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I was wondering why the curve was in backwardation. My thinking was that inventories must be very low. I guess this confirms that to some extent. Thanks for posting.

I currently know nothing about sugar but am quite keen to start learning. I was wondering if you can point me towards some resources? The big first question I have is around the timing of havests. Google tells me comprehensively who grows sugar, but I've not really been able to figure out...

Hi, I'm trying to figure out which firms are trading electricity futures on the SFE and whether they have prop desks. Obviously the utilities are in there, but I'm thinking more about whether there are firms with speculative books. I heard Optiver are, but don't know if thats true. Probably...

Hi, The title says it all, just trying to figure out which firms are in the market and whether they have prop desks. I heard Optiver are, but don't know if thats true. Anyone out there doin it or know anyone that is? I'm more interested in futures rather than options, and please forgive me for...

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has crossed paths with Nidera, they are a (very) large commodities house as far as I can gather. I was wondering if could give me some info on what it might be like to work for them. These boards are one weapon in my research arsenal I guess. Anyway...

The spark spread is essentially the payoff from exercising the real option created by owning a power plant. When the price of a MW is more than the cost of the fuel used to make that MW you have a positive payoff, hence run the plant/exercise the option. The opposite is also true, although...