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Support in Cocoa Holds Strong as Reversal Begins to Form

Posted 03/07/2019 7:32AM CTPeter Mooses

After three big down days, May cocoa looks to have reversed. 2140 and 2160 held and prices enticed buyers back in Wednesday. A 115-point trading range occurred, and the market closed 84 points up. Most of the bounce came from technicals – although an increased European demand outlook may be coming. With the ECB meeting ahead of us, positive news could lead to a stronger euro which could help cocoa. Dry weather, accompanied with heat could also hurt production. This could also boost prices higher in the further out trading months. After talks of the potential record production levels for the 19/20 calendar year, these recent weather fronts could curb that. Mixed news is also keeping prices rangebound as traders anticipate higher supply levels in Ivory Coast but lower levels in other key growing regions like Brazil and Indonesia. These pending factors will continue to add to cocoa’s volatility and could have this contract headed to 2300 or 2000 by the roll in April.

Cocoa May ’19 Daily Chart

Cocoa May '19 Daily Chart

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Peter Mooses

Follow Peter on Twitter @PMoosesRJO. Peter's interest in trading began during a college internship with Bunge North America on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade, where he assisted commodities traders and performed market research and analysis. Upon earning a B.A. in economics from the University of Iowa, Peter served as an analyst, transaction manager and team lead in the Global Trust Divisions for LaSalle Bank and Bank of America, where he managed transaction activity in multi-million dollar client fixed income and asset-backed securities portfolios. After years in the banking industry, it became apparent that Peter's real passion lies in futures trading. He joined RJO Futures because he enjoys the analytical aspects of futures trading and appreciates the economic impact that commodities have across all markets. Peter believes in utilizing market analysis and trends to help clients achieve balance between risk and return, while always keeping their investment objectives top of mind.