"In recent years, positioning has become a key driver of commodity prices and a principal factor in shaping sentiment and behavior. Advanced Positioning, Flow and Sentiment Analysis in Commodity Markets defines and establishes Positioning Analysis as an area of research that provides a powerful framework to better understand price dynamics, risk, sentiment and behavior in commodity markets. Based on standard positioning data and bridging aspects of fundamental and technical analysis, the approach builds on how certain types of positioning patterns, in the context of changes in variables like price, curve structure, fundamentals such as inventory, seasonal factors, exchange rates, changes in the broader macroeconomic environment and the levels of risk and uncertainty in the market, can be used to develop models, indicators and analyses. These lead to the generation of robust trading signals, that can be either used directly, or integrated into a variety of different trading, investment and risk management programs to enhance performance"-- Provided by publisher