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| crude oil options trading: Oil Trading Manual David Long, 1995-01-01 The Oil Trading Manual (OTM) provides a unique and comprehensive reference source to the latest developments in the structure and conduct of the international oil markets including: - Physical characteristics and refining - Oil pricing arrangements - Physical oil markets - Forward and futures contracts - Options and swaps - Operations and logistics - Accounting and taxation - Controlling financial risk - Legal and regulatory controlOTM provides a unique and comprehensive reference source to the structure and conduct of the international oil markets. The manual covers all the major oil trading instruments and their applications; the trading centres, contracts, uses and users of both the physical and the terminal oil markets, and their administrative, management, tax, and accounting implications. It also includes vital information on changes to the international legal and regulatory structures. The manual is divided into three complementary parts; Characteristics An introduction to oil and oil trading, and includes material on the nature of oil as a commodity, refinery processes and the different ways in which oil is priced. Instruments and markets Deals with the oil market itself taking each segment in turn, explaining how the various trading instruments work and describing the markets that have evolved to trade them. It starts with the physical oil markets, moving on to forward and futures markets, followed by options and swaps. Administration Covers the essential 'back-room' activities without which oil trading could not continue. It includes practical material on operations and logistics, credit control, accounting, taxation, contracts and regulation, and controlling financial risk, providing a unique guide to the subject. Compiled from the contributions of a range of internationally respected professionals, it is the indispensable practical companion for all those involved with trading in this complex commodity. Revised and updated 2003 |
| crude oil options trading: 40 Classic Crude Oil Trades Owain Johnson, 2022-01-31 The day-to-day world of crude oil traders is not usually open to outsiders. Few non-specialists appreciate how oil traders approach the markets, what their backgrounds are and how they make money. This book brings the oil trading world to vivid life by introducing the reader to 40 real-life trades or strategies that were carried out by named market participants. The 40 chapters cover different geographies and different crude oil markets, providing an unparalleled insight into how crude oil traders work and think. Oil trading developed in its current form in the 1980s and the chapters cover these early beginnings through to the present day. The trades have been grouped in sections that relate to the nature of each trade and its broader use as an example of a successful trading style. Sections cover approaches to arbitrage trading; the impact of geopolitics; logistics and storage plays; short-term versus longer term trading; managing new crude oil grades; trading crude oil derivatives. The book provides plenty of inspiration for current or prospective crude oil traders or analysts. It will also be valuable for academic researchers, business school case studies, and for anyone wanting to learn more about the individuals that shape the world’s most important commodity market. |
| crude oil options trading: Trading in Oil Futures Sally Clubley, 1986-01-01 |
| crude oil options trading: Trading in Oil Futures and Options Sally Clubley, 1998-10-15 Trading in Oil Futures and Options, thoroughly revised and updated, provides practical advice on when to make the decision to use futures; choosing a broker; and the mechanics of futures trading. This new edition has been extended to include all oil market trading instruments, and also gas and electricity derivatives. Updates the only comprehensive guide to oil futures and options Presents an international outlook on the topic Features a chapter on technical analysis and an appendix on the costs of futures trading |
| crude oil options trading: Trading and Price Discovery for Crude Oils Adi Imsirovic, 2021-05-19 This is a book about the international oil market. It takes a historical perspective on how the market emerged, developed, and became what it is today—the biggest commodity market in the world. It is mature and complex, but far from perfect. Throughout most of its 150-year history, the oil market has been monopolised by companies and governments. For only a fraction of that, oil traded in a relatively free market. As a result, we had to live with ‘big oil’, economic shocks, high oil prices, instability and wars. Using a simple concept of market power, this book will explain the meaning of ‘oil price’ and how it is established while offering a valuable lesson for other commodities. Market power is the key to understanding the ‘price of oil’. This book uses a simple concept of price-makers and price-takers to examine the evolution of oil markets, their structure, and prices. The early decades of the oil industry were competitive with low barriers to entry. Barely 25 years later, the Standard Oil company created a refining monopoly, buying oil at its own ‘posted’ price. In the following century, the cartel of major oil companies, helped by their governments, did the same at the international level. OPEC helped producing governments regain control of their own resources, but the organisation was never able to retain a similar level of control. After 1986 price collapse, OPEC abdicated the price-making function in favour of the market. While it never gave up attempts to influence prices, OPEC had to link their official prices to one of the global oil benchmarks. Modern international oil markets function because of oil benchmarks such as Brent, WTI and Dubai. This book showcases: • How oil traders played a prominent role in development of the industry • How policies of consuming nations helped oil cartels • Why and how the US price of oil was negative • How AI has changed the way markets operate and the way in which the markets are likely to change in future This book explores how oil markets grew, functioned, and have occasionally failed to do their job. The ecosystem of derivatives or ‘paper barrels’ trading in far greater volume than physical oil plays a very important role in mitigating risk. With this core tenant, setting the ‘price of oil’ is explained in detail. |
| crude oil options trading: Trading Commodity Options...with Creativity: When, Why, and how to Develop Strategies to Improve the Odds in Any Market Environment and Risk-reward Pr Carley Garner, 2020-07-24 |
