
July ICE NY cocoa (CCN24) this morning is up +559 (+7.63%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN24) is up +401 (+6.52%).
Cocoa prices this morning are sharply higher on speculation that this week's price plunge was overdone. Price moves in cocoa have been amplified by a lack of liquidity, with open interest in cocoa futures near the lowest in over a decade. Last Friday's weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report showed long-only positions in NY cocoa futures in the week ending May 7 fell to a four-year low, and short-only positions fell to the lowest in more than nine years.