by DamienW | 16 Jul 2018 | Blog, Commodity trading, Trading companies
Are commodities a zero-sum game? If you have been subscribed to our mailing list for a long time, you must all know by now that I’m a big fan of Jonathan Kingsman book “Commodity Conversation”. The other day Mr. Kingsman posted a very interesting article on his...
by DamienW | 25 Jun 2018 | Blog, Commodity trading, Conversation, Tips to get in the shipping & commodity biz :-), 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...
by DamienW | 15 Jun 2018 | Blog, Commodity trading, Trading companies
A Documentary you must watch Years ago, completely out of nowhere I fell on this documentary on ARTE a french network ( feels old to talk about watching TV…!). It was such as good one! very insightful! It was not another film with the sole purpose to...
by DamienW | 23 May 2018 | Blog, Commodity trading, Tips to get in the shipping & commodity biz :-), Trading companies
4 factors physical commodity traders review before taking positions (or speculating) In this short blog post, I’m going to show you the 4 elements that I check before taking positions on the future market. As this is the technique I currently use, I cannot illustrate...
by DamienW | 12 Apr 2018 | Blog, 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...
by DamienW | 3 Apr 2018 | Blog, Commodity trading, Shipping, Tips to get in the shipping & commodity biz :-), Trading companies
The only Traineeship List The traineeships are by far the golden way to commodity trading. Most of them will offer a rotation in different departments giving you a broad view of the different jobs involved in a transaction. It depends on the companies, but some offer...
