What China's Growing Geopolitical Power Means For Energy Traders

Trading is always short-term in nature. Even if you are swing trading, positions are rarely carried for more than a few weeks, maybe a month or two, which may seem like a very long time when you are watching and waiting for a move but is, in the grand scheme of things, merely a blink of an eye. That doesn’t mean, though, that long-term factors aren’t important.

In fact, whether consciously or not, every decision a trader makes is based to some extent on a long-term view that inevitably comes from following news and data relevant to…