by Damien | 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 Damien | 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 Damien | 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 Damien | 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 Damien | 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...
by Damien | 23 Mar 2018 | Blog, Book review, Commodity trading, Trading companies
Hello, Hello, today we review a ebook ! I red it on my kindle no pictures📸📷 for this one ! Sorry. 🙇♂️ . In “Depression, Oil Trading & A Mind At War With Itself” we follow the true story of Jonathan Ford fighting through depression, marriage💒, anxiety and...