CME Weekly Oil Options by Chris Thorpe, CFA
Category: Oil
Learn Hedging in South Beach?
This half-day seminar will provide attendees with an overview of hedging tools and risk management in the oil markets, with particular emphasis on introductory swaps and options used in the oil trading business. The event will focus on the fundamentals of hedging using futures, options and swaps to provide delegates with a background in the … Continue reading Learn Hedging in South Beach?
Bunker Price Index now Live
Find your "should be" prices now through BPI. This system uses real time benchmarks and spreads to calculate local market prices to provide buyers and sellers superior price discovery and trading guidance. More
Peaks and troughs
Low oil prices have created winners and losers, with some caught in between.
Could “the end” be near?
As I watched a CBS 60 Minutes piece this week focused on the economic stress in west Texas I was reminded of a similar scene 20 years ago when I lived in Dallas. Oil was approaching $10 a barrel and the Economist went out on a limb suggesting $5 was near. Eventually recanting, the Economist was … Continue reading Could “the end” be near?
2016 may not be a bad year for oil
Any upside for oil?
Oil prices are at decade lows but no one seems too optimistic. Now is the time to prepare for the turn. Click here for Precision timing
Are crude producers upside down?
Upside Down Read the latest CTA Financial piece recently published in Bunkerspot magazine.
Market madness
Can we really know where oil prices will go next? Too many factors can influence the outcome and often the madness of crowds drives the market beyond reason. We do know that markets will drive prices beyond where they "should" be. All you can do is prepare yourself. Read more here,oilpricesmadness
Oil producers’ costs create floor
Being competitive in commodities is about being the low cost player or at least among the lowest quartile players. Eventually, prices will fall (whether due to supply this time or demand in 2008) and you better be the lowest cost or else you may be cash flow negative or worse yet, out of business. In … Continue reading Oil producers’ costs create floor