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Copper Futures to Cotton Ratio
The copper futures to cotton ratio is 7.404 — Copper Futures at $6.59 per Pound divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:32 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Copper Futures to Cotton ratio
1.000 Lb of copper futures = 7.404 Lb of cotton
Inverse (CT/HG-FUT): 0.1351 — one Pound of cotton buys that much copper futures.
Below its 1 year average. (13th percentile of the last 1 year)
Copper Futures
$6.59
per Pound
Cotton
$0.8900
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Pound ÷ USD per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cotton per Pound of copper futures. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:32:54 GMT.
1Y average
8.032
median 7.887
1Y low
6.594
Sep 17, 2025
1Y high
9.906
Jan 27, 2026
Normal band
7.381–8.684
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-0.96σ
241 observations
Copper Futures to Cotton ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the HG-FUT/CT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Copper Futures / Cotton price chart below.
HG-FUT/CT ratio line
How many Lb of Cotton one Lb of Copper Futures buys, over 1Y.
HG-FUT/CT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the HG-FUT/CT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Copper Futures and Cotton prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the copper futures to cotton ratio
Copper Futures to Cotton ratio = Copper Futures price per Pound ÷ Cotton price per Pound
Both legs share the same unit, so the result is a plain unitless number, directly comparable across time.
Worked example, live prices: $6.59 ÷ $0.8900 = 7.404. The inverse is 0.1351.
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Live prices behind the ratio
| # | Symbol | Name | Rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4640.70 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 68.90 |
| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 85.69 |
| 4 | BRENTOIL-FUT | Crude Oil Brent Futures | 92.88 |
| 5 | NG-FUT | Natural Gas Futures | 2.78 |
| 6 | PL | Platinum | 1883.84 |
| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1350.90 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the copper futures to cotton ratio today?
The copper futures to cotton ratio is 7.404 — Copper Futures at $6.59 per Pound divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the copper futures to cotton ratio?
Divide the copper futures price per Pound by the cotton price per Pound. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Pounds of cotton per Pound of copper futures.
What is the inverse of the copper futures to cotton ratio?
The inverse, cotton to copper futures, is 0.1351 — how many Pounds of copper futures one Pound of cotton buys.