Martin Tillier

Latest articles from Martin

• The No.1 Contrarian Play In Oil

  Published 25 March 2017 | viewed 4,571 times

  Regular readers of my ramblings will be aware that I don’t believe that this drop in oil will be of any long term significance. It…

• Investing In The Nuclear Renaissance

  Published 18 March 2017 | viewed 4,793 times

  Since the election in November energy stocks have soared, with most of the attention being on conventional oil and gas producers. That makes sense, but…

• Oil’s Big Drop: The Contrarian View

  Published 11 March 2017 | viewed 4,799 times

  One of the first things I learned as I started my career in a dealing room was that, unlike in a marriage, on a trading…

• Range Trading 101

  Published 25 February 2017 | viewed 10,228 times

  Let’s face it; you don’t have to be a chart reading genius to know that WTI has been trading in a pretty tight range for…

• OPEC Deal Looks Shaky Despite ‘Good’ Compliance Rate

  Published 11 February 2017 | viewed 5,743 times

  The oil markets were boosted overnight by the news from the International Energy Agency (IEA) that compliance to the schedule of cuts agreed by OPEC…

• The Dollar Will Decide Oil’s Next Move

  Published 04 February 2017 | viewed 5,684 times

  Regular readers will know that I believe that one of the most important fundamental influences on the price of oil is the relative strength or…

• Fundamentals Be Damned – Oil Price Correction Likely

  Published 29 January 2017 | viewed 30,410 times

  There are basically two ways to analyze markets and make trading decisions, the fundamental and the technical. Logically speaking, fundamental factors and analysis always have…

• Bullish Fundamentals Can’t Prevent A Correction In Oil

  Published 28 January 2017 | viewed 6,111 times

  There are basically two ways to analyze markets and make trading decisions, the fundamental and the technical. Logically speaking, fundamental factors and analysis always have…

• Tesla Is Overweight, Time To Short It

  Published 21 January 2017 | viewed 5,721 times

  First, let me apologize if, given that this is inauguration day, you were expecting me to write another piece about investing under President Trump. It…

• Prepare For Another Shift In Mood In Oil Markets

  Published 14 January 2017 | viewed 5,503 times

  No matter how many times I witness it (and after nearly thirty years in and around financial markets that number is probably in the thousands)…

• Could 2017 Be A Banner Year For Natural Gas?

  Published 07 January 2017 | viewed 8,840 times

  2016 was, in the main, a decent year for those who believe in the huge potential of U.S. natural gas. Chronic oversupply and a consistent…

• Oil & Gas Predictions For 2017

  Published 17 December 2016 | viewed 8,345 times

  This will be my last article of 2016 as I am taking a couple of weeks off to return to England and spend Christmas with…

• Coal – Don’t Try To Catch A Falling Knife

  Published 10 December 2016 | viewed 5,329 times

  When a particular market or stocks in a particular industry have been under pressure for a while traders and investors tend to search for some…

• Why Shorting NatGas Makes Sense Now

  Published 03 December 2016 | viewed 10,897 times

  That rare and wonderful thing, the regular reader of my ramblings in these pages, may remember that four weeks ago I wrote that, while natural…

• Playing The Overreaction To The Election Results

  Published 19 November 2016 | viewed 3,805 times

  One of the most basic things that those new to the world of trading have to understand is that markets overreact to news. Traders are…

• How To Play The Trump Election In Oil & Gas?

  Published 12 November 2016 | viewed 4,800 times

  Given what we know from the seemingly eternal Presidential election campaign it would seem that the answer to the question “What does Trump’s election mean…

• Why I Am Holding Off On Natural Gas Even Though It Looks Like A Buy

  Published 05 November 2016 | viewed 9,890 times

  One of the things that it is important for traders to understand is that markets have a natural tendency to overshoot. The classic zigzag pattern…

• Why Oil Bears Should be Alert to the Possibility of a Reversal Next Week

  Published 29 October 2016 | viewed 5,006 times

  Regular readers will be aware that I have, for the last few weeks, been generally bearish on the price of oil, and for two main…

• How To Trade The U.S. Election

  Published 22 October 2016 | viewed 4,218 times

  In case it has escaped your attention, the U.S. has a Presidential election coming up in a few weeks, on November 8th to be precise.…

• Near Term Oil Prices Can’t Go Much Higher

  Published 16 October 2016 | viewed 23,521 times

  Looking back at the last couple of weeks’ price action in WTI one thing stands out. OPEC or no OPEC, the benchmark U.S. oil futures…