To thrive in today's booming energy trading market you need cutting-edge knowledge of the latest energy trading strategies, backed up by rigorous testing and practical application

Unique in its practical approach, The Handbook of Energy Trading is your definitive guide. It provides a valuable insight into the latest strategies for trading energy—all tried and tested in maintaining a competitive advantage—illustrated with up-to-the-minute case studies from the energy sector.

The handbook takes you through the key aspects of energy trading, from operational strategies and mathematical methods to practical techniques, with advice on structuring your energy trading business to optimise success in the energy market.

• A unique integrated market approach by authors who combine academic theory with vast professional and practical experience
• Guidance on the types of energy trading strategies and instruments and how they should be used

Soaring prices and increasingly complex global markets have created an explosion in the need for robust technical knowledge in the field of energy trading, derivatives, and risk management. The Handbook of Energy Trading is essential reading for all energy trading professionals, energy traders, and risk managers, and in fact anyone who has ever asked: 'what is energy trading?'

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For the past several years the energy sector has experienced double-digit growth, year on year, leading to increasingly fierce competition, soaring prices and growing market complexity. Participants in this dynamic market need cutting-edge technical knowledge of the financial instruments and risk management approaches available to them, as well as insights into the latest trading strategies, tools and techniques.

The Handbook of Energy Trading covers in detail all these various aspects of energy trading. Throughout the book, the authors draw on their considerable professional experience, and provide up-to-the-minute examples and case studies from the energy sector. The Handbook:

• Offers a unique, integrated approach, combining clear and accessible coverage of academic theory with practical guidance on all aspects of energy trading, including operational strategies, quantitative methods and practical trading techniques
• Highlights and explains the most successful trading strategies and instruments and how they can and should be used
• Details how energy trading is different from other types of trading and shows how those differences can be used to gain advantage
• Sets out how to structure an energy trading enterprise in order to maximize profitability

This comprehensive and detailed approach makes The Handbook of Energy Trading the complete guide to achieving success in today’s booming energy markets.

1. Energy Markets as Efficient Markets 2. Directional Trading 3. Spread Trading 4. Options and Non-Linear Derivatives 5. Structured Products on Energy 6. Metatrading Strategies and Capital Allocation Techniques