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Prediction Series · Lock · Issue P-199
Prediction Series · P-199

The coffee ceiling — ≤500c, locked at 92%.

92% probability ICE Arabica Coffee C settles at or below 500 cents per pound on 1 December 2026 — a ceiling 54% above the 324.35c of 21 August and comfortably above the 432c 52-week high. Resolves 1 Dec 2026.

Type · Prediction Lock · commodity price ceiling Locked · 2026-08-21 · before the December settlement Resolves · 2026-12-01 · ICE Arabica Coffee C front-month settlement Scored · binary: front-month settlement ≤500.00 cents/lb yes/no
Arabica Coffee C on 1 Dec 2026 · our locked ceiling
≤ 500c
US cents per pound · vs 324.35c on 21 August 2026

ICE Arabica Coffee C closed at 324.35 US cents per pound ($3.24) on 21 August 2026, within a 52-week range of 244c to 432c and up 2.4% over thirty days. Our ceiling sits 54% above that close and about 16% above the top of the 52-week range.

— 1 · The Locked Call

Arabica Coffee C settles ≤500 cents per pound on 1 December 2026 — P = 0.92.

We lock a binary: the ICE Arabica Coffee C front-month contract settles at or below 500.00 US cents per pound on 1 December 2026. Confidence 92%.

— 2 · Why it's nail-able

The ceiling sits above the 52-week high, not merely above spot.

Coffee closed at 324.35c against a 52-week range of 244c to 432c. Our 500c ceiling is not just 54% above the current price — it sits roughly 16% ABOVE the highest level this market has reached in a year, which is the more meaningful test. Confidence 92%, not higher, because arabica is genuinely weather-exposed: a Brazilian frost or a drought in the Cerrado can move this contract 40% in weeks, and the 52-week range itself shows a 77% spread between low and high. The December window also sits close to the Brazilian flowering assessment period. Scored on the front-month settlement, not the cash or spot-differential price.

Locked on 2026-08-21 — scored against the ICE Arabica Coffee C front-month settlement.

RAOSCAFF locks P-199 on 2026-08-21. Scored against the ICE Arabica Coffee C front-month settlement on 1 December 2026 versus a 500 cents-per-pound ceiling.

Locked
2026-08-21 (commit timestamp on origin/main)
Resolves
2026-12-01 — ICE Arabica Coffee C front-month settlement
Source
ICE Futures US, Coffee C official front-month daily settlement, US cents per pound (ice.com)
Scored by
Binary: YES if the ICE Coffee C FRONT-MONTH official settlement on 1 December 2026 is ≤500.00 cents/lb; NO otherwise. Arabica Coffee C front-month settlement — not robusta, not a cash or differential price. If 1 December is not a trading day, the next trading day's settlement is used.

Arabica is weather-exposed — a Brazilian frost or Cerrado drought can move this contract 40% in weeks, and the 52-week range already spans 77%.