Freddie Mac's «decision to veer away from
fundamental risk management practices appears to harken back to the loan production - driven days in the years leading up to the 2007 - 2008 financial crisis» — abuses that «turned out to be disastrous for the entire economy,» the group wrote.
In author and seasoned commodity trader Carley Garner's quest to guide traders through the process of commodity market analysis, strategy development, and
risk management, «Higher Probability Commodity Trading» discusses several alternative market concepts and unconventional views such as option selling tactics, hedging futures positions with options, and combining the
practice of
fundamental, technical, seasonal, and sentiment analysis to gauge market price changes.
This can lead safety - minded investors who
practice rigorous
risk -
management to reduce the position when the correct
fundamental assessment is to add to the position.