Group 1: Report Overview - Report Name: Cotton and Cotton Yarn Daily Report [2] - Date: May 15, 2024 - Researcher: Liu Qiannan Group 2: Market Information Futures Market - CF01 contract closed at 13,490, down 45; volume was 23,577, down 6,329; open interest was 103,064, up 2,346 [3] - CF05 contract closed at 13,165, down 45; volume was 1,878, down 1,453; open interest was 27,255, down 1,347 [3] - CF09 contract closed at 13,415, down 30; volume was 210,352, down 19,764; open interest was 572,790, up 266 [3] - CY01 contract closed at 19,710, up 210; volume was 1, up 1; open interest was 10, up 1 [3] - CY05 contract closed at 18,550, down 100; volume was 2, up 2; open interest was 156, up 2 [3] - CY09 contract closed at 19,655, down 40; volume was 302, up 56; open interest was 1,245, down 48 [3] Spot Market - CCIndex3128B was 14,484 yuan/ton, up 100; CY IndexC32S was 20,520, down 550 [3] - Cot A was 78.00 cents/pound, down 0.25; FCY IndexC33S was 21,899, up 75 [3] - (FC Index):M: arrival price was 75.47, down 0.40; Indian S - 6 was 54,400, unchanged [3] - Polyester staple fiber was 7,450, up 70; pure polyester yarn T32S was 11,100, unchanged [3] - Viscose staple fiber was 12,800, unchanged; viscose yarn R30S was 17,250, unchanged [3] Spreads - Cotton inter - month spreads: 1 - 5 month was 325, unchanged; 5 - 9 month was - 250, down 15; 9 - 1 month was - 75, up 15 [3] - Cotton yarn inter - month spreads: 1 - 5 month was 1,160, up 310; 5 - 9 month was - 1,105, down 60; 9 - 1 month was - 55, down 250 [3] - Cross - variety spreads: CY01 - CF01 was 6,220, up 255; CY05 - CF05 was 5,385, down 55; CY09 - CF09 was 6,240, down 10 [3] - Domestic - foreign spreads: 1% tariff cotton spread was 628, up 143; sliding - scale tariff cotton spread was - 34, up 132; cotton yarn spread was - 1,379, down 625 [3] Group 3: Market News and Views Cotton Market News - As of May 11, 2025, India's weekly cotton listing volume was 31,000 tons, down 27% year - on - year; cumulative listing volume in 2024/25 was 453.2 million tons, down 7% year - on - year [6] - On May 15, 2025, Xinjiang cotton road transport price index was 0.1301 yuan/ton·km, down 0.08% month - on - month [6] - As of May 14, 9:00 PM, 2024, 1,096 cotton processing enterprises in China had processed 30,097,936 bales of cotton, weighing 6.7964 million tons [6] Trading Logic - The Sino - US Geneva economic and trade talks reached a consensus. The US will modify the ad - valorem tariffs on Chinese goods. The 24% tariff will be suspended for 90 days, and the remaining 10% will be retained [7] Trading Strategies - Unilateral: US cotton is expected to oscillate slightly stronger, and Zhengzhou cotton is expected to be stronger due to macro - factors [8] - Arbitrage: Wait and see [8] - Options: Wait and see [8] Cotton Yarn Industry News - Zhengzhou cotton is strong. Pure cotton yarn prices are stable to strong, but due to weak downstream demand, price increases are difficult, and trading volume has declined [8] - The all - cotton grey fabric market remains sluggish. Weaving mills' inventories are slightly increasing, with an average of 33 days. Some dyeing mills have insufficient orders, and orders are expected to decline further [8] Group 4: Options Option Data - On May 15, 2025, for CF509C13400.CZC, the underlying contract price was 13,415, closed at 312, up 16.9%, IV was 11.2% [10] - For CF509P12600.CZC, the underlying contract price was 13,415, closed at 83, down 12.6%, IV was 13.3% [10] - For CF509P12200.CZC, the underlying contract price was 13,415, closed at 51, down 23.9%, IV was 15.1% [10] Volatility and Strategy - Cotton's 120 - day HV was 10.6252, slightly increasing. CF509 - C - 13400's implied volatility was 11.2%, CF509 - P - 12600's was 13.3%, and CF509 - P - 12200's was 15.1% [12] - Zhengzhou cotton's main contract's PCR of open interest was 0.8770, and PCR of trading volume was 0.5611. Trading volumes of both calls and puts decreased [12] - Option strategy: Wait and see [13]