Gunvor’s “Long Gamma” Physical Mean-Reversion Epic Fail

Gunvor is an energy trader umbilically linked to a $2.5B LNG/natural gas trading margin call.

LNG/GAS commodity credit exposure is mounting at the banks while Gunvor’s margin calls represent ~100% of the group total equity.

If a black-box plays by the sword expect the market participants/IBs/MERCHANTS on the other side to trade this “Long Gamma- physical mean-reversion” epic fail wisely. Continue reading

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Bon Voyage Gunvor.

“While there have been margin calls associated with the European natural gas price rally, Gunvor maintains a healthy liquidity position and instruments to manage any further volatility,”
– Gunvor Spokesman

To the contrary our sources indicate that Gunvor Group trading activity is effectively frozen with its remaining gun powder serving to manage its decay.

The bonuses in arrears won’t be paid.

Gunvor is getting flushed. The market has a job to perform but is not done yet. For us as an analyst it is has explained the extreme-volatility in the TTF gas market.
The trader’s future is purely and simply in the hand of Goldman Sachs, Citi and the long swap dealers at TTF. Continue reading