What open, high, low and close tell you about spot power price data
Open, high, low and close figures sum up a full day of spot power prices in just four numbers, and this article explains what each one tells you and how to read them together.
What is the merit order, and how are power prices set?
Almost every power price movement comes back to the same mechanism: the merit order,...
What are day-ahead, intraday and balancing markets? A simple guide to power trading
Europe's electricity system runs on three connected markets, day-ahead, intraday...
LNG and European power prices: how global gas markets shape electricity trading
Throughout most of its history, European electricity trading was primarily a regional...
Sanctions, infrastructure disruption and electricity markets: pricing geopolitical risk
Most geopolitical risks are gradual. Tensions build, relationships deteriorate and markets adjust incrementally. Sanctions and infrastructure disruption are
Structural volatility in power markets: why the old pricing regime has disappeared
Since 2021, European power markets have moved into a new era of volatility, and the causes behind it suggest this is a lasting shift rather than a passing
What is driving the surge in AI data centre power demand?
For twenty years, data centre power demand stayed flat because efficiency gains kept pace with growth. AI has broken that pattern, and Europe's grid now
Cross-commodity optimisation: integrating power, gas and carbon exposure
Electricity markets do not operate in isolation. Power prices are continually shaped by fuel costs, carbon pricing, generation economics and shifting supply
Trading power markets through geopolitical crises: a risk framework
Geopolitical crises break the historical relationships that quantitative models and calm judgement both rely on, which is why the trading desks that handle
Co-located wind, solar and storage: how hybrid assets capture more value
Co-locating solar, wind and battery storage behind a single connection creates a more profitable hybrid asset than any one alone. We explain how combining
Demand response as a trading asset: turning load into flexibility
When it comes to renewable energy, flexibility is not a quality usually associated with this type of energy source. This all changes with flexible solutions
How flexibility reshapes power price volatility and spreads
The energy market is changing not only in the evolution of power types but also in the structure of power generation. Battery storage and demand response are
Integrating flexible assets into trading portfolios: from optionality to strategy
Integrating flexible assets like battery storage, pumped hydro and demand response turns static trading portfolios into dynamic strategies that profit from
Geopolitics in power markets explained: why global events drive electricity prices
Electricity markets have always been shaped by physical constraints and local system...
Carbon hedging strategies for power traders
The wholesale price of electricity is intrinsically linked to carbon pricing and the...
P&L attribution in power trading: separating skill from luck
Profit and loss in electricity trading is rarely driven by a single factor. Strong...
Battery trading strategies: optimising dispatch across wholesale and ancillary markets
Batteries are touted as one of the key technologies that will help us transition to a...
Carbon policy and electricity prices: how regulation reshapes generation economics
Electricity markets are being continuously restructured thanks to the changing carbon...
Transmission congestion and electricity price spreads in European markets
Transmission congestion is one of the most important drivers of electricity price...