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The Handbook of Energy Trading

ISBN: 978-1-119-95455-2

December 2011

232 pages

Description
For the past several years the energy sector has experienced double-digit growth, year on year, leading to increasingly fierce competition, soaring prices and growing market complexity. Participants in this dynamic market need cutting-edge technical knowledge of the financial instruments and risk management approaches available to them, as well as insights into the latest trading strategies, tools and techniques.

The Handbook of Energy Trading covers in detail all these various aspects of energy trading. Throughout the book, the authors draw on their considerable professional experience, and provide up-to-the-minute examples and case studies from the energy sector. The Handbook:

  • Offers a unique, integrated approach, combining clear and accessible coverage of academic theory with practical guidance on all aspects of energy trading, including operational strategies, quantitative methods and practical trading techniques
  • Highlights and explains the most successful trading strategies and instruments and how they can and should be used
  • Details how energy trading is different from other types of trading and shows how those differences can be used to gain advantage
  • Sets out how to structure an energy trading enterprise in order to maximize profitability

This comprehensive and detailed approach makes The Handbook of Energy Trading the complete guide to achieving success in today’s booming energy markets.

About the Author
Stefano Fiorenzani is a recognized expert in Energy Trading & Risk Management. He completed his career in top European energy companies and financial institutions. He has published several scientific and business articles and three books on advanced methods in the Energy Finance area, and lectures in Masters and Postgraduate courses in various European universities. Stefano is founder and director of Aleph, a consulting firm specialized in the area of Energy Trading, Portfolio Optimization and Risk Management. He holds a degree in Economic Science from the University of Florence, a Master of Science in Financial Economics from the University of Wales in Cardiff and a PhD in Mathematical Finance from the University of Brescia. 

Enrico Edoli is a quantitative analyst and a PhD student. He started his career in 2009 focusing on energy markets. Enrico has a degree in Mathematics from the University of Padua and is writing his PhD thesis at the same faculty focusing on quantitative topics related to energy markets.

Samuele Ravelli currently works in the Structuring-Origination department of Eon Energy Trading (Germany). Formerly, he worked as structured trader for EGL (Italy). Samuele holds a Master of Science in Quantitative Finance from Bocconi University of Milan.