Coffee COT Report
The Commitment of Traders (COT) report shows how the largest traders are positioned in Coffee futures each week. The CFTC splits open interest into speculators (managed money) and commercial hedgers, so you can see who is leaning which way. Tracking when Coffee speculative positioning reaches an extreme, and how speculators line up against commercials, is one of the most widely followed sentiment tools in futures.
What drives Coffee positioning
In softs, weather and origin-country supply shocks drive sentiment, and Coffee speculative positioning can swing hard around harvests and shipping disruptions. Coffee positioning is driven by Brazil and Vietnam weather such as frost and drought, the arabica-versus-robusta balance and shipping conditions.
How to read the Coffee COT report
In Coffee, the 52-week z-score shows how far speculators have stretched from the prior year, with high positive readings crowded long and deeply negative ones crowded short. Softs swing hard on supply and weather, so confirm an extreme against the positioning regime before assuming a turn. Extremes often follow Brazilian weather scares, so a crowded spec long can unwind quickly once the weather premium fades. New to the report? Start with how to read the COT report.
COTInsight scores Coffee on nine analytical layers every week, the moment the CFTC data lands: the 52-week z-score, the 3-year COT Index, regime classification, price-versus-positioning divergence, open-interest trend and more, with up to ten years of history so you can see how today compares to every prior extreme.
Coffee COT report FAQ
Which CFTC report covers Coffee?
Coffee positioning comes from the CFTC Disaggregated Commitments of Traders report, which splits Coffee open interest into Producer/Merchant/Processor/User and Swap Dealer hedgers on one side and Managed Money and Other Reportables on the other. COTInsight reads it directly from the CFTC every week.
When is the Coffee COT report updated?
The CFTC releases the Commitments of Traders report every Friday at 3:30pm ET, reflecting positions as of the prior Tuesday. COTInsight recomputes the Coffee z-score, COT Index and regime the moment the data lands.
Is Coffee COT positioning bullish or bearish right now?
The COT report is a positioning and sentiment gauge, not a direct buy or sell signal: it shows whether speculators are crowded long or short in Coffee. COTInsight scores this week's Coffee reading on a 52-week z-score, a 3-year COT Index and a positioning regime. Start a free 7-day trial to see the current reading.
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