May 2012 coffee opened last week at 185.70 and closed at 182.35. Looking at the daily chart below you see that coffee is in a very strong trend with ADX at 59. MACD is riding below the signal line dropping divergence and Stochastics have been oversold since mid February. Price action looks to be rounding just above 180. You can see on the chart exactly when Trends in Futures recommended a short.
On the weekly chart you can see ADX is also show a very strong trend at 50. Weekly Stochastics are in deep oversold territory.
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If you are wondering when the trend started, look at the COT report. I am looking at the disaggregated report. You can see how currently Producers are continuing to liquidate net shorts now at -19,775 contracts. Managed Money are continuing to add to net shorts now at -8,962 contracts. Other Reportables are 7,831contracts, and our friends the Swap Dealers are net long 21,823 contracts. Here is a perfect example of rising open interest not predicting higher prices. If you are using OI without the COT, you are staring at the sun without eye protection. Keep an eye on when Producers start adding to net shorts and Managed Money start adding net longs.
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Fundamental outlook — Bearish — Coffee prices sank as the Brazilian harvest and an increase in global supplies fueled fund selling. Coffee production in 2010/11 rose +7.6% y/y to a record 136.4 million bags (USDA), but production should fall -1.9% y/y 133.8 million bags in 2011/12 Brazil’s 2011/12 (July-June) production will fall -9.7% y/y to 49.2 million bags on the off-year of the biennial cycle (USDA).
Many coffee experts are predicting coffee to continue to drop into 2012. Curious to know how low coffee can go? See the monthly chart below. First May coffee needs to break below 180.00.
