Agriculture
Coffee trading: arabica, robusta and origin risk
Coffee is two commercial species. Arabica and robusta grow in different places, taste different and are listed on different futures contracts. Weather, disease and currency in producing countries move them. They are not one soft commodity with two names.
Market overview
ICE lists coffee contracts. Arabica and robusta have different sizes and different delivery rules. Those figures are not copied here.
Certified exchange stocks are visible inventory of deliverable coffee. They are not every bag in a warehouse at origin. Disease and a frost in a growing region can matter more than a demand headline.
What tends to move it
Origin weather
Frost, drought and rain at the wrong time.
Disease
Crop disease is a supply event.
Currency
Many origins sell in dollars and spend in a local currency.
Certified stocks
Deliverable inventory, not world inventory.
Ways to take the exposure
These are different legal positions. A platform may offer one and not the others. Nothing here is available in every country.
Arabica futures
One ICE contract.
Robusta futures
Another ICE contract. Not a substitute without basis.
Roaster shares
A brand and a margin, not a bag of green coffee.
Contract specifications
ICE
Contract unit, tick and margin are on the exchange page. They are not reprinted here.
Read the exchange pageIllustrative contract value
What the costs usually are
Futures fees and a spread that can widen when origin news hits an otherwise quiet contract. A CFD, if offered, is a different charging model.
What a headline commission leaves out of the bill separates the commission from the spread, financing and other charges.
Risks that belong to this market
Species basis
Arabica and robusta diverge.
Concentration
A few origins dominate each species.
Liquidity
Softs are quieter than a major grain until they are not.
Providers in the commodities directory
The rows come from the existing commodities research note. No second provider list was created. No commercial relationship is recorded on these rows, so the button goes to the firm’s own site. This is not a ranking.
AvaTrade
Group listing only
Metals, energy and agricultural commodity CFDs depending entity
Pricing line. Spread-based; product/entity-specific fees
Platforms. WebTrader; AvaTrade app; MT4; MT5; AvaOptions
Fees that are not in the note are not shown as zero. Eligibility where you live is not confirmed.
Capital.com
Group listing only
65+ commodity CFDs provider-stated across metals, energy and soft/agricultural markets
Pricing line. Spread-based, no commission on cited CFD proposition; other costs apply
Platforms. Capital.com web/mobile; TradingView; MT4/MT5 on current international page
Fees that are not in the note are not shown as zero. Eligibility where you live is not confirmed.
CMC Markets
Group listing only
Commodity CFDs across metals, energy and soft commodities; investing offering differs by region
Pricing line. Spread-based CFD pricing; investing fees region-specific
Platforms. Next Generation; MT4/MT5 in selected regions; mobile/web
Fees that are not in the note are not shown as zero. Eligibility where you live is not confirmed.
FOREX.com
Group listing only
A published range includes crude oil, natural gas, corn and metals.
Pricing line. Spread-based commodity CFDs; financing can apply
Platforms. FOREX.com proprietary; TradingView; MT5/MT4 depending region
Fees that are not in the note are not shown as zero. Eligibility where you live is not confirmed.
FP Markets
Group listing only
Oil, gas, corn, sugar and precious metals among broader commodity CFDs
Pricing line. Spread/commission account structures
Platforms. MT4; MT5; cTrader; TradingView; IRESS in selected regions
Fees that are not in the note are not shown as zero. Eligibility where you live is not confirmed.
Interactive Brokers
Group listing only
Energy, metals, agriculture and related commodity products via futures, ETFs/ETPs and metals
Pricing line. Product/exchange commissions + market-data fees; fund/ETF pricing varies
Platforms. Trader Workstation; IBKR Desktop; Client Portal; GlobalTrader; mobile
Fees that are not in the note are not shown as zero. Eligibility where you live is not confirmed.
OANDA
Group listing only
Hard and soft commodity CFDs including oil, copper, natural gas, corn plus precious metals
Pricing line. Spread-based commodity/metal CFDs
Platforms. OANDA web/mobile; MT4; MT5; TradingView
Fees that are not in the note are not shown as zero. Eligibility where you live is not confirmed.
Pepperstone
Group listing only
40 spot commodity markets across metals, energies and softs on cited UK page
Pricing line. Spread-based; Razor pricing applies to some products
Platforms. Pepperstone platform; MT4; MT5; cTrader; TradingView
Fees that are not in the note are not shown as zero. Eligibility where you live is not confirmed.
Saxo
Group listing only
Commodity CFDs, futures, options, spot metals and ETCs across energy, metals and agriculture
Pricing line. Tiered commissions/spreads by product and account tier
Platforms. SaxoInvestor; SaxoTrader; web/mobile
Fees that are not in the note are not shown as zero. Eligibility where you live is not confirmed.
Compare selected providers
Select two or three providers. The limit is three.
Calculators
Each tool starts from numbers you type. This page does not send a contract size or a live price into them.
Position size
You type the contract multiplier. This page does not insert one.
OpenFutures margin
Tick value and margin come from the specification you enter.
OpenRisk and reward
A planned payoff. It does not grade the trade.
OpenProfit and loss
A result from prices you type.
OpenStop and target
Distances you choose, not a market order.
OpenTrading journal
A record of trades you enter.
OpenTrading performance
Figures from the journal, not from a feed.
OpenWhat a commission leaves out
How spread, fees and financing sit beside a headline commission.
OpenTwo species
A frost in an arabica region does not automatically reprice robusta one for one. The contracts, the growing zones and the buyers differ. A product that says coffee without the species has skipped the specification.
No crop estimate is printed on this page.
Questions
Are arabica and robusta the same futures contract?
No. They are different listings.
Do certified stocks equal world supply?
No. They are coffee tenderable on that exchange.
Sources and review
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Review: Editorially reviewed. This is not a qualified specialist review and it is not a legal sign-off.
Last reviewed: . Next review due . The date is an editorial pass. It is not a live check of every third-party fee.
Other sources
- Intercontinental Exchange — checked 16 October 2026
- WiT Markets methodology — checked 13 October 2026
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