Speculative trading and WTI crude oil futures price movement: An empirical analysis

Applied Energy

Volumn 107, Issue , 2013, Pages 394-402

  Zhang, Yue Jun ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

COT reports; Crude oil price; Hedge funds; Linear feedback; Speculation

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; CRUDE OIL;

COT REPORTS; CRUDE OIL PRICES; HEDGE FUNDS; LINEAR FEEDBACK; SPECULATION;

COSTS;

CRUDE OIL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FUTURE PROSPECT; LINEARITY; NONLINEARITY;

EID: 84875593054     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.02.060     Document Type: Article

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