Sugar (SB-F)
Commodities · Softs · data since 2000-03-01 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+0.54%
7d
-0.47%
30d
+9.99%
YTD
-1.67%
1y
-10.92%
Sugar (SB-F) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -4.9 | 0.2 | 8.5 | -6.1 | -3.6 | 2.0 | 2.9 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 0.8 | -3.3 | -7.4 | -2.4 | -9.2 | 5.6 | 0.1 | -1.6 | -10.4 | 5.4 | -1.3 |
| 2024 | 17.3 | -6.4 | -0.3 | -12.5 | -7.2 | 11.0 | -6.8 | 2.3 | 17.0 | 0.3 | -7.3 | -8.6 |
| 2023 | 8.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 21.3 | -7.2 | -8.7 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.1 | -3.9 | -21.0 |
| 2022 | -3.5 | -1.2 | 8.3 | -0.7 | 0.3 | -2.9 | -6.8 | 2.0 | 3.0 | -2.4 | 9.2 | 2.1 |
| 2021 | 2.2 | 10.7 | -15.7 | 18.1 | -0.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 10.8 | -0.1 | -2.8 | -3.5 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | 8.9 | -1.0 | -27.9 | -0.3 | 5.0 | 8.5 | 6.8 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 9.9 | 1.0 | 6.8 |
| 2019 | 5.8 | 0.0 | -1.6 | -4.3 | 0.9 | 1.8 | -0.9 | -8.8 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 2018 | -12.7 | 1.9 | -8.4 | -6.7 | 11.0 | -7.3 | -11.1 | 0.5 | -1.7 | 26.6 | -2.6 | -6.3 |
| 2017 | 4.8 | -5.6 | -13.2 | -4.3 | -7.3 | -8.0 | 9.0 | -3.4 | -6.0 | 8.9 | 2.3 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | -13.8 | 10.8 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 8.2 | 15.2 | -5.5 | 5.3 | 12.3 | -4.3 | -8.2 | -1.5 |
| 2015 | 1.9 | -5.8 | -14.4 | 8.8 | -7.7 | 2.5 | -9.3 | -4.0 | 13.8 | 19.3 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 2014 | -5.2 | 5.9 | 7.9 | -3.0 | 0.8 | -4.4 | -1.0 | -5.9 | -0.1 | 3.6 | -2.8 | -6.9 |
| 2013 | -3.7 | -2.1 | -3.9 | 0.1 | -6.3 | -1.0 | 3.6 | -3.7 | 7.0 | 4.8 | -6.4 | -4.3 |
| 2012 | 1.5 | 8.5 | -3.7 | -14.3 | -8.3 | 12.3 | 3.8 | -12.6 | -1.0 | -0.6 | -0.6 | 0.9 |
| 2011 | 5.8 | -4.3 | -16.6 | -13.8 | -0.9 | 22.4 | 5.1 | -0.4 | -11.3 | -2.2 | -8.1 | -1.6 |
| 2010 | 10.9 | -19.3 | -31.3 | -9.3 | -5.7 | 27.1 | 8.5 | 0.9 | 28.1 | 15.1 | -5.4 | 16.6 |
| 2009 | 7.3 | 6.3 | -5.9 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 7.9 | 10.7 | 31.1 | -1.1 | -5.4 | -0.8 | 19.0 |
| 2008 | 14.2 | 15.4 | -18.1 | -8.9 | -5.9 | 20.2 | 15.7 | -8.4 | -3.1 | -2.8 | -1.0 | -0.8 |
| 2007 | -9.8 | 6.7 | -12.6 | -6.5 | 1.1 | -2.9 | 13.9 | -8.2 | 0.8 | 4.4 | -2.3 | 11.0 |
| 2006 | 22.8 | -7.1 | 6.9 | -4.3 | -9.8 | 2.1 | -5.6 | -20.9 | -8.1 | 6.5 | 7.1 | -5.0 |
| 2005 | 2.0 | -8.7 | 3.3 | -1.0 | 1.7 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 8.7 | 3.5 | 9.7 | 18.1 |
| 2004 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 7.3 | 2.5 | 14.4 | -3.5 | 6.4 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 2003 | 13.5 | 3.0 | -13.7 | -5.0 | -3.0 | -10.6 | 13.9 | -12.8 | -1.4 | -4.3 | 5.4 | -9.3 |
| 2002 | -13.7 | -6.1 | -1.0 | -4.2 | 3.9 | 0.2 | -1.9 | 3.1 | 15.2 | 6.8 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
| 2001 | -2.5 | -6.7 | -16.5 | 22.6 | -10.0 | 12.2 | -17.3 | -0.3 | -15.3 | 0.6 | 13.9 | -3.8 |
| 2000 | · | · | 16.1 | -12.5 | 46.3 | 12.6 | 22.4 | 1.5 | -7.5 | 1.3 | -1.5 | 4.6 |
| Avg | 2.4 | 0.0 | -5.4 | -1.3 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 3.1 | -1.1 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +2.4% | +0.0% | -5.4% | -1.3% | +0.4% | +4.2% | +3.1% | -1.1% | +2.7% | +3.3% | +0.4% | +0.8% |
| Win rate | 65%/26 | 50%/26 | 33%/27 | 30%/27 | 44%/27 | 67%/27 | 62%/26 | 50%/26 | 50%/26 | 65%/26 | 46%/26 | 54%/26 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-73.9%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±9.5%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
51%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+46.32%
2000-05
Worst month
-31.25%
2010-03
Longest streaks
10▲ / 5▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Sugar
Sugar does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 2000. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2000) would be about $243 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was May 2000 at +46.32%; its worst, March 2010 at -31.25%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.