Commodity Market Trading and Investment A Practitioners Guide to the Markets

This book offers practical knowledge, analysis, trading techniques and methodologies required for the management of key international commodities. The author explores each aspect of commodity trading in detail and helps the reader to implement effective techniques to build a strong portfolio. Early chapters set the current scene of commodity trading markets before going on to discuss the fundamental instruments and tools used in navigating commodity markets. The author provides detailed, empirical case studies of traded natural resources in order to explicate the financial instruments that enable professionals both to invest and to trade them successfully. Later chapters investigate the psychology and behavioural influences behind optimal market trading, in which the author encourages the reader to understand and combat the obstacles that prevent them from reaching their full trading potential.

Chapter 1) Setting the Scene.- Chapter 2) Commodity Markets Investment and Trading.- Chapter 3) The Financial Commodity Markets.- Chapter 4) Trading Versus Investment Commodities.- Chapter 5) Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments in Commodities.- Chapter 6) Understanding the Fundamentals of the Commodity Markets.- Chapter 7) Applied Technical Analysis for Commodities.- Chapter 8) Building a Disciplined Trading Approach.- Chapter 9) Trade Like a Professional.- Chapter 10) Trading Psychology.- Chapter 11) Methods to Measure Commodity Risk.

Professor Tom James is a leading expert in the energy & natural resources market with over 26 years of global commercial expertise. He began his career in 1989 and has had the opportunity to prove his abilities as a C+ executive at firms around the world in trading, advisory and commercial roles.

He is the Executive Chairman of Navitas Resources Group and the Chief Investment Officer of Navitas Resources Capital Ltd. He is based in London, U.K.  Navitas Resources (NR) is an energy and natural resources, knowledge-based services group offering trading, investment and risk management solutions. For 8 years he was the Petronet LNG Chair Professor at the University of Petroleum & Energy Studies in Asia, has been an Executive Tutor for the MBA Oil & Gas programme at Middlesex University, UK, and a visiting lecturer at Singapore Management University. Professor James has published a number of books on commodity trading and investment-related topics. He is a regular commentator on market trends for international news channels and is a weekly contributor to the CNBC television oil market analysis review.