| crude oil options trading: Cme Vulnerability, The: The Impact Of Negative Oil Futures Trading George Xianzhi Yuan, 2020-10-23 In 2020, the global lockdowns caused by the COVID-19, or coronavirus, pandemic had resulted in a sharp drop in demand for crude oil. This impact was so severe that on April 8, 2020, a proposal to update the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (CME) trading rule to permit negative prices was applied to CME's WTI Oil futures contracts; this led to a novel phenomenon in which the closing clearing price of WTI Oil May future was $-37.63/barrel based on fewer than 400 contracts' trading volume in the last three minutes, reflecting less than 0.2% of the total trading contracts volume on April 20, 2020. This occurrence of negative closing clearing price for CME's WTI Oil futures trading, cannot be explained simply by just the principle of supply and demand; instead, it highlights vulnerabilities caused by CME's allowance of negative price trading (based on its trading platform), a decision which brings potential and fundamental challenges to the global financial system.This event challenges not just our basic concepts of 'value' and trading 'price' of commodities and goods that underline our understanding of the framework for the invisible hand and general equilibrium theory in economics established by a few generations of scholars since Adam Smith in 1776 for market economies, but also have wider implications on the fundamentals that underpin our ideas of value and labor in the organization, activity, and behavior of civilizations and individual liberties.The scope of this book is limited to covering the impact of the negative oil futures derivatives' trading between April 20 and 21, 2020. This book focuses on exploring the issues, challenges, and possible impacts on global financial markets due to the negative clearing prices of WTI Oil futures contracts and related problems from different perspectives. Topics covered include the responsibilities and liabilities of the CME; critique to the fundamental theory of economics and the modern understanding of value and labor; and challenges to the global financial systems and businesses and introduction to new methods of application. |
| crude oil options trading: How to Trade Black Gold Christo Ricardo, Crude oil investing and trading is not for the faint of heart or weak minded. Your trading capital can vanish right before your very eyes should you not be prepared or not have a plan to deal with the brutality and volatility of the crude oil market. How to Trade Black Gold is important for self-directed beginners because it helps them develop the tools and confidence to become successful trading in this volatile market. How to Trade Black Gold details a few easy and fast ways in which a brand new self-directed beginner can get into the crude oil sector in their portfolio by buying low and selling high. Trading and investing in crude oil presents challenges that are not normal in other instruments due to the many variables that are involved with its price movement. The markets, especially crude oil only work on supply and demand and that’s it, and you don’t need any fancy indicators to tell you that price is up or down because you can see it right on the price chart. How to Trade Black Gold can get any brand new self-directed crude oil trading beginner on the fast track to high profits as long as they are well capitalized and have their rule based core strategy for trading and investing in crude oil mastered! How to Trade Black Gold is going to tell the brand new self-directed beginner crude oil trader only the most important information they need to know right away which will empower them to make money trading crude oil. How to Trade Black Gold tells you how to learn it the right way the first time and greatly reduce that long learning curve by showing you what the crude oil market is really made of and what you need to know to begin making money trading in the harsh and volatile market of crude oil. |
| crude oil options trading: Fundamentals of Trading Energy Futures & Options Steven Errera, Stewart L. Brown, 2002 In today's changing political and economic environment, it is increasingly important that companies learn to properly use the various trading instruments to protect themselves against price volatility. Since the first successful energy futures contract was introduced almost a quarter century ago, trading in energy futures and options has played an important role in hedging against fluctuations in the price of petroleum products, crude oil, natural gas, propane, electricity, and most recently, coal. In this 2nd edition of their best-selling primer, authors Errera and Brown explain how exchange traded futures and options markets work, and how companies can successfully use the markets in their overall strategy to increase profitability. They cover everything from market mechanics, hedging, spread trading, and technical trading to history and growth of the markets. Also included is an extensive appendix detailing contract specifications for 13 energy futures/options contracts. BONUS: A summary of the rules of the most active energy futures and options contracts is included! |
| crude oil options trading: Option Volatility & Pricing: Advanced Trading Strategies and Techniques Sheldon Natenberg, 1994-08 Provides a thorough discussion of volatility, the most important aspect of options trading. Shows how to identify mispriced options and to construct volatility and delta neutral spreads. |
| crude oil options trading: Get Rich With Options Lee Lowell, 2007-05-23 In order to survive and thrive in today's financial markets, you must seriously consider the use of options in your investment endeavors. Options allow you to reap the same benefits as an outright stock or commodity trade, but with less risk and less money on the line. The truth is, you can achieve everything with options that you would with stocks or commodities?at less cost?while gaining a much higher percentage return on your invested dollars. After numerous years as a market maker in the trenches of the New York Mercantile Exchange, few analysts know how to make money trading options like author Lee Lowell. In this well-rounded resource, Lowell shows both stock and commodity option traders exactly what works and what doesn't. Filled with in-depth insight and expert advice, Get Rich with Options provides you with the knowledge and strategies needed to achieve optimal results within the options market. The book quickly covers the basics?how options are priced, strike price selection, the use of Delta, and using volatility to one's advantage?before moving on to the four options trading strategies that have helped Lowell profit in this arena time and again: buying deep-in-the-money call options, selling naked puts, selling option credit spreads, and selling covered calls. Using these strategoes decisively, he says, is the fastest route to riches in the options trading game. Get Rich with Options is packed with real-life examples of actual trades and detailed discussions of how options can be used as a hedging, speculating, or income-producing tool. You'll learn how to set up a home business with the best options trading software, tools, and Web sites. And you'll begin to see options in a whole new light and discover how to become part of a small group of investors who consistently win. |
| crude oil options trading: Anatomy of the Crude Oil Pricing System Bassam Fattouh, 2022 |
| crude oil options trading: Understanding Oil Prices Salvatore Carollo, 2011-11-22 It’s a fair bet that most of what you think you know about oil prices is wrong. Despite the massive price fluctuations of the past decade, the received wisdom on the subject has remained fundamentally unchanged since the 1970s. When asked, most people – including politicians, financial analysts and pundits – will respond with a tired litany of reasons ranging from increased Chinese and Indian competition for diminishing resources and tensions in the Middle East, to manipulation by OPEC and exorbitant petrol taxes in the EU. Yet the facts belie these explanations. For instance, what really happened in late 2008 when, in just a few weeks, oil prices plummeted from $144 dollars to $37 dollars a barrel? Did Chinese and Indian demand suddenly dry up? Did Middle East conflicts magically resolve themselves? Did OPEC flood the market with crude? In each case the answer is a definitive no – quite the opposite in fact. Industry expert Salvatore Carollo explains that the truth behind today’s increasingly volatile oil market is that over the past two decades oil prices have come untethered from all classical notions of supply and demand and have transcended any country’s, consortium’s, cartel’s, or corporate entity’s powers to control them. At play is a subtler, more complex game than most analysts realise (or are unwilling