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On-chain alternative investments. Part 2

19 May 2023 4 minute read 1 comment fmiren

On-chain alternative investments. Part 1: https://www.publish0x.com/real-world-assets/on-chain-alternative-investments-part-1-xrgvjrg   Exotic alternative investments Wine Getting more popular as an alternative investment, wine has a number of advant...

What does open interest mean?

17 May 2023 1 minute read 0 comments fmiren

Open interest   If you ever looked at commodity futures or options data, you certainly have seen a figure called open interest. Open interest is the number of derivative contracts outstanding. As you can understand from this definition (but I want to...

Commodity trading strategies. Part 5

16 May 2023 3 minute read 0 comments fmiren

Commodity trading strategies. Part 4: https://www.publish0x.com/real-world-assets/commodity-trading-strategies-part-4-xvmgdje   Crush spread Crush spread is a trading strategy used by soybean traders to manage risk. The strategy involves soybean, soy...

Commodity trading strategies. Part 4

15 May 2023 2 minute read 0 comments fmiren

For Part 3 go to: https://www.publish0x.com/real-world-assets/commodity-trading-strategies-part-3-xeewzqn   Curve placement strategies One important investment theme that can be employed to generate alpha in commodity trading is curve placement strat...

Commodity trading strategies. Part 3

14 May 2023 2 minute read 0 comments fmiren

Commodity trading strategies. Part 1: https://www.publish0x.com/real-world-assets/commodity-trading-strategies-xxzkjyk   Commodity trading strategies. Part : https://www.publish0x.com/real-world-assets/commodity-trading-strategies-part-2-xkplkkg   Co...

Commodity Trading Strategies. Part 2

3 May 2023 4 minute read 0 comments fmiren

Due to storage and carry costs, the more distant months usually trade at premium to the near-month contract which means that the curve is typically in contango. That’s why contango is also known as a normal market. Though backwardation is relatively...

Commodity trading strategies

2 May 2023 1 minute read 0 comments fmiren

How To Win In Commodities Markets   With inflation raging, and traditional asset classes underperforming there is no better time to talk about commodities than now. In this essay I will share some popular and not so popular commodity trading stra...

Commodity-backed stablecoins

20 Apr 2023 5 minute read 3 comments fmiren

  Introduction A commodity-backed stablecoin (CBS) is a digital asset that is backed by reserves of physical commodities. These commodities can be precious metals, such as gold and silver, or oil, or other commodities. Think of these stablecoins...

Commodity markets and DeFi. How does Mettalex work?

9 Apr 2023 5 minute read 0 comments fmiren

  Mettalex is a decentralized exchange bringing commodity markets to DeFi. Mettalex will help holders of physical assets hedge their price risk, and speculators take leveraged positions in the otherwise illiquid markets. Oother beneficiaries of the e...

Lousy Commodities Silver And Sugar - Starting To Taste Sweet Again?

2 Mar 2023 5 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara

After a two and a half week hiatus from writing. I'm back with an interesting update on an article I published in January, 2022 titled, 'Commodities silver and sugar biggest losers of last 42 years' in which I made a quick comparison of valuable comm...