Anatomy of a price move

Sometime the “headline” explanation of an oil or gas price move is incomplete or just plain wrong. Having a more complete view can help you to know whether a price move is a short-term blip or something more durable and meaningful. Energy markets are ultimately driven by physical fundamentals and punctuated by events, but lifting the curtain on the financial trade adds nuance and depth to market headlines.

This resource provides background on how to analyze financial oil and gas price moves, and, more specifically, offers five major categories of questions to ask about a price move. Not all of these questions will be relevant to every market move, but taken together give a pretty complete picture of what is important.