to admit to), a very dangerous game involving runaway financial speculation, self-defeating government policymaking and a concerted disinvestment in refinery capacity among the oil majors. In Understanding Oil Prices Carollo identifies the key players in this dangerous game, exploring their competing interests and motivations, their moves and countermoves. Beginning with the 1976 oil embargo and moving through the 1986 Chernobyl incident, the implementation of the US Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and the precipitous expansion of the oil futures market since the turn of the century, he traces the vast structural changes which have occurred within the oil industry over the past four decades, identifying their economic, social and geopolitical drivers, and analysing their fallout in the global economy. He explores the oil industry’s decision to scale down refining capacity in the face of increasing demand and the effects of global shortages of petrol, diesel, jet fuel, fuel oil, chemical feedstocks, lubricants and other essential finished products, and describes how, beginning in the year 2000, the oil futures market detached itself almost completely from the crude market, leading to the assetization of oil, and the crippling impact reckless speculation in oil futures has had on the global economy. Finally he proposes new, more sophisticated models that economists and financial analysts can use to make sense of today’s oil market, while offering industry leaders and government policymakers prescriptions for stabilising the market to ensure a relatively steady flow of affordable oil. A concise, authoritative guide to understanding the complex, oft misunderstood oil markets, Understanding Oil Prices is an important resource for energy market participants, commodity traders and investors, as well as business journalists and government policymakers alike. |
| crude oil options trading: Trading in Oil Futures and Options Sally Clubley, 1998-09-14 Trading in oil futures and options is an introduction to price risk management in the worldwide oil industry. With numerous practical examples, it requires no prior knowledge and should be read by everyone involved in the industry. Although aimed primarily at those new to risk management it will also provide a useful theoretical background to more experienced managers and it will show those in other markets how the oil industry uses futures and other derivatives. This book concentrates on all the risk management tools available to everyone from crude oil producer to refined product consumer and explains the theory of futures, exchange options and over the counter trading. |
| crude oil options trading: Control Your Cash Greg McFarlane, Betty Kincaid, 2010-06 A 14% credit card rate! What a deal! Where it says 'adjustable' here on my mortgage - that means 'fixed', right? Work until I retire, then collect Social Security. That's my wealth plan. If you've ever wondered how your money works, where it goes or how it grows, stop wondering. Control Your Cash: Making Money Make Sense deconstructs personal finance so that everyone but the hopelessly inept can understand it. Inside the book, you'll learn: [ how to get your bank accounts, credit cards and other financial instruments to work for you, and not the other way around [ the right way to buy a car (i.e. with the salesman cursing your name as you drive away) [ where and how to invest, and what all those symbols, charts and graphs mean [ how to turn expenses into income, and stop living paycheck-to-paycheck [ whom the tax system is stacked against (hint: it's most of us) and how to use that to your advantage [ the very key to wealth itself. In fact, the authors thought it was so important they put it on the cover so you can read it even if you're too cheap to buy the book: Buy assets, sell liabilities. Finally, a book that explains personal finance not only in layman's terms, but in detail. If you can read, and have any capacity for self-discipline, invest a few bucks in Control Your Cash now and reap big financial rewards for the rest of your life. |
| crude oil options trading: Oil Traders' Words Stefan van Woenzel, 2016-02-02 The definitive guide for anyone working in the oil business. Based on his 30 years' experience of working in oil logistics, storage, operations and oil trading, Stefan van Woenzel has compiled a comprehensive dictionary of oil terms and jargon. This third, updated edition contains more than 2,000 terms, definitions, abbreviations and phrases that are used every day by oil traders and those working in the industry. Use it as a reference book to help make sense of the jargon encountered in oil trading and enjoy better communication and understanding in your oil discussions and work. Everyone involved in buying, selling, shipping, storing or distribution of oil, should have this book on their bookshelf. - arend van campen ma, Author of: 'Toxic Tanker and Safety of Ethics' |
| crude oil options trading: Oil's Endless Bid Dan Dicker, 2011-03-16 Expert analysis of rising oil prices and the out-of-control oil markets that jeopardize both national security and the economy The price of oil is negatively impacting both companies and consumers. In Oil's Endless Bid: Taming the Unreliable Price of Energy to Secure Our Economy, energy analyst Dan Dicker recalls his experiences as an oil trader and reveals the changes that have taken place in the oil markets during the past twenty years, and particularly the last five, as investment banks, energy hedge funds, and managed futures funds have come to dominate energy trading and wreak havoc on prices. Reveals why oil prices cannot stabilize without dramatic action on the part of both government and business Details how the novel, but wrong, idea of oil as an asset class took a sleepy, club-like market into the national spotlight Describes how the United States is unnecessarily handing its wealth over to foreign oil producers during a time when the potential supply of oil is greater than ever Written by an industry insider, Oil's Endless Bid analyzes the biggest financial story of the last ten years?how we lost control of our oil markets. |
| crude oil options trading: Commodity Options Carley Garner, 2009 Investors worldwide are discovering the enormous opportunities available through commodity options trading. However, because commodities have differing underlying characteristics from equities, commodity options behave differently as well. In this book, two of the field's most respected analysts present strategies built from the ground up for commodity options. Carley Garner and Paul Brittain begin with a quick primer on how commodity options work, how they evolved, and why conventional options strategies often fail in the commodity options markets. Next, using detailed examples based on their. |
| crude oil options trading: Global Implications of Lower Oil Prices Mr.Aasim M. Husain, Mr.Rabah Arezki, Mr.Peter Breuer, Mr.Vikram Haksar, Mr.Thomas Helbling, Mr.Paulo A. Medas, Mr.Martin Sommer, 2015-07-14 The sharp drop in oil prices is one of the most important global economic developments over the past year. The SDN finds that (i) supply factors have played a somewhat larger role than demand factors in driving the oil price drop, (ii) a substantial part of the price decline is expected to persist into the medium term, although there is large uncertainty, (iii) lower oil prices will support global growth, (iv) the sharp oil price drop could still trigger financial strains, and (v) policy responses should depend on the terms-of-trade impact, fiscal and external vulnerabilities, and domestic cyclical position. |
