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"Fundamentals Are the Foundation to Making Good Trades"
Every successful energy trader relies on experience and a certain amount of instinct. They are irreplaceable assets when contemplating, establishing, and defending a trading position. But even the most seasoned trader must rely on the cold, hard data. "Knowing the numbers" has been the foundation upon which PIRA Energy Group has built a 30-year reputation of being the most respected resource for energy market analysis and intelligence, now
relied on by nearly
480 companies worldwide. PIRA's new online tool, the Oil Products Trading Analyzer (OPTA), is a reflection of that philosophy. It is the ideal resource to the industry player who recognizes that fundamentals are the foundation to making good trades.
| OPTA provides the latest detailed market analysis, light product balances, and prices for petroleum products. It features current and historical data for production, stocks, demand, exports, and imports, along with PIRA's latest assessments of refinery margins and turnarounds. Subscribers are able to access current contract prices for futures, cracks, and spreads; moving-average analysis; Commitment of Traders statistics; and even a first-of-its kind worldwide arbitrage model.
The key feature of OPTA is the Trading Enhancer, where users get easy access to the same important
data inputs and assumptions that
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are used by PIRA to forecast price relationships. Traders
can judge the fair value of cracks and time spreads for
NYMEX gasoline, distillate fuel oil and IPE gasoil. The
same can be done for cash values versus first-month
contracts.
The OPTA Advantage: Trading Around "Fair Value"
Through its easy-to-access wealth of data and the tools
necessary to extract and analyze the numbers, OPTA helps
traders, refiners, and marketers to determine “fair
value” of the products they deal in. They now have a
critical advantage, because fair value gives them:
- A reliable framework for establishing
a market position
- A unique decision-support tool
- Ongoing strategy validation
- Simple oversight and stress analysis
- A time-tested discipline
- Preparation for risk and volatility
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Learn more about OPTA.
Or, better yet, contact your PIRA representative for a
live
online demonstration.
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