three long positions were held by: - CITIC Futures with a total position of 87,528 contracts, an increase of 1,877 contracts - Guotai Junan with a total position of 57,612 contracts, an increase of 1,462 contracts - COFCO Futures with a total position of 45,667 contracts, an increase of 943 contracts [1][3] - The top three short positions were held by: - COFCO Futures with a total position of 75,558 contracts, an increase of 495 contracts - CITIC Futures with a total position of 65,642 contracts, an increase of 3,300 contracts - Guotai Junan with a total position of 60,449 contracts, a decrease of 2,635 contracts [1][4] Position Changes - Among the top 20 positions, the largest increases in long positions were from: - CITIC Futures with an increase of 1,877 contracts - Guotai Junan with an increase of 1,462 contracts - COFCO Futures with an increase of 943 contracts [1][3] - The largest increases in short positions were from: - Galaxy Futures with an increase of 3,670 contracts - CITIC Futures with an increase of 3,300 contracts - Guotai Junan with an increase of 1,810 contracts [1][4]