| crude oil options trading: Crude Strategy Charles Louis Glaser, Rosemary A. Kelanic, 2016 Should the United States ask its military to guarantee the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf? If the US security commitment is in fact strategically sound, what posture should the military adopt to protect Persian Gulf oil? Charles L. Glaser and Rosemary A. Kelanic present a collection of new essays from a multidisciplinary team of political scientists, historians, and economists that provide answers to these questions. Contributors delve into a range of vital economic and security issues: the economic costs of a petroleum supply disruption, whether or not an American withdrawal increases the chances of oil-related turmoil, the internal stability of Saudi Arabia, budgetary costs of the forward deployment of US forces, and the possibility of blunting the effects of disruptions with investment in alternative energy resources. The result is a series of bold arguments toward a much-needed revision of US policy toward the Persian Gulf during an era of profound change in oil markets and the balance of power in the Middle East. |
| crude oil options trading: Oil and Gas Trading Denys Hickey, 2016 This new guide to oil and gas trading aims to fill a gap not currently supplied by other reference books on sale-of-goods law and charters by focusing on the day-to-day realities of trading in the sector. It examines the way in which the oil and gas market operates in practice, taking note of real-life situations that can arise. |
| crude oil options trading: The Logical Trader Mark B. Fisher, 2002-07-26 An in-depth look at the trading system that anyone can use The Logical Trader presents a highly effective, yet simple trading methodology that any trader anywhere can use to trade almost anything. The ACD Method developed and refined by Mark Fisher after many years of successful trading, provides price points at which to buy and sell as determined by the opening range of virtually any stock or commodity. This comprehensive guide details a widely used system that is profitably implemented by many computer and floor traders at major New York exchanges. The author's highly accessible teaching style provides readers of The Logical Trader with a full examination of the theory behind the ACD Method and the examples and real-world trading stories involving it. Mark B. Fisher (New York, NY), an independent trader, is founder of MBF Clearing Corp., the largest clearing firm on the NYMEX. Founded in 1988, MBF Clearing has grown from handling under one percent of the volume on the NYMEX to nearly twenty percent of the trades today. A 1982 summa cum laude graduate from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Fisher also received his master's degree in finance and accounting from Wharton. New technology and the advent of around the clock trading have opened the floodgates to both foreign and domestic markets. Traders need the wisdom of industry veterans and the vision of innovators in today's volatile financial marketplace. The Wiley Trading series features books by traders who have survived the market's ever changing temperament and have prospered-some by reinventing systems, others by getting back to basics. Whether a novice trader, professional or somewhere in-between, these books will provide the advice and strategies needed to prosper today and well into the future. |
| crude oil options trading: Trading Commodities and Financial Futures George Kleinman, 2004-10-18 More fortunes are made and lost more quickly in the commodity futures markets than anywhere else. It is a game of consequence where profits won by one player are lost by another. The stakes are high, but for those who know how to play well, the rewards can be immense. Trading Commodities and Financial Futures shows you how to play the game to win. In this book, one of the world's most experienced traders introduces a new step-by-step methodology built on more than twenty-five years of success. George Kleinman begins with the basics—including a complete primer on how futures and options trading works, how traders' psychology impacts the markets, and how to avoid the pitfalls that trip up so many traders. This edition offers updated coverage of electronic trading, the latest contracts, and state-of-the-art trading techniques you won't find in any competing book. Previous editions of Kleinman's Commodity Futures and Options became international best sellers. This one offers even more insight for winning the commodities game—and winning big. Winning in a zero-sum game For every commodities winner, there's a loser: here's how to be the winner The trend is your friend How to use techniques designed to generate profits in a trending market The fundamentals: supply and demand in every key market Mastering the markets, from crude oil to soybeans, gold to coffee, foreign exchange to stock index futures TMVTT: The most valuable technical tool A unique trading methodology—how it works and how to use it When to get in, when to get out How to recognize the beginning—and end—of major market moves Twenty-five trading secrets of the pros A lifetime's experience, distilled into twenty-five crucial tips |
| crude oil options trading: A Beginner's Guide to the Stock Market Matthew R Kratter, 2019-05-21 Learn to make money in the stock market, even if you've never traded before.The stock market is the greatest opportunity machine ever created.Are you ready to get your piece of it?This book will teach you everything that you need to know to start making money in the stock market today.Don't gamble with your hard-earned money.If you are going to make a lot of money, you need to know how the stock market really works.You need to avoid the pitfalls and costly mistakes that beginners make.And you need time-tested trading and investing strategies that actually work.This book gives you everything that you will need.It's a simple road map that anyone can follow.In this book, you will learn: How to grow your money the smart and easy way The best place to open up a brokerage account How to buy your first stock How to generate passive income in the stock market How to spot a stock that is about to explode higher How to trade momentum stocks Insider tricks used by professional traders The one thing you should never do when buying value stocks (don't start investing until you read this) How to pick stocks like Warren Buffett How to create a secure financial future for you and your family And much, much more Even if you know nothing about the stock market, this book will get you started investing and trading the right way.Join the thousands of smart traders and investors who have profited from this ultimate guide to the stock market.Amazon best-selling author and retired hedge fund manager, Matthew Kratter will teach you the secrets that he has used to trade and invest profitably for the last 20 years.Even if you are a complete beginner, this book will have you trading stocks in no time.Are you ready to get started creating real wealth in the stock market?Then scroll up and click BUY NOW to get started today. |
| crude oil options trading: Commodities Demystified Scott Frush, 2008-08-31 Confused about commodities? Consult this essential resource Oil, rice, corn, the Euro--commodities these days are hot, and they're getting hotter. This engaging and thorough guide covers all the basics you'll need to profit from today's most active investment classes. Commodities Demystified takes you straight to the heart of the subject, beginning with a discussion on the basic elements of the commodities market. It then introduces you to the various available commodities and investment options, including exchange-traded instruments, futures, and options, and explains the correlation between inflation and commodity prices. Finally, each chapter ends with a quick-review quiz enabling you to test your knowledge. Designed to provide a thorough education without overwhelming you with complexities and mystifying jargon, this self-teaching guide is exactly what you need to successfully identify and trade commodities in today's market. This confusion-busting guide covers: The fundamentals of the commodities market Different commodity classes and subclasses Finding a reputable commodities broker How to make online trades Strategies for minimizing risk and maximizing profits |
