We'll talk about
coffee futures prices, what factors impact the value of coffee, and how you can position yourself for better results.
There are two main types of coffee: arabica and robusta, with arabica being the most popular type and the one used in
coffee futures contract.
Even though the $ 3.5 million - a-year wholesaler's selling prices are locked in by contract, founder and CEO Jim Gilson, 50, can minimize those impacts by
hedging coffee futures on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Agricultural contracts traded include: US and UK - based softs contracts: ICE U.S. Coffee «C» Arabica, which is the world's
largest coffee futures contract, Robusta Coffee, Cotton No. 2, World Cotton, Cocoa,, Frozen Concentrated Orange juice, ICE Sugar No. 11, ICE Sugar No. 16 and White Sugar.
According to Bloomberg,
Arabica coffee futures rose 61 % in Q1 2014 which is the largest quarterly gain since 1997.
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During the summer months of December, January, and February in the Southern Hemisphere, where most of the world's coffee is grown,
coffee future prices tend to rise because weather conditions — like freezes — threaten global supply.
In my opinion, most of the selling in
the coffee futures markets have probably already occurred, but seasonal tendencies suggest the overall trend will remain sideways to lower through late summer.
I think that at some point much later in the summer,
the coffee futures market will find proper footing to provide attractive opportunities for the bulls.
Coffee futures in the May contract are trading slightly lower for the week trading at 117.45, and a possible bottom may have been formed.
Even though coffee prices have come down a little this week,
coffee futures are still one of the year's top commodity gainers.
Coffee futures are sold on two major exchanges: the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), and the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE).
The coffee futures price chart below shows the progression of coffee from January, 2012 to today:
The coffee futures symbol for NYMEX is KT; the symbol for ICE is KC.
This information then allows their investment department to buy and sell
coffee futures that day on the world «s markets with information that even the coffee growers in the plantations in Columbia may not yet have!
Instead, by depositing margin, (approximately $ 4,200 in this example) from your Altavest Worldwide Trading, Inc. trading account, and going long
a coffee futures contract, you could trade coffee (or any other commodity) without the hassle of locating a buyer and seller, and without incurring the extra costs of transportation, storage and insurance.
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For example, the buyers of JO, the coffee ETF, had $ 323 at the end of the period versus a buyer of
the coffee futures contract, KC, which ended up at $ 394.