Coffee Futures Extend the Bullish Rally Settling at All Time Highs
Coffee prices in the New York terminal surged to a 47-year high today, as the market scrambles to adjust to $3 coffee. The March 2025 delivery contract, the most actively traded, settled at 326.00 cents per pound, marking a sharp increase of 17.15 cents from yesterday’s close and just shy of the session high of 326.15 cents.
The rally was fueled by a combination of trade hedge lifting and end-of-month roaster fixations, which pushed prices higher with minimal opposition from origin sellers, who are trying to stay as flat as possible given the heightened risk in the current market environment. Meanwhile, Robusta coffee also saw a substantial increase. The March 2025 Robusta contract settled $382 higher, closing at $5,496 per ton.
After the close, ICE U.S. announced an increase in initial margin rates for the all Arabica coffee contract, raising margins in the most active March 2025 contract $917 to $8,095, effective at today’s close. Across all open positions in all contracts this will result in an additional $179 million of initial margin required to be deposited before Friday’s close.
Holiday Trading Schedule:
• The Arabica market will be closed tomorrow for Thanksgiving in the U.S.
• The Robusta market will operate with normal hours on Thursday.
• Both markets will reopen with normal trading hours on Friday.
At the time of writing this:
USDBRL 5.9374 +2.17%
USDCOP 4,386.17 -0.37%
Miami London Brazil
305-925-4847 +44-203-580-6099 +55-11-3509-5426
ICE Arabica
Volume:
37,248
ICE Robusta
Volume:
14,888
Brazil Arabica
Volume:
768
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Arabica-Robusta Arbitrage
Arabica Switches
Robusta Switches
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