| crude oil options trading: Commodity Option Pricing Iain J. Clark, 2014-03-05 Commodity Option Pricing: A Practitioner’s Guide covers commodity option pricing for quantitative analysts, traders or structurers in banks, hedge funds and commodity trading companies. Based on the author’s industry experience with commodity derivatives, this book provides a thorough and mathematical introduction to the various market conventions and models used in commodity option pricing. It introduces the various derivative products typically traded for commodities and describes how these models can be calibrated and used for pricing and risk management. This book has been developed with input from traders and features examples using real-world data, together with relevant up-to-date academic research. This book includes practical descriptions of market conventions and quote codes used in commodity markets alongside typical products seen in broker quotes and used in calibration. Also discussed are commodity models and their mathematical derivation and volatility surface modelling for traded commodity derivatives. Gold, silver and other precious metals are addressed, including gold forward and gold lease rates, as well as copper, aluminium and other base metals, crude oil and natural gas, refined energy and electricity. There are also sections on the products encountered in commodities such as crack spread and spark spread options and alternative commodities such as carbon emissions, weather derivatives, bandwidth and telecommunications trading, plastics and freight. Commodity Option Pricing is ideal for anyone working in commodities or aiming to make the transition into the area, as well as academics needing to familiarize themselves with the industry conventions of the commodity markets. |
| crude oil options trading: Commodity Derivatives Neil C. Schofield, 2021-05-11 Commodity Derivatives In the newly revised Second Edition of Commodity Derivatives: Markets and Applications, expert trading educator and author Neil Schofield delivers a comprehensive overview of a wide variety of commodities and derivatives. Beginning with discussions of commodity markets generally before moving on to derivative valuation and risk management, the author then dives into individual commodity markets, like gold, base metals, crude oil, natural gas, electricity, and more. Schofield relies on his extensive experience at Barclays Investment Bank to offer readers detailed examinations of commodity finance and the use of commodities within a wider investment portfolio. The second edition includes discussions of critical new topics like dual curve swap valuation, option valuation within a negative price environment using the Bachelier model, volatility skews, smiles, smirks, term structures for major commodities, and more. You’ll find case studies on corporate failures linked to improper commodity risk management, as well as explorations of issues like the impact of growing interest in electric vehicles on commodity markets. The text of the original edition has been updated and expanded and new example transactions are included to help the reader understand the concepts discussed within. Each chapter follows a uniform structure, with typical demand and supply patterns following a non-technical description of the commodity at issue. Discussions of the physical markets in each commodity and the main exchange-traded and over-the-counter products conclude each chapter. Perfect for commodity and derivatives traders, analysts, and risk managers, the Second Edition of Commodity Derivatives: Markets and Applications will also earn a place in the libraries of students and academics studying finance and the graduate intake in financial institutions. A one-stop resource for the main commodity markets and their associated derivatives Finance professionals seeking a single volume that fully describes the major commodity markets and their derivatives will find everything they need in the latest edition of Commodity Derivatives: Markets and Applications. Former Global Head of Financial Markets Training at Barclays Investment Bank Neil Schofield delivers a rigorous and authoritative reference on a crucial, but often overlooked, subject. Completely revised and greatly expanded, the Second Edition of this essential text offers finance professionals and students coverage on every major class of commodities, including gold, steel, ethanol, crude oil, and more. You’ll also find discussions of derivative valuation, risk management, commodity finance, and the use of commodities within an investment portfolio. Non-technical descriptions of major commodity classes ensure the material is accessible to everyone while still in-depth and rigorous enough to deliver key information on an area central to global finance. Ideal for students and academics in finance, Commodity Derivatives is an indispensable guide for commodity and derivatives traders, analysts, and risk managers who seek a one-volume resource on foundational and advanced topics in commodity markets and their associated derivatives. |
| crude oil options trading: Intraday Trading Strategies Without Indicators for Crude Oil Sombir Chahar, 2020-05-04 intraday trading Strategies without indicator .This book explains in simple terms tested trading strategies and techniques that are followed by successful traders all over the world over. It takes you away from the world of speculation and makes you take trading decisions with logic and rationale, which ensures that your trades are profitable.most of the retail trader know the fact , indicator are not working at all if they worked well so every one in the planet will be millionairelets come to the point70% of the time marked is in side ways or choppy phase and 30% of the time market is in trending phasein this book you will find 4 different strategies which is based on pure price action in this book you will get to know how professional are taking entry you will find simplest intraday trading strategies all these strategies are new and workingwith these intraday trading strategies you will able to make money and you will able to control your emotionseach and every intraday trading strategy discuss with entry point , stop loss and exit points with charts |
| crude oil options trading: The World for Sale Javier Blas, Jack Farchy, 2021-02-01 The modern world is built on commodities - from the oil that fuels our cars to the metals that power our smartphones. We rarely stop to consider where they have come from. But we should. In The World for Sale, two leading journalists lift the lid on one of the least scrutinised corners of the world economy: the workings of the billionaire commodity traders who buy, hoard and sell the earth's resources. It is the story of how a handful of swashbuckling businessmen became indispensable cogs in global markets: enabling an enormous expansion in international trade, and connecting resource-rich countries - no matter how corrupt or war-torn - with the world's financial centres. And it is the story of how some traders acquired untold political power, right under the noses of western regulators and politicians - helping Saddam Hussein to sell his oil, fuelling the Libyan rebel army during the Arab Spring, and funnelling cash to Vladimir Putin's Kremlin in spite of western sanctions. The result is an eye-opening tour through the wildest frontiers of the global economy, as well as a revelatory guide to how capitalism really works. |
