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Supply Fears Boost Cocoa Prices
Wall Street Journal  Nov 26  Comment 
Cocoa futures jumped 4.9% last week—touching a one-month high—due to fears of shrinking supplies of the main ingredient for chocolate.
RICI® Index Adds NYSE Liffe’s Robusta Coffee And Cocoa Futures Contracts
Mondo Visione  Nov 12  Comment 
NYSE Liffe, the European derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, today announced that the Exchange’s Robusta Coffee and Cocoa Futures contracts will be added to the Rogers International Commodity Index® (RICI®) for the first time. The changes...
NYSE Liffe s Robusta Coffee Cocoa Futures added to RICI
Commodity Online  Nov 12  Comment 
[$] Cocoa Jumps on El Niño Worries
Wall Street Journal  Jul 27  Comment 
Cocoa futures climbed to their highest level in more than three weeks on concerns that dry weather in West Africa will curtail cocoa output in the top-producing region next season.
[$] Cocoa Prices Tumble 4.5%
Wall Street Journal  Jul 12  Comment 
Cocoa futures plunged 4.5% as a widely watched industry indicator signaled that Europe's appetite for chocolate has declined dramatically.
Weather fears gather over cocoa output too
Agrimoney.com  Jul 6  Comment 
Rabobank lifts forecast for cocoa futures, warning over the risk of an El Nino weather pattern, which meteorologists say looks increasingly likely
Cocoa futures in NYBOT surges on fear of supply crunch from Ivory Coast
Commodity Online  May 31  Comment 
With the cocoa processor and confectionery makers stocking the commodity on fear of temporary supply crunch from the world top producer, Ivory Coast, the price of Cocoa in New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) surges.
Cocoa futures moved lower Friday
FX Street  Mar 19  Comment 
Cocoa futures moved lower Friday after trading in a prolonged sideways range for most of last week.... For more information, read our latest forex news and reports.
Cocoa: Suggesting the pattern is likely to continue
FX Street  Mar 15  Comment 
Cocoa futures continue to expand their trading range within a broad “descending triangle” chart... For more information, read our latest forex news and reports.




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Cocoa futures are traded on the ICE Exchange under ticker symbol CC in dollars per metric ton. [1]

The chart at left shows front-month cocoa futures prices on the ICE Exchange in dollars per metric ton.

Delivery Dates

Cocoa futures are delivered every year in March, May, July, September, & December.[1]

The following is a table with cocoa futures delivery dates and resultant tickers for 2009. For an explanation on commodity tickers see commodity ticker construction.

Delivery Month Full Ticker Symbol Thomson-Reuters Symbol
March, 2009CCH9CC/H9-NM
May, 2009CCK9CC/K9-NM
July, 2009CCN9CC/N9-NM
September, 2009CCU9CC/U9-NM
December, 2009CCZ9CC/Z9-NM

Contract Specifications

Contract Size

One Cocoa futures contract on the ICE Exchange is 10 metric tons.[1]

Daily Price Limit

There is no daily price limit for Cocoa Futures on the ICE Exchange.[1]

Trading Hours

Cocoa futures contracts are traded everyday exclusively on the ICE Trading Platform from 9:00am to 7:00pm Greenwich Mean Time (4:00am to 2:00pm Eastern).[1]

Last Trading Day

Trading of Cocoa futures contracts on the ICE Exchange ends on the business day immediately preceding the first notice day on the New York Board of Trade..[1]

Deliverable Grades

Deliverable Cocoa grades for futures contracts on the ICE Exchange are: The growth of any country or clime, including new or yet unknown growths. Growths are divided into three classifications. Group A–Deliverable at a premium of $160/ton (including main crops of Ghana, Lome Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone). Group B–Deliverable at a premium of $80/ton (includes Bahia, Arriba, Venezuela, Sanchez among others). Group C–Deliverable at par (includes Haiti, Malaysia and all others).[1]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 The ICE Exchange's contract specification for Cocoa futures
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