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Ryan Delany
Aug 10, 20235 min read
Groking the Coffee Market
When I was a very green commodity analyst, my boss said something to me that I will never forget. I was being trained up on the job at...
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Ryan Delany
Mar 28, 20237 min read
State of the Coffee Market
Half-Pregnant We are in a particularly awkward moment in #coffee, and the stakes are high for the direction of price. Already faced by...
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Ryan Delany
Dec 15, 20225 min read
Calendar Spreads and their Insights into Commodities Trading
While Calendar Spreads may seem confusing at first, they are actually easy to understand, and more importantly, very useful for...
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Ryan Delany
Nov 8, 20227 min read
Coffee Supply and Demand Made Easy
Understanding the #SupplyandDemand (S&D) balance sheet is essential for any professional #trader, but can also be extremely daunting. ...
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Ryan Delany
Jun 8, 20225 min read
Understanding Fundamentals – the 2nd Most Important Skill a Trader Needs
Understanding the #fundamentals, the environment of #coffee #supply and #demand is the second most important skill that a #coffeetrader...
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Ryan Delany
Feb 4, 20226 min read
Technical Studies #3 - Moving Averages For Coffee Traders
One of the most popular, important and “easy to use” #technical indicators is the Simple Moving Average (SMA). This simple indicator can...
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Ryan Delany
Feb 1, 20227 min read
Coffee Calendar Spreads are On Fire
Yesterday, #Arabica #certifiedstocks dropped an impressive 70k and the #calendarspreads are going bananas. Calendar spreads in Arabica...
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Ryan Delany
Oct 18, 20213 min read
Coffee Report Focus #4: GCA Stocks
After last month's surprise GCA stocks report, many of us in the #coffee industry were watching closely this week's report, because the...
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Ryan Delany
Sep 22, 20213 min read
What to Expect When Your Expecting (a Fed Press Release) *Coffee Market Edition*
In just a few short hours, the #FOMC (230pm EST) will be making a statement and the markets will be reacting. For people in the #coffee...
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Ryan Delany
Aug 5, 20215 min read
A Macro Boon for Coffee
Yesterday the #BrazilianCentral Bank announced a rate increase of 1% to combat the rising #inflation. This is the largest increase since...
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Ryan Delany
Aug 4, 20213 min read
A Curious Coffee COT Report
Last week's #COT contained a curious fact: during the rally up above 200 cents the #specs actually sold rather than bought. This is...
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Ryan Delany
Jul 27, 20213 min read
Volatility and Inversion in the Calendar Spreads
The #Arabica #coffeemarket was inverted by 5 bps in N22/U22 as of 7:18am. This is VERY unusual. I'm not trying to be alarmist here, I...
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Ryan Delany
Jul 26, 20214 min read
Margin Requirements and Frost #3: What to Expect
Today, the #coffeemarket (#Arabica) rallied +26c at the highs today to 215.20 in September based on #margin increases and renewed #Frost...
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