Macro Quant : Linking macro regimes and financial flows to commodity markets
Our latest Macro Quant enhancements have gained a lot of interest given current market volatility. Traders are seeing the benefits of quickly identifying shifts in growth, inflation, and defensive factors to contextualise commodity price movements, enabling them to act on live insights.
Watch Dr Nicky Ferguson, Head of Analytics at Energy Aspects, provide a 5-minute demo of our Macro Quant service
The demo covers:
- An overview of the real-time Quant Analytics dashboard, illustrating how advanced quantitative models capture and classify trading flows.
- A deep dive into the Paper Balance functionality, demonstrating how daily updates reveal speculative positioning and market signals.
- A walkthrough of Quant Live for intra-day commentary and instant market alerts, highlighting its role in timely decision-making.
- Exploration of the Quant Weekly research publication, showcasing how forward-looking insights are generated and delivered.
- A review of the API and data integration capabilities, showing how traders can access historical and real-time data in multiple formats.
- Insights into how customisable charting and the Data Explorer tool enable tailored analysis of market trends.
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