By Mark Keenan, Managing Director, Global Commodities Strategist and Head of Research for Asia Pacific, Société Générale Corporate & Investment Bank (Singapore) and Member of the GCARD’s Editorial Advisory Board
In recent years, positioning has become a key driver of commodity prices and a principal factor in shaping sentiment and behavior. Published in January 2018, the book, “Positioning Analysis in Commodity Markets,” defines and establishes “Positioning Analysis” as an area of research that provides a powerful framework to better understand price dynamics, risk, sentiment and behavior in commodities. The article highlights key areas of the book, explaining how certain types of positioning patterns, in the context of changes in a variety of variables, can be used to develop different models, indicators, analyses and trading signals.
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