| crude oil options trading: How to Invest in Crude Oil Shadow Trader, Trading in general is challenging for most new traders because they simply don't have tools or confidence to become successful. Trading and investing in crude oil presents challenges that are not common in other instruments due to the many variables the like volatility that are involved with its price movement. How to Invest in Crude Oil is important for self-directed beginners because it tells it like it is and gives an inside look at the crude oil market, giving you the reality on what the brutality in the crude oil market is really like. Let’s face it, it’s a well-known fact that 97% of brand new self-directed investors and crude oil traders fail and lose all of their money, they go down hard, real hard. In crude oil investing and trading your trading capital can vanish right before your very eyes should you not be prepared and not have a plan to deal with the brutality and volatility of the crude oil market. Most trading shown in books, video training and webinars these days is taught not only unrealistically it shows you information you really don’t need and that cannot help you have an edge, which you absolutely must have if you’re planning in working in the crude oil market. This book is for self-directed beginners and will detail many of the things that a brand new trader must learn to do before they can become consistently profitable in the live crude oil market. The markets, especially crude oil only work on supply and demand and that’s it. You don’t need any fancy indicators to tell you that price is up or down because you can see it right on the chart. What you do need to know is where the smart money is working so you can make money with them instead of trying to trade against them. How to Invest in Crude Oil is going to give you a chance to do that if you do what it says and follow the advice. You’ve heard the saying buy low sell high right? Right now in 2018 is the time to do exactly that and How to Invest in Crude Oil has a few ways in which a brand new self-directed beginner can get into the crude oil sector in their portfolio. The learning curve in the crude oil trading business and it is a business can be long, brutal and very very expensive if learned the wrong way. Don’t be that trader! How to Invest in Crude Oil aims to tell you how do study it the right way the first time and greatly reduce that long learning curve by showing you what the crude oil market is really made of and who are actually in control of it and when they are in control of it and how to use an actionable strategy against them. When you have this information and can see it on a live price chart in real time and can pull the trigger without hesitation you can make a lot of damn money and How to Invest in Crude Oil can get any brand new self-directed beginner on their way to doing that as long as they are well capitalized and have their rule based core strategy for trading and investing in crude oil down pat! |
| crude oil options trading: Higher Probability Commodity Trading Carley Garner, 2020-10-26 This book takes readers on an unprecedented journey through the commodity markets; shedding light on topics rarely discussed in trading literature from a unique perspective. |
| crude oil options trading: Oil 101 Morgan Downey, 2009 Since 1859, oil has enabled and defined our economic, social and political landscape. Throughout this time, abundant supply ensured low, stable prices and the inner workings of the oil industry remained relatively obscure. Following a century and a half of relative calm, oil prices have become much more volatile as the sustainability and growth of reliable supply sources have been brought into question. This book provides a guide to oil; from its history, to sources of supply and drivers of demand; from how prices are determined daily in global wholesale oil markets, to how those markets are connected to prices at the pump. -- Book jacket. |
| crude oil options trading: Fundamentals of Trading Energy Futures and Options Steven Errera, Luc Marest, 2018 Trading in energy futures and options plays a key role in hedging against fluctuations in the price of energy commodities, especially crude oil and natural gas. This long-awaited new edition highlights how exchange-traded futures and options markets work and how companies can successfully use the markets in their overall strategy to increase profitability. This wide-ranging new edition offers valuable insight for young professionals and students. Discussions on market efficiency, the role of commodities in Modern Portfolio Theory, and the NYMEX introduction of Clearport are all covered in this introduction to futures markets. |
| crude oil options trading: A Trader's First Book on Commodities Carley Garner, 2017-10-31 A Trader's First Book on Commodities is guaranteed to shorten the learning curve for beginning traders while offering seasoned traders a new perspective on familiar topics. There's more to trading than oscillators and trendlines; profitable trading is only possible in a conducive environment (brokerage, platform, mindset, support, and awareness). |
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| crude oil options trading: Energy Trading & Hedging Tom Seng, 2019 This book focuses primarily on the energy products that are financially traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange: crude oil, natural gas, unleaded gasoline, and heating oil. These commodities are the most common ones used for hedging energy commodity risk. Each of these products has a profound effect on the United States and international economies. It discusses several of the factors that influence energy price direction, the financial instruments used in the market, and how commercial entities utilize these instruments to hedge the risks inherent in energy production and consumption, such as price and physical risk. It also addresses the use of energy financial derivatives strictly for profit (speculative trading) and the exchanges that make efficient and competitive trading possible. The physical cash market is addressed along with the major industry publications that produce market prices, known as postings or indexes. Additionally, the book briefly discusses technical analysis, using charts to identify price trends and predict directional changes. Finally, the book discusses the need for stringent controls on the trading of financial energy derivatives to avoid some of the more notorious pitfalls that have led to the collapse of major global companies and institutions. Features and Benefits Supply / Demand Fundamentals Market overviews (financial and physical) Contracts Derivatives Technical Analysis Risk Controls Audience Field level personnel Management Energy lending and finance professionals Anyone who seeks to understand how, or relies upon, energy markets Students |
| crude oil options trading: Commodities Trading for Beginners Priyank Gala, 2015-10-03 People have become richer in the commodity markets. It is one of a few investment areas where an individual with limited capital can make extraordinary profits in a relatively short period of time. Commodities are process to buy and sell virtually anything that is harvested except onions. Some of the Examples for commodities trading are crude oil, cotton, rubber, grains, and metals and other minerals. This book will guide you through the commodity trading basics. This book contains: Index Chapter 1: Defining Commodities Fungibility External Factors with Commodities Liquidity Chapter 2: Commodities as an Investment Vehicle Chapter 3: Gold & Silver Gold and Silver Trading Facts about Gold Investing in Gold Gold Outlook Currently Facts about Silver Outlook of Silver Chapter 4: Oil Chapter 5: Corn, Coffee, Sugar Coffee-Contract Specification: Coffee Outlook: Sugar: Sugar Outlook: Corn: Corn Outlook: The Bottom Line: Chapter 6: Commodity Trading with Binary Options Winning and Losing a Trade: The Neuron BO TRX Indicator The Value Chart 2 Indicator The Stochastic Indicator Time to Place a Trade Trade Example 2: Good Trade Trade Example 3: Bad Trade Chapter 7: Path to proper Commodities Trading Demo Trading Chapter 8: Risk Trading Commodity Futures Unlimited Liability Leverage Geopolitical Risk Speculative Risk Fraudulent Activities Chapter 9: How to Develop a Good Commodities Trading Plan? |
