COCOA LATEST

COCOA INTRADAY

MONDAY 30. MAY

Month Start
Jan 2.520
Feb 2.610
Mar 2.521
Apr 2.599
May 2.567
June 2.524
July 2.314
Aug 2.339

 

Spot and nearby Cocoa contracts, and Futures contracts explained.

COCOA SEASONALITY CHART

The Cocoa seasonality chart compares this year to earlier years. Red signal market in a weaker seasonal period. Blue signal market in a stronger seasonal period.

COCOA PRICES IN 2022 UPDATED 29. MAY
Seasonality + 4.9%
Cocoa Futures - 2.3 %
Current Seasonality Strong to 14. June

COCOA PRICE DEVELOPMENT

Daily closings through the lens of strength and weakness.

COCOA PRICES THIS YEAR VS LAST YEAR

Cocoa prices for the current year vs last year.

COCOA PRICES THIS YEAR VS 2 YEARS AGO

COCOA PRICES THIS YEAR VS 3 YEARS AGO

COCOA PRICE CHANGES

COCOA MACD AND RSI

COCOA PRICES WEEKLY ( LONGER PERSPECTIVE )

Average weekly trading range in 2022 as of after week 42: 127.

Each bar is derived from one week of trading activity. 

After week 42, the trend for Cocoa prices are basically sideways and choppy over the last 4 months now. The latest weekly bar is showing a lower high with a lower low, indicating weakness for the medium term. Back above 2.395 could potentially trigger a start of a renewed up-trend. 

After week 34, Cocoa prices are continuing to the weak side as for the last 3 months. The latest weeks could be a consolidation of the earlier longer downtrend and no reveral up is confirmed. To become stronger, prices should pass 2.500 and show a higher high on its weekly scale.

After week 24, Cocoaprices are lower on a weekly scale shown by the lower high and the lower low. Trading above 2.458 could change the present weaker trend.

After week 21, Cocoa is having a lower low and a lower high on a weekly scale indicating continued weakness.

After week 18, A Red outside bar on a weekly scale indicating attempts of going higher but then coming back down. There is no clear upcoming direction to this latest week but the Red colour is pushing weakness for now.

After week 16, there is a lower low and a lower high on a weekly scale. This is indicating weakness rather than strength for next week.

After week 14, Cocoa prices are basically pausing sideways without a clear direction for now. Seasonality is showing strength over the next couple of months.

After week 11, there is a lower low and a lower high indicating weakness rather than strength.

After week 10, choppyness continues. Unchanged for the week but building a higher high and a higher low in the weekly chart above.

After week 09, Prices are lower for Cocoa. October high and February high are so far capping the further rise to the prices. The lower low and the lower high is pointing lower for now.

After week 07, Cocoa prices are within the range of last week but building a Blue coloured bar. There is a higher high in the weekly chart, which is a postive for higher prices to (potentially) come.

After week 06, Cocoa is moving 5% higher showing a higher high and a higher low.  

After week 05, Cocoa is making a higher high and a higher low indicating real renewed strength with its 7% gain.

After week 04, Cocoa prices are moving lower on a weekly scale. This is indicated by the lower low and the lower high in this latest red bar.

COCOA MONTHLY ( LOOONGER PERSPECTIVE )

Monthly tradingrange for Cocoa prices:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG        
287 323 257 222 255 211 174  195        

 

Each bar is derived from one month of trading activity. Chart is updated after the end of the month.

After Aug., Cocoa prices are showing an inside bar at a lower level close to former support. Trading above 2.460 could spark a round higher. Until then the weakness continues for the longer term.

After July 2022, prices are making a lower monthly high and low. This is signalling weakness for August.

After June 2022, Cocoa prices are seeing a lower low and lower high on a monthly scale indicating lower prices to come.

After May 2022, Prices are making a lower low with a lower high on a mothly scale indicating weakness for the Cocoa markets. Trading above 2.646 could change this view.

After April 2022, Cocoa prices are seeing an inside bar with its monthly lower low and high. 

Markets are awaiting direction post this consolidation.

After March 2022, Cocoa is having a lower low and a lower high on a monthly scale indicating weakness rather than strength. For now, the chart looks choppy.

After February 2022, Markets see Cocoa prices building a higher high and a higher low on a monthly scale. This should indicate a positive for higher prices to come.

After January 2022, Cocoa prices are higher than they were in December. The monthly chart is showing a higher high and a higher low indicating strength rather than weakness.

COCOA MONTHLY PRICE CHANGES

COCOA MONTHLY INTRADAY.SE

COCOA PRICES QUARTERLY

Cocoa quarterly developments. Q3 2022 ranged 262 points low to high or high to low. This may differ from the look of the formulated chart below.

This chart shows the development of Cocoa prices per quarter, where each bar counts as one quarter (3 mnths) of trading activity. Q1 = Jan - Mar,  Q2 = Apr - Jun, Q3 = Jul - Sep, Q4 = Oct - Dec.

Q3 2022, there is a new lower low and lower high for Cocoa prices on a quarterly scale indicating continued weakness.

Q2 2022, is seeing Cocoa making a lower low and a lower high on a quarterly scale. This should signal weakness rather than strength for the longer term.

Q1 2022, Cocoa prices are making a higher high and a higher low. This is signalling strength rather than weakness.

COCOA PRICES YEAR BY YEAR

Cocoa yearly chart of Cocoa prices, every year since 1970.

 

In 2021, Cocoa prices ranged "only" 25% from year low to year high. The chart above is created as an Heikin Ashi chart, thereby given different outcomes of highs and lows than a normal bar chart because of its formula.

The strongest message from this chart is the importantance of a bar's higher low (lower high) which is indicating further development.

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COCOA PRICES IN 2021

Comments and weekly chart from latter part of 2021.

Each bar is derived from one week of trading activity. 

After week 50, Cocoa prices are seeing a higher high and a higher low for its weekly scale. This is a positive sign for potentially higher prices to come.

After week 49, a higher low is in place but an inside bar and no change for the week. Prices are still in a seasonal weak period.

After week 48, there is a lower low and a lower high in the weekly chart. Seasonality points to potentially more weakness.

After week 47, Cocoa prices are more than 7% lower than after last week. There is a lower low and a lower high. Low point 2.388 and High point 2.598.

After week 46, Cocoa prices are now higher making a higher high and a higher low on the weekly scale.

After week 45, Cocoa prices continue lower as shown through the lower lows and the lower highs. In order to break this downsloping trend prices should quickly raise above the last week high measure around the 2.540 level.

After week 42, Cocoa prices are clearly making a lower low and a lower high for the weekly time scale indicating weakness.