Martin Tillier

Latest articles from Martin

• Why I Will Be Trying A Short WTI Position Again

  Published 08 October 2016 | viewed 4,706 times

  I am lucky enough to have a small group of dedicated people to whom I teach some of the lessons learned in my time in…

• Mistrust In OPEC Makes For A Sour Deal

  Published 01 October 2016 | viewed 5,109 times

  Yesterday, after a lot of talk and much speculation the leaders of OPEC emerged from an unofficial meeting at the Algiers energy summit and shocked…

• How To Trade The OPEC Meeting

  Published 24 September 2016 | viewed 5,219 times

  There has been a lot written, and even more said, about the “unofficial” meeting of oil producers that will take place early next week in…

• WTI: The Same Price But A Different Play

  Published 17 September 2016 | viewed 4,687 times

  The last time I wrote in these pages was two weeks ago, as I spent last weekend at a trader’s conference, and at that time,…

• Forego The Temptation Of Betting On Crude This Week

  Published 03 September 2016 | viewed 5,654 times

  I don’t wish to boast (who am I kidding, of course I do), but in these pages I suggested that oil would move up around…

• Everything Points At Lower Oil Prices In The Next Weeks

  Published 27 August 2016 | viewed 6,297 times

  Back on August 12th, just two short weeks ago, I laid out my reason for being bullish on oil, namely that I expected some serious…

• The Best Long-Term Oil Play Comes At A Discount

  Published 20 August 2016 | viewed 4,528 times

  I am generally a mild mannered person, but there are certain things about financial markets that frequently make me mad. Some talking heads from big…

• Brace For More OPEC Rumors This Month

  Published 13 August 2016 | viewed 4,642 times

  In financial markets, very few things are predictable; if they were we would all be fabulously wealthy. Some things, though, definitely fall in the category…

• The Ideal Candidate To Play A Bounce In Oil

  Published 30 July 2016 | viewed 4,570 times

  We all know in our heart of hearts that the real key to successful investing and trading is to be somewhat contrarian. Warren Buffet’s wisdom…

• Why This Earnings Season Could Be Difficult For Traders

  Published 23 July 2016 | viewed 3,605 times

  Next week will be one of the busiest for Q2 earnings releases from S&P 500 companies in general, but it is also loaded with reports…

• Avoid Deception When Trading In Front Of Major Data Releases

  Published 16 July 2016 | viewed 4,249 times

  Trading, in any market, is about taking risk on board. Successful trading, however, is about respecting that risk and managing it accordingly, and a large…

• Keep An Eye On The Dollar – It’s More Important Than Ever

  Published 09 July 2016 | viewed 5,071 times

  I have, on many occasions in the past in these pages, touched on the relationship between oil and the U.S. Dollar. The basics of that…

• Do Oil Markets Signal A Downturn?

  Published 02 July 2016 | viewed 4,864 times

  Over the last few months, market watchers have become accustomed to a situation, or rather a correlation, that makes no sense. Oil and stocks have…

• Thoughts On Brexit: Don’t Panic and Look for Value

  Published 25 June 2016 | viewed 4,496 times

  Okay, so the vote in the U.K. was a shock to many, not least the now “ex” British Prime Minister David Cameron. It was certainly…

• Futures And How To Use Them

  Published 18 June 2016 | viewed 5,689 times

  With energy, and oil prices in particular, being so much in the news over the last year or so it seems that a lot of…

• This Summer Could Be Good For Solar Stocks

  Published 11 June 2016 | viewed 8,670 times

  Solar energy stocks are frustrating investments for many people. They look like a no brainer with low P/Es and a bright future for the industry,…

• Why Oil Failed To Rally Further

  Published 04 June 2016 | viewed 7,798 times

  Oil prices have been on a tear for the last month or so. A combination of a retreat by the dollar from its highs, increasing…

• The Danger Of Round Numbers: WTI’s Rapid Retreat from $50

  Published 28 May 2016 | viewed 4,942 times

  Yesterday, to much fanfare from the online financial sites and business television stations, WTI, the benchmark for U.S. oil, broke through the $50 level. No…

• Simple Risk/Reward Makes Natural Gas A Logical Buy

  Published 21 May 2016 | viewed 4,879 times

  There really is no better thing for a trader than when something, a stock, commodity or whatever, gets stuck in a range. It gives the…

• Why The Sustained Bull Run On Oil Hasn’t Materialized

  Published 13 May 2016 | viewed 3,430 times

  It is, I’m sure, puzzling to a lot of people that after hearing so much news supportive of oil prices this week WTI has failed…