What exactly are energy markets?
Energy markets, often known as energies, are commodities that power industries, heat our houses, and do other things, such as crude oil and natural gas. Energy has always been regarded as a component of the challenging commodity sector, but this may change, with many traders beginning to perceive energy as a distinct commodity because the energy sector comprises fossil fuels such as oil and gas. It also includes renewables such as wind power and biofuels. Although ethanol and electricity generation are becoming more critical as traded commodities, the most established energy commodity trading markets are now in non-renewable energy resources such as petroleum.
Energy markets contain assets including:
Crude oil
Heating oil
Natural gas
Ethanol from biomass
Renewables (solar, wind, hydro)
What influences energy prices?
A range of factors influences supply and demand levels for energy commodities. On the supply side, they can range from OPEC decreasing output or gas pipeline interruptions to variable industrial activity levels and economic performance impacting demand.
Trading in oil
With hundreds of millions of oil futures contracts exchanged daily, oil is the most frequent energy trading. As with other energy, traders may take a position on whether they anticipate the price of oil will decline or climb, with the possibility of utilizing CFDs, futures, options or chosen oil ETFs.
