Brent Belote, founder and CIO of Cayler Capital, joins the podcast to discuss the growth of his now 5 year systematic oil trading strategy. He provides insights into analyzing supply and demand fundamentals and using quantitative models to capitalize on events in the physical oil market. Brent also shares lessons from starting his own fund and managing risk at a smaller scale. Hear about trends in the energy sector, including the impact of geopolitics, refining capacity, and green-flation (just how close are we?). Brent offers his outlook on oil prices and explores other areas of knowledge and experience in the energy sector. This one is an engaging conversation you won’t want to miss, so kick back and explore with us as we navigate through commodity markets and the experience of building a successful investment firm. SEND IT!

Chapters:

01:31-02:59= Skiing and family growth

03:00-10:32= Advances in the strategy, event driven success & Oils gone flat

10:33-27:47= Building a business, podshop thoughts & multi-strat models

27:48-36:02= Oil in ’23 – warmer temps means spiking refining numbers

36:03-43:42= Greenflation – are we ready, are we even close?

43:33-47:33= Biden administration issues and the Red Sea

From the episode:

Commodities Miami panel featuring Brent

Previous episodes of The Derivative with Brent:

Crude Oil goes Negative… WHAT^%$#

A Crude Oil Cornucopia: Covid, Crack, CSOS & Contango with Brent Belote

Follow along with Brent on Twitter @brentbelote, on LinkedIn and check out Caylercapital.com for more information!

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