Group 1: Report Overview - Report Title: Cotton and Cotton Yarn Daily Report [2] - Date: July 15, 2024 [2] - Researcher: Liu Qiannan [2] Group 2: Market Information Futures Market - CF01 closed at 13820 with a 5-point increase, volume of 59,553 hands (up 21286), and open interest of 215,751 (up 1145) [3] - CF05 closed at 13785 with a 5-point decrease, volume of 1,874 hands (up 958), and open interest of 10,369 (up 132) [3] - CF09 closed at 13850 with a 25-point decrease, volume of 207,411 hands (up 68734), and open interest of 546,688 (down 11044) [3] - CY01 closed at 20035 with a 35-point decrease, volume of 21 hands (down 15), and open interest of 92 (up 1) [3] - CY05 closed at 0 with no change, volume of 0 hands, and open interest of 2 (no change) [3] - CY09 closed at 20050 with a 70-point decrease, volume of 7077 hands (up 1693), and open interest of 21168 (down 1042) [3] Spot Market - CCIndex3128B was at 15302 yuan/ton, up 36 [3] - Cot A was at 78.05 cents/pound, down 0.40 [3] - (FC Index):M: arrival price was at 76.62, down 0.30 [3] - Polyester staple fiber was at 7450 yuan/ton, up 70 [3] - Viscose staple fiber was at 12600 yuan/ton, no change [3] Spreads - Cotton inter - month spreads: 1 - 5 spread was 35 (up 10), 5 - 9 spread was - 65 (up 20), 9 - 1 spread was 30 (down 30) [3] - Cotton yarn inter - month spreads: 1 - 5 spread was 20035 (down 35), 5 - 9 spread was - 20050 (up 70), 9 - 1 spread was 15 (down 35) [3] - Cross - variety spreads: CY01 - CF01 was 6215 (down 40), CY05 - CF05 was (13785) (up 5), CY09 - CF09 was 6200 (down 45) [3] - Domestic - foreign spreads: 1% tariff domestic - foreign cotton spread was 1508 (up 77), sliding - scale tariff domestic - foreign cotton spread was 822 (up 53), domestic - foreign cotton yarn spread was - 1589 (down 14) [3] Group 3: Market News and Views Cotton Market News - As of the week ending July 12, Brazil's cotton harvest progress was 13.6% (up 6.3 percentage points week - on - week, 3.1 percentage points slower than last year) [6] - As of July 13, the budding rate of US cotton in 15 major planting states was 61% (1 percentage point slower than last year and the five - year average), the boll - setting rate was 23% (3 percentage points slower than last year, 1 percentage point slower than the five - year average), and the good - to - excellent rate was 54% (9 percentage points higher than last year, 8 percentage points higher than the five - year average) [6] - CONAB's July 2024/25 Brazilian cotton production forecast was 393.8 million tons (up 2.5 million tons from the previous month), with planted area at 2.0838 million hectares and yield at 126 kg/mu [6] Trading Logic - US cotton may be slightly weak in the short term but has potential upside due to possible trade negotiations and weather factors [7] - Zhengzhou cotton may face limited upside due to average downstream demand and potential additional sliding - scale tariff quotas, despite low current supply [7] Trading Strategy - Unilateral: US cotton is expected to be slightly bullish and range - bound, while Zhengzhou cotton is expected to be bullish and range - bound in the short term [8] - Arbitrage: Hold off [9] - Options: Sell put options [9][15] Cotton Yarn Industry News - The all - cotton greige fabric market has been sluggish, with low sales, high inventory, few orders, and low loom operation rates [11] - The pure - cotton yarn market has seen little change, with stable prices, low downstream purchases, and continued production cuts by inland spinning mills [11] Group 4: Options Option Data - CF509C13800.CZC closed at 180.00 (down 41.9%), with an implied volatility of 9.3% [13] - CF509P13600.CZC closed at 62.00 (down 50.8%), with an implied volatility of 9.7% [13] - CF509P13000.CZC closed at 16.00 (up 23.1%), with an implied volatility of 14.3% [13] Volatility - The 10 - day HV of Zhengzhou cotton was 3.2429, slightly lower than the previous day [13] Option Strategy - The PCR of the main Zhengzhou cotton contract's open interest was 0.9770, and the PCR of trading volume was 0.7034, with increased trading volume for both calls and puts and a rise in bearish sentiment [14] - Recommend selling put options [15]