Coffee price today: trend, volatility and seasonality
Data updated October 13, 2026
298.70usd/lbs+0.22% today
Coffee last traded at 298.70 usd/lbs (close of October 13, 2026), down 16.0% year to date and down 24.0% over twelve months.
It is without a clear trend: the price and its 50-day average sit on different sides of the 200-day average, with the price 2.2% below that average.
Over the past 52 weeks it has ranged between 244.60 and 423.95; today's price sits at 27% of that range.
One-month volatility is 30% annualised, close to the middle of its historical range, and the largest fall from a high in the last year was 42.3%.
Returns by period
- 1W
- −3.9%
- 1M
- +2.5%
- 3M
- −10.2%
- 6M
- −1.6%
- Year to date
- −16.0%
- 1Y
- −24.0%
- 3Y
- —
- 5Y
- —
Spot price changes, close to close. They do not include the roll cost or carry of futures, which is what commodity ETFs earn.
Coffee over five years (start = 100)
Trend and risk
- Trend (50/200-day)
- Mixed
- vs 200-day average
- −2.2%
- RSI (14 days)
- 51
- Momentum 12-1
- −25.8%
- Volatility 1M
- 30.4%
- Volatility 1Y
- 41.1%
- Max drawdown 1Y
- −42.3%
- 52-week range position
- 27%
Futures positioning (CFTC COT)
Managed money (hedge funds and CTAs) held a net long position of 19,036 contracts in Coffee (11.7% of open interest), in the lower part of its one-year range. Report of October 6, 2026.
Coffee COT report: positions, history and what followed extremes →
Questions
How has coffee performed this year?
As of October 13, 2026, Coffee is −16.0% year to date and −24.0% over the last twelve months, at 298.70 usd/lbs.
Is coffee above its 200-day moving average?
No: the price is 2.2% below its 200-day average of 299.43. With the 50-day average on the other side, the trend reads as mixed.
How volatile is coffee?
Its one-month volatility is 30.4% annualised and one-year volatility 41.1%. Current volatility is at the 25th percentile of all one-month windows in the available history.
Are hedge funds long or short coffee?
Managed money (hedge funds and CTAs) held a net long position of 19,036 contracts in Coffee (11.7% of open interest), in the lower part of its one-year range. Figures from the CFTC Commitments of Traders report of October 6, 2026.
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Source: MarketStack commodity prices; CFTC Commitments of Traders (Disaggregated, futures only). Figures are historical and descriptive; they are not forecasts and not investment advice. MEDGE Capital does not recommend buying or selling any instrument. Risk disclaimer.