Cotton Futures (CT) Seasonal Chart
The above chart represents the seasonality for Cotton Futures Continuous Contract (CT) for the past 20 years.
- Date range: January 1, 1990 to December 31, 2009
- Type: Commodity Futures – US
- Symbol: CT
Cotton Futures Continuous Contract Seasonality
Analysis has revealed that with a buy date of December 6 and a sell date of January 26, investors have benefited from a total return of 43.42% over the last 10 years. This scenario has shown positive results in 8 of those periods.
Conversely, the best return over the maximum number of positive periods reveals a buy date of December 6 and a sell date of January 17, producing a total return over the same 10-year range of 40.48% with positive results in 9 of those periods.
The buy and hold return for the past 10 years was -50.28%.
**Results shown are compounded
How to Invest
iPath Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Subindex Total Return ETN (Public, NYSE:BAL) – Info – The Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Subindex Total ReturnSM is a sub-index of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total ReturnSM and is intended to reflect the returns that are potentially available through an unleveraged investment in the futures contracts on physical commodities comprising the index as well as the rate of interest that could be earned on cash collateral invested in specified Treasury Bills. The Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Subindex Total ReturnSM is a single-commodity sub-index currently consisting of one futures contract on the commodity of cotton, which is included in the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total ReturnSM. Expense Ratio: 0.75%
