The major pressure currently being added to coffee prices is the somewhat impressive rebound of the US dollar. Inversely, this has put significant pressure on Brazil currency, along with those of other major producing countries. The supply outlook is still very bearish, so nothing new fundamentally has been able to lift coffee prices. At most, we may see short covering bounce, but that will only present a good opportunity to establish new short positions. On the technical side, a violation of the downside 106 corrective low from August 2 was violated with Monday’s price action, and subsequently, we have seen three consecutive days down in follow-through selling. Once these areas are violated, we tend to see a pullback (typically around 50% retracement), which may be a good place to re-enter short positions. For now, we’ll continue to hold a bearish outlook but hold off on new positions until we see a rally back to approximately 107. Consider using put options to manage risk effectively.

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Coffee Sep ’18 Daily Chart