where to next after hitting a 10-year high?

Coffee price has been on a months-long uptrend; hitting a 10-year high on Thursday. Tight supplies are the key driver of the commodity’s bull run. Unfavorable weather conditions and the ongoing shipping snarl-ups have contributed to the shortage.

Based on the prevailing weather patterns in different coffee-growing regions, the bullish market may linger on in the coming weeks. The effects of the frost and drought that hit Brazil in the past year are still being felt. Besides, Minas Gerais, which is a key coffee-producing area in Northern Brazil, is experiencing heavy summer rains. The subsequent floods have heightened disease concerns. The La Nina phenomenon in Colombia and wet weather in Vietnam has further boosted coffee price.   

Coffee price outlook

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Coffee C futures, which are the benchmark for the Arabica variety, have been on a months-long uptrend following a recovery in demand. In the past year, the coronavirus pandemic placed 1.50 at an evasive level. Interestingly, that has turned into a steady support zone since coffee price surged above it in mid-July.

Since then, it has been on an uptrend as shown via the trendline highlighted in red. Since the beginning of the year, the commodity has had its price surge by about 94.12%. On Thursday, it extended its previous gains to trade at the highest level since October 2011. Besides, since mid-September, it has been in the green for nine out of ten weeks.

In the US Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), coffee price ended the week at 2.42; down by 1%. On a daily chart, it is trading above the 25 and 50-day exponential moving averages. Based on both the fundamentals and technicals, I expect the commodity to remain in an uptrend in the coming week.

With an RSI of 73, it entered the overbought territory on Thursday after reaching a 10-year high. While it has since pulled back, it is still at the border of this zone with an RSI of 70. As such, it may start the coming week on a low before rebounding.

From this perspective, the support levels to look out for are 2.33 and the 25-day EMA at 2.20. On the upside, it will likely find some resistance along last week’s high of 2.48. Above that level, the bulls will be eyeing the psychological 2.50 and 2011’s high of 2.60. For as long as coffee price is above the resistance-turn-support zone of 2.00, the bulls will remain in control.