by DamienW | 26 Sep 2020 | Blog, Commodity trading, Tips to get in the shipping & commodity biz :-)
The other day I was speaking with one of our SACA students that just finished his study and was about to start to find a job in the commodity industry. I was doing my usual spiel: the competition is fierce out there if you want to find a job in commodity trading,...
by DamienW | 1 Feb 2020 | Blog, Commodity trading, Tips to get in the shipping & commodity biz :-), Trading companies
The general public barely understands the difference between a trader and a broker. For good reasons! When you watch famous movies such as Wall Street, Boiler Room, the Wolf of Wall Street, the uneducated viewers will tell you that those are movies about...
by DamienW | 7 Jul 2019 | Blog, Commodity trading, Conversation, Tips to get in the shipping & commodity biz :-), Trading companies
The salary and bonus is the most critical part of a trade life. If you want to become a commodity trader, you are money-driven. Let’s be honest, I’ve never heard any of my fellow trader friends say: “Oh, I would do this job even if I...
by DamienW | 26 Jul 2018 | Blog, Commodity trading, Conversation, Tips to get in the shipping & commodity biz :-), Trade finance, Trading companies
As the first conversation received a ton of good feedback ( thanks again for your emails and comments 🙂 ), here is a new interview with my good friend and also teacher Florian. Yeah… you’ve read it right, he is my friend AND banker 😉 As you may know,...
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 | 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...
