Martin Tillier

Latest articles from Martin

• The OPEC Meeting And How To Position For It (Hint: Don’t)

  Published 21 September 2018 | viewed 4,699 times

  OPEC meetings, or more recently the meetings of “OPEC and friends”, are always big news in the energy sector. The price of oil is the…

• The Oil Sector Opportunity That Can’t Be Ignored

  Published 14 September 2018 | viewed 18,324 times

  If you’ll forgive the pun, oilfield service stocks are a well to which I have returned a couple of times this year, and with results…

• This Oil Major Comes At A Discount

  Published 07 September 2018 | viewed 3,535 times

  Regular readers will know that I can be a little contrarian at times. That is not necessarily the result of being curmudgeonly, although if you…

• Energy Factors Point To A Contrarian Trade In Railroad Stocks

  Published 31 August 2018 | viewed 2,823 times

  Contrarian trading, taking positions in opposition to prevailing trends and sentiment, can be addicting and, like most addictions, can also be dangerous. One should always…

• Policy Change Creates An Opportunity In This Energy Market

  Published 24 August 2018 | viewed 3,585 times

  I have said before and I’ll say it again, despite Donald Trump’s best efforts the coal industry in this country is in long-term, probably terminal…

• How To Trade The Turkish Crisis

  Published 17 August 2018 | viewed 5,183 times

  Financial markets reacting negatively to a seemingly obscure or remote risk was commonplace not that long ago. Whether it was a slightly disappointing Chinese growth…

• Dollar Strength Is Likely To Cap Oil Price Gains

  Published 10 August 2018 | viewed 3,873 times

  This morning, my old stomping ground of forex is making a rare appearance in the news. The problems in Turkey and the actions of the…

• A Trade Too Good To Ignore

  Published 27 July 2018 | viewed 4,729 times

  If you will forgive me, I would like to brag a little. On April 27th of this year I wrote that after a long period…

• Baker Hughes, A GE Company: I Hate the Name but Like the Stock

  Published 20 July 2018 | viewed 5,612 times

  Logically, the name of a company does not matter to investors at all. It should be all about profit and prospects, but I have never…

• A Long-Term Play In Oil Markets

  Published 13 July 2018 | viewed 5,387 times

  For those that follow energy markets it is often easy to lose sight of the timescale off which the major companies in the sector make…

• Is This Energy Stock About To Pop?

  Published 06 July 2018 | viewed 5,622 times

  As oil has recovered from its epic fall from above $100 to below $30 in 2014/15, many oil related stocks have also regained lost ground.…

• How High Can Oil Go?

  Published 29 June 2018 | viewed 13,115 times

  Regular readers will be aware that once a strong move is underway, my instincts and training lead me to forego trading with the momentum and,…

• A Hot, If Not Very Sexy, Take On The OPEC News

  Published 22 June 2018 | viewed 5,612 times

  As I write this piece, we are still awaiting the official announcement of the outcome of the OPEC+ meeting in Vienna, but given the organization’s…

• Should You Try And Grab This Falling Knife?

  Published 15 June 2018 | viewed 5,210 times

  There is an old traders’ cliché that says that it is dangerous to attempt to catch a falling knife. Like most clichés there is an…

• It’s Time To Sell Coal Stocks

  Published 08 June 2018 | viewed 5,794 times

  Trading is, by nature, short-term. It involves rapid reaction to news and anticipating what that will mean for whatever you are trading in the next…

• Is Natural Gas Poised To Rally?

  Published 01 June 2018 | viewed 4,979 times

  Since the wild ride at the beginning of the year ended when the $2.50 support held, natural gas futures have been relatively calm. We have…

• Expect A Bounce In WTI Prices

  Published 01 June 2018 | viewed 24,804 times

  We are still in a period of headline risk in financial markets generally. Stocks, bonds and currencies are all reacting to news on subjects as…

• Ignore The Headlines In This Oil Price Rally

  Published 18 May 2018 | viewed 4,827 times

  I spend a lot of time these days studying oil. From a trading perspective it is one of the best markets around, or at least…

• Maintaining A Long Bias On Oil

  Published 11 May 2018 | viewed 3,707 times

  The timing of these pieces, coming at the end of the week, is sometimes a frustration, but often a blessing. There are times when I…

• Two Lessons From Earnings Season

  Published 04 May 2018 | viewed 2,686 times

  When considered on a year on year basis, this has been a remarkable earnings season so far for the energy sector, with a market leading…