Chapter overview to one of the world’s most complex industries
Introduction to physical oil market, its sectors, history, buying process, exchanges, & financialisation.
Guide to oil derivative trading, investment banks, exchanges, contracts, market uses, & regulations.
Overview of influencers: OPEC, geopolitical leaders, major companies, & research houses.
Supply/demand models, market positioning, financial flows, participant behavior, & psychological influences.
Volatility, liquidity, technical indicators, & market scenarios based on volatility & liquidity.
Hypothesising, trade classification, risk, position sizing, exits, performance tracking, & hedging.
Establishing contracts, linking regions, constructing forward curves, & organising contract hierarchies.
Market maker growth, data sophistication, tech power, market dynamics change, oil derivatives, data future.
Exploring forward curves, market analyses, growth in derivatives trading, threats, & future trends.
Who’s the book for? Newcomers to this market, with a focus on assisting graduates in their journey to become oil traders. Industry professionals seeking to improve their understanding in this area, particularly if their focus has been on physical oil trading. Keen observers, who aren't aware of the wider financial oil market beyond the core futures contracts and seek further information and understanding of the data.
Greg Newman is the Chief Executive of Onyx Capital Group - the world's largest liquidity provider in oil derivatives. Greg began his trading career at Mandara Capital aged twenty-two where he created the crude oil desk. Within three years, it became the largest independent market-maker in Dated Brent and Dubai swap markets. In 2016, Greg left Mandara with colleague Omar Kayaam to launch Onyx. Greg has been the driving force behind Onyx's development on the trading floor and beyond, establishing training programmes, research, data services, brokerage, news, and analysis. He's featured in “40 Classic Crude Oil Trades” and the crude desks he formed at Mandara and Onyx are in “Brent Crude Oil: Development of the Benchmark.” Greg holds a BEng in Biochemical Engineering from University College London.
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The Financial Conduct Authority has released warnings that the following unauthorised firms “Onyx Traders” and "Onyx Trade Group" may be targeting people in the UK. The Onyx Capital Group, and its subsidiaries (collectively "Onyx"), do not have any association with these firms. Onyx Commodities Limited (FRN: 778117) and Onyx Capital Advisory Limited (FRN: 822509) are both authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority.
