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Introduction

This page shows the trading hours, holidays, and time zone of the Cotton No. 2 Futures contract in the ICE Future market.

Historical data for backtesting is unavailable for ICE. In live trading, LEAN sources this data from your brokerage or a third-party data provider.

Pre-market Hours

The following table shows the pre-market hours for the Cotton No. 2 Futures contract in the ICE Future market:

WeekdayTime (America/New York)
Sunday19:30:00 to 21:00:00
Monday19:30:00 to 21:00:00
Tuesday19:30:00 to 21:00:00
Wednesday19:30:00 to 21:00:00
Thursday19:30:00 to 21:00:00

Regular Trading Hours

The following table shows the regular trading hours for the Cotton No. 2 Futures contract in the ICE Future market:

WeekdayTime (America/New York)
Sunday21:00:00 to 24:00:00
Monday00:00:00 to 14:20:00, 21:00:00 to 24:00:00
Tuesday00:00:00 to 14:20:00, 21:00:00 to 24:00:00
Wednesday00:00:00 to 14:20:00, 21:00:00 to 24:00:00
Thursday00:00:00 to 14:20:00, 21:00:00 to 24:00:00
Friday00:00:00 to 14:20:00

Post-market Hours

The following table shows the post-market hours for the Cotton No. 2 Futures contract in the ICE Future market:

WeekdayTime (America/New York)
Monday14:50:00 to 18:00:00
Tuesday14:50:00 to 18:00:00
Wednesday14:50:00 to 18:00:00
Thursday14:50:00 to 18:00:00
Friday14:50:00 to 18:00:00

Holidays

The following table shows the dates of holidays for the Cotton No. 2 Futures contract in the ICE Future market:

Date (yyyy-mm-dd)
2025-01-202025-02-172025-05-262025-06-192025-07-04
2025-09-012025-11-27

Early Closes

The following table shows the early closes for the Cotton No. 2 Futures contract in the ICE Future market:

Date (yyyy-mm-dd)Time Of Market Close (America/New York)
2008-11-2614:15:00
2008-11-2813:00:00
2008-12-2413:00:00
2008-12-2614:15:00
2009-11-2713:00:00
2009-12-2413:00:00
2010-11-2613:00:00
2011-11-2513:00:00
2012-11-2313:00:00
2012-12-2413:00:00
2013-11-2913:00:00
2013-12-2413:00:00
2014-11-2813:00:00
2014-12-2413:00:00
2015-11-2713:00:00
2015-12-2413:05:00
2016-11-2513:00:00
2017-11-2313:30:00
2017-11-2413:30:00
2017-12-2413:05:00
2019-11-2913:30:00
2019-12-2413:05:00

Late Opens

The following table shows the late opens for the Cotton No. 2 Futures contract in the ICE Future market:

Date (yyyy-mm-dd)Time Of Market Open (America/New York)
2009-12-2807:30:00
2010-12-2707:30:00
2010-12-2807:30:00
2011-12-2707:30:00
2012-12-2607:30:00
2013-01-0207:30:00
2013-07-0508:00:00
2013-11-2908:00:00
2013-12-2608:00:00
2014-01-0208:00:00
2014-07-0708:00:00
2014-11-2808:00:00
2014-12-2608:00:00
2015-01-0208:00:00
2015-11-2708:00:00
2015-12-2808:00:00
2016-11-2508:00:00
2017-11-2408:00:00
2017-12-2608:00:00
2018-11-2308:00:00
2018-12-2608:00:00
2019-11-2908:00:00
2019-12-2608:00:00

Time Zone

The Cotton No. 2 Futures contract in the ICE Future market trades in the America/New York time zone.

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