| crude oil options trading: A TO Z SHARE MARKET Gautam Kumar, 2022-01-06 Technical analysis is the most important part of trading. In this book, all the important things related to technical analysis have been explained in easy language. by reading this book you You will start to understand the price pattern well. You will start to understand some important things related to trend patterns. How to find retracement levels (support and resistance)? You will learn this. You will learn to analyze the range of stocks. How to find the support level and resistance level of a stock? You will know this. Apart from these, you will also understand many important things related to technical analysis. I am sure that after reading this book, you will learn to do technical analysis of all stocks or indices very easily. I will not say anything more than this. |
| crude oil options trading: A Comprehensive Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) Joanne M. Hill, Dave Nadig, Matt Hougan, 2015-05 Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have become in their 25-year history one of the fastest growing segments of the investment management business. These funds provide liquid access to virtually every financial market and allow large and small investors to build institutional-caliber portfolios. Yet, their management fees are significantly lower than those typical of mutual funds. High levels of transparency in ETFs for holdings and investment strategy help investors evaluate an ETF’s potential returns and risks. This book covers the evolution of ETFs as products and in their uses in investment strategies. It details how ETFs work, their unique investment and trading features, their regulatory structure, how they are used in tactical and strategic portfolio management in a broad range of asset classes, and how to evaluate them individually. |
| crude oil options trading: Commodities H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck, Jeffrey H. Harris, 2018-03-06 Commodities: Markets, Performance, and Strategies provides a comprehensive view of commodity markets by describing and analyzing historical commodity performance, vehicles for investing in commodities, portfolio strategies, and current topics. It begins with the basics of commodity markets and various investment vehicles. The book then highlights the unique risk and return profiles of commodity investments, along with the dangers from mismanaged risk practices. The book also provides important insights into recent developments, including high frequency trading, financialization, and the emergence of virtual currencies as commodities. Readers of Commodities: Markets, Performance, and Strategies can gain an in-depth understanding about the multiple dimensions of commodity investing from experts from around the world. Commodity markets can be accessed with products that create unique risk and return dynamics for investors worldwide. The authors provide insights in a range of areas, from the economics of supply and demand for individual physical commodities through the financial products used to gain exposure to commodities. The book balances useful practical advice on commodity exposure while exposing the reader to various pitfalls inherent in these markets. Readers interested in a basic understanding will benefit as will those looking for more in-depth presentations of specific areas within commodity markets. Overall, Commodities: Markets, Performance, and Strategies provides a fresh look at the myriad dimensions of investing in these globally important markets. |
Getting started with Micro WTI Crude Oil options - CME Group
Before you start trading, get an understanding of how options work in our All About Options curriculum, specifically Option Hedging with Micro WTI Crude Oil futures. In order to trade …
A GUIDE TO ENERGY HEDGING - KIS FUTURES
The light, sweet crude oil contact, launched in 1983, is the most actively traded futures contract based on a physical commodity in the world. These contracts, and the others that make up the …
Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) Futures and Options: Brochure
Every day, around the world, virtually around the clock, Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) futures and options markets average 1,000,000 contracts traded — that translates to one billion barrels of oil.
Crude Oil Options Handbook - shfe.com.cn
According to the 2020 statistics of the Futures Industry Association (FIA), WTI crude oil futures options and Brent crude oil futures options were the two best performers by trading volume in …
Trading Calendar Spread Options on Energy Futures - CME …
Calendar Spread Options provide a leveraged means of hedging against, or speculating on, a change in the shape of the futures term structure. CME Group has a diverse product offering …
ICE Education International Oil Trader Academy
• Review crude oil supply, demand and products • Understand crude oil refining, evaluation and selection • Explore physical and derivative oil markets, shipping and contracts • Appreciate …
KEY INFORMATION DOCUMENT (PUT OPTIONS ON …
A Put Option on Crude Oil & Refined Products (henceforth “Oil Put Options”) is a derivative contract based on either a deliverable quantity of a particular type of crude oil or refined …
Block Trades in Options Markets - Commodity Futures …
focuses on the crude oil options market and is the first study to investigate the dynamics of block trading in the options market and evaluate the possible effects on liquidity and price discovery …
CRUDE OIL “TRADING” HEDGE STRATEGY - Trading …
At the time of this writing a new Oil ETF, the United States Oil Fund (ticker: USO) has begun trading offering yet another speculative or hedging alternative. For the supplier or purchaser of …
WTI Crude Oil options suite - CME Group
Trade one of the world’s largest and most liquid commodities markets with our suite of WTI Crude Oil options. Leverage standard and Micro sized options with monthly and weekly expirations …
Crude Oil Options Handbook 2021 Edition - ine.com.cn
CME and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the world’s top two hubs for crude oil trading, are substantially important in crude oil options. CME’s New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) …
Negative Oil Prices, Options, and the Bachelier Model
We provide evidence that the market functioned normally in the face of a negative futures price (CLK0) and the listing of negative strike options. We specifically focus on the difficulties in …
Crude Oil Pricing Optionality and Contracts for Difference
One key feature in the marketing of these crudes is the pricing optionality, which adds to the attractiveness of term contracts, especially in volatile market conditions and when the market …
OIL TRADER ACADEMY - ICE
• Review crude oil supply, demand and products • Understand crude oil refining, evaluation and selection • Explore physical and derivative oil markets, shipping and contracts • Appreciate …
Introduction to WORLD OF COMMODITIES - Motilal Oswal …
Crude oil demand is closely correlated to global economic growth. Hence, economic data from major consumers like the US, Europe and China play a major role in determining prices.
