This book offers important insights into the intricacies of energy trading and risk management to students and professionals in the liberalized electricity and natural gas markets. In its opening chapter, the book delves into fundamental concepts, including price formation on wholesale markets....

The focus of this paper will be on risk management within the context of a total-return futures program centered on commodities. The following issues will be addressed: the evaluation of normal versus eventful risk; the sizing of trades and strategy buckets; and the construction of a portfolio,...