The definitive book on Positioning Analysis -- a powerful and sophisticated framework to help traders, investors and risk managers better understand commodity markets

Positioning Analysis is a powerful framework to better understand commodity price dynamics, risk, and sentiment. It indicates what each category of trader is doing--what they are trading, how much they are trading and how they might behave under a variety of different circumstances. It is essential in isolating specific types of flow patterns, defining behavioral responses, measuring shifts in sentiment, and developing tools for better risk management. Advanced Positioning, Flow and Sentiment Analysis in Commodity Markets explains the fundamentals of Positioning Analysis and presents new concepts in Commodity Positioning Analytics. This invaluable guide helps readers recognize how certain types of positioning patterns can be used to develop models, indicators, and analyses that can be used to enhance performance.

This updated second edition contains substantial new material, including analytics based on the analysis of flow, the decomposition of trading flows, trading activity in the Chinese commodity markets, and the inclusion of Newsflow into Positioning Analysis. Author: Mark J S Keenan, also covers the structure of positioning data, performance attribution of speculators, sentiment analysis and the identification of price risks and behavioral patterns that can be used to generate trading signals.. This must-have resource:

• Offers intuitive and accessible guidance to commodity market participants and risk managers at various levels and diverse areas of the market
• Provides a wide range of analytics that can be used directly or integrated into a variety of different commodity-related trading, investment, and risk management programs
• Features an online platform comprising a wide range of customizable, regularly-updated analytical tools
• Contains an abundance of exceptional graphics, charts, and illustrations
• Includes easy-to-follow instructions for building analytics.

Advanced Positioning, Flow and Sentiment Analysis in Commodity Markets: Bridging Fundamental and Technical Analysis, 2^nd Edition is an indispensable source of information for all types of commodity traders, investors, and speculators, as well as investors in other asset classes who look to the commodity markets for price information.

MARK J S KEENAN is Managing Director, Global Commodities Strategist, and Head of Research for Asia-Pacific at Société Générale Corporate & Investment Bank (SG CIB) based in Singapore. He has over 20 years of research, trading and investment experience across all major commodity markets. Mark has worked in asset management, risk management and investment banking in both London and Singapore and developed a number of innovative trading, investment and risk management solutions for corporates, trade houses, investment institutions and hedge funds. He appears regularly on CNBC and Bloomberg television and is quoted widely in global press and media channels. He has a master's degree in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry from Oxford University.