Traders-Secrets in the Commodity Game Part XV How Trammo was shut down in 2016.

It is a shame. Trammo was engaged in the trading distribution and transportation of a wide variety of products, including sulfur, sulfuric acid, ammonia, fertilizers, petroleum coke, coal and rice. A sleazy trader took advantage of his position and manipulated the system to hide those losses from his employer and save his own skin. Continue reading

Commodity Trading and visibility on the book. Financing the Black boxes Part I

Commodity Trading and visibility on the book. Financing the Black boxes Part I

Trading by merchants in commodity markets may seem extremely complex. They combine the control of financial flows, the coverage of risk and a necessary understanding of economic logic behind price arbitrages. What we saw first-hand with XXXXX how you can lose money just as quickly as you make it. –Simon Jacques Institute for Advanced Commodity Trading Studies rue du Rhône Continue reading