Commodity Market Trading and Investment: A Practitioners Guide to the Markets (Global Financial Markets)

This book offers practical knowledge, analysis, trading techniques and methodologies required for the management of key international commodities. The author explores each aspect of commodity trading in detail and helps the reader to implement effective techniques to build a strong portfolio. Early chapters set the current scene of commodity trading markets before going on to discuss the fundamental instruments and tools used in navigating commodity markets. The author provides detailed, empirical case studies of traded natural resources in order to explicate the financial instruments that enable professionals both to invest and to trade them successfully. Later chapters investigate the psychology and behavioural influences behind optimal market trading, in which the author encourages the reader to understand and combat the obstacles that prevent them from reaching their full trading potential. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Setting the Scene....Pages 1-6 Investment and Trading in Commodity Markets....Pages 7-17 The Financial Commodity Markets....Pages 19-82 Trading Versus Investment in Commodities....Pages 83-93 Hedge Funds and Alternative Investments in Commodities....Pages 95-107 Understanding the Fundamentals of the Commodity Markets....Pages 109-142 Applied Technical Analysis for Commodities....Pages 143-172 Building a Disciplined Trading Approach....Pages 173-186 Trade Like a Professional....Pages 187-197 Trading Psychology....Pages 199-206 Commodity Market Risk Management....Pages 207-231 Back Matter....Pages 233-244 This title offers practical knowledge, analysis, trading techniques, and methodologies required for the management of key international commodities. The author explores each aspect of commodity trading in detail and helps the reader to implement effective techniques to build a strong portfolio