Bad weather conditions can reduce cocoa yield.
The rainy season begins in Côte d'Ivoire, which runs from mid-March to late October. Will the quotations for cocoa rise?
Of course, the rainy season itself does not affect the cost of the beans. However, heavy precipitation is now expected in the coastal and southern regions of the country, and drought may be in the center. Côte d'Ivoire is the world's largest cocoa producer with a 35% share. It is followed by several more countries from West Africa: Ghana (share in the world cocoa harvest is 25%), Cameroon (+ 5%) and Nigeria (+ 6%). Bad weather conditions can have a negative impact on the harvest in the entire region and contribute to higher prices. In addition, according to U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on March 22, the volume of short positions for sale (net short position) of cocoa on the ICE exchange peaked from September 2017. After the price of beans has risen, the players had to urgently close these positions, which could be an additional impetus to the growth of quotations.
On the daily timeframe , Cocoa: D1 is out of the short-term downtrend. Now it is in a long-term neutral trend and moves towards its upper boundary. Various indicators of technical analysis formed improvement signals . Further growth of quotations is possible in case of bad weather and a reduction in world yield.
Technical Analysis Summary
Position Buy
Buy stop Above 2280
Stop loss Below 2118
The rainy season begins in Côte d'Ivoire, which runs from mid-March to late October. Will the quotations for cocoa rise?
Of course, the rainy season itself does not affect the cost of the beans. However, heavy precipitation is now expected in the coastal and southern regions of the country, and drought may be in the center. Côte d'Ivoire is the world's largest cocoa producer with a 35% share. It is followed by several more countries from West Africa: Ghana (share in the world cocoa harvest is 25%), Cameroon (+ 5%) and Nigeria (+ 6%). Bad weather conditions can have a negative impact on the harvest in the entire region and contribute to higher prices. In addition, according to U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on March 22, the volume of short positions for sale (net short position) of cocoa on the ICE exchange peaked from September 2017. After the price of beans has risen, the players had to urgently close these positions, which could be an additional impetus to the growth of quotations.
On the daily timeframe , Cocoa: D1 is out of the short-term downtrend. Now it is in a long-term neutral trend and moves towards its upper boundary. Various indicators of technical analysis formed improvement signals . Further growth of quotations is possible in case of bad weather and a reduction in world yield.
- The Parabolic Indicator shows buy signal.
- The Bollinger bands have narrowed which indicates high volatility. Both Bollinger lines have a slope up
- The RSI Indicator is above the 50 mark. It formed a divergence to the rise.
- The MACD Indicator gives a bullish signal.
Technical Analysis Summary
Position Buy
Buy stop Above 2280
Stop loss Below 2118