Coffee Buyer Report

May insights...

Coffee Buyer Report - Week Ending May 23rd Over the last month the market continued seeing higher price levels (ranging between $1.84 and $2.15, in contrast to April’s range of $1.70 and $2.05), with radical shifts from one week to another. We continue to see dramatic shifts from one week to another, as you can note above. The primary driver…

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Coffee Buyer Report - Week Ending March 14th The March 2014 contract is no longer tradable, so we’ll now be referencing the May 2014 contract period. Last month the closing low of $1.3990 occurred on February 14. Since then the market has attained a high of $2.10 (last Thursday, March 13) and is now trading in the mid-to-upper $1.90s.

As coffee prices hit a 53 month low...

Week Ending October 4th The previous two-week period largely saw fluctuations of 2 or 3 cents, with a low of $1.12 and high of $1.2090. Today’s market close was $1.1505. As you can see, in the last four-week cycle the market moved from the low teens to the low 20s and back again to the low teens.

Coffee market info for September, 2013.

Week Ending September 19th Over the last couple of weeks the coffee market ranged around 8 cents, from $1.1280 (Sept. 3) to $1.2080 (Sept. 11). You may recall that the previous two weeks saw a range of between 2 and 3 cents. The final day of the week had a market close price of $1.1925.

Week Ending August 30th 'Pour-over' coffee -- and other single-cup, hand-crafted brews -- are the hot, new trend in caffeinated beverages (Sun News) >

All you need to know to buy and sell coffee...

Week Ending August 23rd Over the last two weeks the market has closed with a high of $1.2345 (August 12) and a low of $1.1495 (August 20). Since our last report on August 5 when the close was around $1.19, we watched the market move steadily upward to reach the two-week high ($1.2345) only to witness its steady decline bac...

Coffee market info for the first week of July, 2013.

Week Ending July 5th During the four weeks since our last report, the market moved from $1.28 (June 10) to $1.18 (June 20) and back to the $1.22 range last Friday, July 5. The decline from the mid-to-upper $1.20s to the $1.18 range was slow and steady, and we continue to see 5-cent (or more) swings throughout the tradin...

Week Ending June 7th The market has settled down after its drop over the last few weeks and into the mid-$1.20s just two weeks ago. Since my last report of May 27, the market has ranged between $1.2450 and $1.2850, with highs and lows slightly above and below those levels. It now seems likely that short covering was the...

Market Insights

Week Ending May 24th How the market has changed! When I wrote the last report two weeks ago the market was trading in the upper $1.40’s. The primary driver of that upward climb from the previous weeks was related to short covering. Once the momentum of this coverage subsided, the market moved briefly downward to the low...

All You Need to Know to Buy and Sell Coffee!

Week Ending May 10th As mentioned in the last outlook report, the May 2013 contract has expired. We are now focusing our market-range data around the July 2013 contract.

Good insights on this May Day.

Week Ending April 26th First notice day caused most trading to switch to the buying month of July 2013 (N13). The week’s high was $143.50 on Monday, April 22nd, and the weekly low was $132.70 on Friday, April 26th.

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Week Ending April 12th The green coffee nearby market May started this month in the mid to upper $1.30’s, topping out on the close at $1.4015 (April 5th). Last week, downward movement reached a closing low of $1.3525. Monday April 15th closed even lower at $1.3445. The overall range since April 1st against the nearby May…