Welcome! I’ve been in the business for three decades and relatively close to it for another one, and this is not something I’ve really come across. I recognize that it’s a thing, but pretty niche as far as I’m concerned. Our friend @tagoma might have more color, since he’s a commodities guy. Thank ...

I logged onto the site and started searching for blogs, forums, papers, or postings by seasoned quants about commitments of traders as a leading indicator in the commodities and forex markets. I found none. Are commitments of traders disregarded as a viable indicator by sophisticated quants? Is ther...

Good man, Gamal! You can count the number of good and popular papers in quant finance, ever, on the fingers of one hand, and you won't need the thumb. But there are thousands of rubbish and popular, and a fair few good and not popular.P For the benefit of us bookish ones, could you please cite the ...