Trading companies

Are commodities a zero sum game?

Damien / 21 January 2022 / Commodity trading - Trading companies

Conversation with a grain trader

Damien / 07 January 2022 / Commodity trading - Conversation - Trading companies

We have a highly experimental post today! A conversation with one of our teacher Gabriel, one of the most passioned grain trader you could find! This is our very first interview! We debated for a long time if we could release this interview, the quality is FAR FROM ideal, it’s hard to hear what I say… sorry about that!

Global Commodities | Documentary

Damien / 10 December 2021 / Commodity trading - Trading companies

How do trading companies make money?

Damien / 12 November 2021 / Commodity trading - Trading companies

How do trading companies make money?
In short, they buy, stock, transport, process and sell commodities from a place of surplus to a place of deficits. The big trading players such as Vitol, Cargill, Trafigura, Olam, Mercuria, Louis Dreyfus, Glencore, etc… always pivot their business model around those activities.

Book Review : Depression, Oil Trading & A Mind At War With Itself

Damien / 01 October 2021 / Book review - Commodity trading - Trading companies