Dan Dicker is a 25 year veteran of the New York Mercantile Exchange where he traded crude oil, natural gas, unleaded gasoline and heating oil futures contracts.
Dan is one of the world's leading energy market analysts and has been incredibly successful over the years generating exceptional returns for individual investors, professional traders, and institutions with his unique insights that enable him to find value in exploration & production, refining and other energy sector stocks.
Two events this week give us some insights on how to trade the oil markets and oil stocks for the next few weeks. First, there’s…
Everyone is scrambling for a new plan now --- now that oil is in its third mini-bust since the major bust cycle that began in…
Times are rough, if you’re an energy investor, there’s no doubt about it. But it’s important to remember why you’re a subscriber here at the…
In my early days of trading, I had a ‘mentor’ of sorts who gave me all sorts of advice and useful tips about market action.…
It’s been one week after the ‘magic’ oil supply deal was extended between OPEC members and Russia and it’s been followed by just about the…
OPEC extended production cuts that were originally agreed in December 2016 for another 9 months, delivering both OPEC members and Russian discipline that will last…
No need to bury the lede in this week’s column: OPEC will extend production guidelines in next week’s meeting in Vienna, and extend them even…
Oil spent the last week in a fast funk before a resurgence of interest sent prices rising back towards $50 this week. As the 1st…
It’s absolutely maddening watching the first quarter results float in from the large cap energy companies. And the one image I continue see in my…
Negativity has almost never been as high as I’ve seen it in the past several days for the oil space. And, to be fair, I…
2017 hasn’t seen much volatility in oil prices, something we might not have expected with a new administration, a change in Fed policy, Brexit and…
For several months, I’ve been trying to reconcile two divergent and counter-intuitive trends in oil, and it’s forced me towards a soberer outlook going forward.…
For several months, I’ve been trying to reconcile two divergent and counter-intuitive trends in oil, and it’s forced me towards a soberer outlook going forward.…
Most oil analysts have one goal in mind, and it’s not to be right about predicting the future prices of oil. It’s about trying especially…
They say that success is easy: All one needs to do is find something that works, and then do it – over and over again.…
I know that many of the oil analysts out there have gone weak on me. Unable to believe in the inevitable re-balancing of the oil…
In early 2009, I did a segment on CNBC with Erin Burnett and the late Mark Haines, pointing out a way for us to band…
This week, an update on an investment I recommended last year in late May – Silver Run Acquisitions Corporation, then the SPAC of ex-CEO of…
As investors, we’ve settled on focusing on well-run independent U.S. shale producers for the core of our holdings, especially those in the Permian basin. Although…
Sometimes trading is easy, sometimes it’s not. But certain rules apply at all times: The trend is your friend. Get out of bad trades. When…