Coffee Buyer Report

05/29/2014

May insights...

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…

03/19/2014

Updated buyer perspective!

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.

10/10/2013

As coffee prices hit a 53 month low...

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.

09/25/2013

Coffee market info for September, 2013.

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.

09/06/2013

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

08/23/2013

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

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...

07/10/2013

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

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...

06/11/2013

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...

06/03/2013

Market Insights

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...

05/23/2013

All You Need to Know to Buy and Sell Coffee!

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.

05/01/2013

Good insights on this May Day.

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.

04/17/2013

Some great reading!

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…