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Open Interest in NY Cotton Futures

Graph of cotton exports

Discussion

This chart graphs the total open interest. Open interest is defined as the number of active positions at the end of the day (not double counting both the buyer and seller). Since there is always a buyer for every seller, if one buyer buys a contract from one seller, the open interest increases by one.

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