LNG (Liquefied natural gas) is in the center of many global negotiations at the moment, so after President Trump has pointed out that Germany is one of the largest buyers of Russian Gas, Picking Alpha has addressed to Dan Gramza to shed light on the LNG market trends.  Dan is answering the following questions in our telephone interview:

1. On July 17, 2018 global stocks slid down (especially in the Energy sector) due to the oil price decline, though just few days ago many experts forecasted Crude oil growth to hit $ 150.  What are your expectations of the oil prices and stocks movements in the next months?
2. Now President Trump and President Putin are official competitors for European Gas market, how markets are responding and what traders should anticipate?
3. During two Superpower Stand Off on Gas this time, what instruments are the most popular and why?
4. In addition to the USA Russia competition what other factors are driving the market now?

Dan Gramza is President of Gramza Capital Management Inc. and DMG Advisors, LLC.  He provides daily market updates from around the globe on subjects ranging from the Nasdaq and currencies to crude oil and grains at dangramza.com.

Gramza is a widely traveled consultant and market educator. He has presented trading courses in over 35 exchanges, 45 countries, four regulators and 35 countries.

He has published works in Australia, Europe, Japan, and the United States. He has appeared in the media on CNN‘s “Moneyline” program, Reuters TV, Bloomberg TV, ROB TV in Canada, WCIU-TV in Chicago and as a market analyst for the CME. Additionally, he has given expert testimony in Federal court.

Previously, Gramza was a member of the Chicago Rice and Cotton Exchange, which was merged into the former MidAmerica Commodity Exchange. Also, he was an adjunct faculty member of the Illinois Institute of Technology master’s program in Financial Markets and Trading.