Commodity Options : Gold, Crude, Copper, Silver - ICSI
• Options trading will make the commodities market robust and efficient. • The combination of Futures and Options can give participants the benefit of price discovery of Futures and simpler …
KEY INFORMATION DOCUMENT (CALL OPTIONS ON …
A Call Option contract on Crude Oil & Refined Products (henceforth “Oil Call Options”) is a derivative contract based on either a deliverable quantity of a particular type of crude oil or …
WTI Crude Oil options suite - CME Group
Trade one of the world’s largest and most liquid commodities markets with our suite of WTI Crude Oil options. Leverage standard and micro-sized options with monthly and weekly expirations …
OIL FUTURES AND RELATED OPTION CONTRACTS - ICE
Each Futures Contract and Related Options Contract (collectively, “Oil Contracts”) shall include the relevant terms and conditions set out in the applicable Subchapter of this Chapter 19. All …
Returns and Risk Premia on Energy Options - The University …
We study returns on NYMEX futures options on crude oil, natural gas, gasoline, and heating oil. Average returns in the natural gas option market strongly di¤er from the other three markets. …
Getting started with Micro WTI Crude Oil options - CME Group
Before you start trading, get an understanding of how options work in our All About Options curriculum, specifically Option Hedging with Micro WTI Crude Oil futures. In order to trade …
A GUIDE TO ENERGY HEDGING - KIS FUTURES
The light, sweet crude oil contact, launched in 1983, is the most actively traded futures contract based on a physical commodity in the world. These contracts, and the others that make up the …
Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) Futures and Options: Brochure
Every day, around the world, virtually around the clock, Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) futures and options markets average 1,000,000 contracts traded — that translates to one billion barrels of oil.
Crude Oil Options Handbook - shfe.com.cn
According to the 2020 statistics of the Futures Industry Association (FIA), WTI crude oil futures options and Brent crude oil futures options were the two best performers by trading volume in …
Trading Calendar Spread Options on Energy Futures - CME …
Calendar Spread Options provide a leveraged means of hedging against, or speculating on, a change in the shape of the futures term structure. CME Group has a diverse product offering …
ICE Education International Oil Trader Academy
• Review crude oil supply, demand and products • Understand crude oil refining, evaluation and selection • Explore physical and derivative oil markets, shipping and contracts • Appreciate …
KEY INFORMATION DOCUMENT (PUT OPTIONS ON CRUDE …
A Put Option on Crude Oil & Refined Products (henceforth “Oil Put Options”) is a derivative contract based on either a deliverable quantity of a particular type of crude oil or refined …
Block Trades in Options Markets - Commodity Futures …
focuses on the crude oil options market and is the first study to investigate the dynamics of block trading in the options market and evaluate the possible effects on liquidity and price discovery …
CRUDE OIL “TRADING” HEDGE STRATEGY - Trading System …
At the time of this writing a new Oil ETF, the United States Oil Fund (ticker: USO) has begun trading offering yet another speculative or hedging alternative. For the supplier or purchaser of …
WTI Crude Oil options suite - CME Group
Trade one of the world’s largest and most liquid commodities markets with our suite of WTI Crude Oil options. Leverage standard and Micro sized options with monthly and weekly expirations …
Crude Oil Options Handbook 2021 Edition - ine.com.cn
CME and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the world’s top two hubs for crude oil trading, are substantially important in crude oil options. CME’s New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) …
Negative Oil Prices, Options, and the Bachelier Model
We provide evidence that the market functioned normally in the face of a negative futures price (CLK0) and the listing of negative strike options. We specifically focus on the difficulties in …
Crude Oil Pricing Optionality and Contracts for Difference
One key feature in the marketing of these crudes is the pricing optionality, which adds to the attractiveness of term contracts, especially in volatile market conditions and when the market …
OIL TRADER ACADEMY - ICE
• Review crude oil supply, demand and products • Understand crude oil refining, evaluation and selection • Explore physical and derivative oil markets, shipping and contracts • Appreciate …
Introduction to WORLD OF COMMODITIES - Motilal Oswal …
Crude oil demand is closely correlated to global economic growth. Hence, economic data from major consumers like the US, Europe and China play a major role in determining prices.
Commodity Options : Gold, Crude, Copper, Silver - ICSI
• Options trading will make the commodities market robust and efficient. • The combination of Futures and Options can give participants the benefit of price discovery of Futures and simpler …
KEY INFORMATION DOCUMENT (CALL OPTIONS ON CRUDE …
A Call Option contract on Crude Oil & Refined Products (henceforth “Oil Call Options”) is a derivative contract based on either a deliverable quantity of a particular type of crude oil or …
WTI Crude Oil options suite - CME Group
Trade one of the world’s largest and most liquid commodities markets with our suite of WTI Crude Oil options. Leverage standard and micro-sized options with monthly and weekly expirations …
OIL FUTURES AND RELATED OPTION CONTRACTS - ICE
Each Futures Contract and Related Options Contract (collectively, “Oil Contracts”) shall include the relevant terms and conditions set out in the applicable Subchapter of this Chapter 19. All …
Returns and Risk Premia on Energy Options - The University …
We study returns on NYMEX futures options on crude oil, natural gas, gasoline, and heating oil. Average returns in the natural gas option market strongly di¤er from the other three markets. …
