jeudi 10 octobre 2013

Methods Used When Carrying Out Oil Trade

By Catalina Nielsen


Trading in oils is very lucrative business to conduct, it perceived to only belong to the rich and wealthy merchants within the society. The oil trade has high returns especially when it comes to the returns. The traders are able to buy the commodity at low prices store the product and later sell it at a price higher than the purchase price. They usually take advantage of the market fluctuation of the commodity prices in order to maximize their revenue.

The traders usually buy the crude oil contracts for defense and sell them thereafter to make plenty of profits when the prices hike. This is done through the following avenues. They practice to become familiar with this type of products and other trading tools but with minimum risk taking.

The next move is to the real trading where the trading is able to move fully into the business through funding the purchase of these products. This is done by depositing own account and this allows one to earn a certain amount of bonus for the first deposit made.

This commodity is very essential for any economy that has been industrialized. The industrialization has created a good demand for its products in the world. This has led to the tremendous increase of its prices over the last few years. This has made the trade more exclusive to participate in.

These cartels assist the traders in creating a conducive environment for the activities of the marketers of this commodity. However, the marketers and suppliers of this commodity has been able to over exploit the markets leading to several and higher increase in the fuel prices thereby attracting the attention of the government authorities.

The governments have therefore adopted certain regulations that would help curb any malpractice by these business tycoons liken that of increasing the commodity price without proper reason behind the scheme. This move by the government has impacted positively on the growth and stabilization of the economy.

This makes it very essential when it comes to the economic growth. By doubling the prices of this commodity the prices of other goods produced in the economy has to shoot very high to neutralize the effect of this move. Once the prices increase the standard of living is deteriorated since consumer will have to spend more of the constant income to maintain their level of consumption.

When the date for delivery is due, they close the existing contracts and open new ones again for future delivery of similar commodity and the product is not allowed to move out of the storage place. This method may only be successful if the forward price of the commodity is higher than the current market prices of the commodity.

The oil trade is very lucrative business but very risky of all the other types of business. There are several risks that are exposed to the commodity. Beginning from the part of warehouse where the commodity is stored there can be spillage of the commodity. The product is very flammable hence cases of fire next to the premise and during the transportation. In case of fire outbreak, the whole bunch of the commodity is lost.




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