Empirical Trading Investment Office is a private investment office that runs a proprietary trading operation specializing in crude oil over-the-counter derivatives and manages special purpose outsourced trading accounts for high-net-worth investors, corporations, family offices, and hedge funds.

The global oil market is no longer solely influenced by the supply and demand of physical oil barrels. Professional trading operations, commodity trading advisors, and hedge funds managing large portfolios of oil derivatives are equally crucial in determining the price of oil. In the past the daily trading volume of oil derivatives was roughly similar to daily oil consumption. Today the ratio is 60 to 1, which means that if 100 million barrels per day are being consumed globally, 6 billion oil derivatives are traded. 

The crude oil market is so important to virtually all of the world economies that it is subject to macroeconomic and political factors to a much greater degree than other markets. It is also the focus of a huge degree of manipulation by key players. Once these macro factors and the agendas of the key players are understood then working out the direction that the market will move over time is relatively straightforward.

Once a major macro theme has established itself then it can dominate the direction of trade for a long period. This means that traders can position themselves for long-term and extremely sizable moves in the oil markets. Aside from long-term trading opportunities, there are always opportunities in play over shorter periods based on real-time market behavior and price action for making money whether markets are going up or down that potentially can lead to a lot of money being earned.

Trading decisions are based on real-time price action and a deep understanding of market behavior from over 34 years trading experience and an evidence-based approach using probability, seasonality, and technical analysis. At times when the risk/reward asymmetry is distinctly compelling capital is scaled into long-term positions and where relevant to trade in-and-out of positions on shorter time frames in order to maximize returns.

Accounts are held with a financial institution in Cayman Islands that provides statements and has an insurance policy that protects clients’ funds for up to USD$1 million per account. 

Investors keep 80% of the trading profits and have full control of money in-and-out of accounts and can expect to make high double-digit annual returns.