Recent Content by contango

  1. Do mergers and acquisitions in the mining industry create value for firms?

    As an example, take the rumoured BHPB takeover of Rio Tinto. Of course this was suggested years ago by BHP's then chairman (Brian Gilbertson)...
    Post by: contango, May 12, 2007 in forum: Economics

  2. front office equity trader role

    What is the expectation of a newbie in the front office? You get to be the butt of the jokes and do the coffee run. Smile and take it. It...
    Post by: contango, May 3, 2007 in forum: Professional Trading

  3. programming language

    The only programming skills you need are some basic excel skills to calculate spreads as well as a random number generator to help you decide on...
    Post by: contango, May 3, 2007 in forum: Professional Trading

  4. Spark Spread

    The factors that go into the spark spread formula are power, natgas, conversion rate (heat rate) and plant efficiency. Each individual plant will...
    Post by: contango, Mar 20, 2007 in forum: Commodity Futures

  5. Crude Oil Market Analysis

    OPEC tries to cut but Iran, Venezuela and pals keep cheating and overselling because they need the cash. Saudi is the only responsible party and...
    Post by: contango, Jan 17, 2007 in forum: Commodity Futures

  6. Why does Interactive Brokers not trade Crude Oil Options

    Reason options have remained largely OTC is because the market doesn't do vanilla... Can you price me an Asian (average price) option for front...
    Post by: contango, Jan 15, 2007 in forum: Commodity Futures

  7. Euronext Energy

    I think ICE is regulated by the FSA as a RIE (Recognised Investment Exchange) which governs basic rules of operation. However, each trading...
    Post by: contango, Jan 3, 2007 in forum: Commodity Futures

  8. Euronext Energy

    From a regulatory point of view, the trading occurs where the traders are. As for Europe, there is: ICE - Brent, NBP, Zeebrugge, Power &...
    Post by: contango, Jan 2, 2007 in forum: Commodity Futures

  9. Crude Oil options on Globex??

    Most energy brokers offer their OTC clients some version of Trayport's software. I believe it handles the most liquid complex options fairly...
    Post by: contango, Dec 11, 2006 in forum: Commodity Futures

  10. Correlated futures pairs

    Correlation over too long a time period becomes useless i.e. significant moves are averaged out. Correlation over too short a time period is...
    Post by: contango, Nov 28, 2006 in forum: Commodity Futures

  11. Carbon Emissions

    You could spread trade the EU carbon emissions price through a spread broker such as IG Index in the UK. If in the US, check out evomarkets as...
    Post by: contango, Nov 9, 2006 in forum: Commodity Futures

  12. crude options

    Agree with the above. Big option buyers need options that meet their specific needs and the sellers are happy to provide for a price. Think...
    Post by: contango, Nov 9, 2006 in forum: Commodity Futures

  13. What's to prevent OPEC from manipulating CL?

    Crude has historically been backwardated so spot is usually expected to be higher. Why would OPEC take on increased risk of ownership in a...
    Post by: contango, Oct 21, 2006 in forum: Commodity Futures

  14. Crude Fundamentals

    I think we've seen a healthy return to some fundamentals in the crude market and hopefully the hedge fund 'gurus' have learnt a few lessons along...
    Thread by: contango, Oct 19, 2006, 0 replies, in forum: Commodity Futures