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Finance, treasury, and trade thinking for commodity trader CFOs and finance directors. Hedging, working capital, FX, and feasibility, from the people building finPhlo.

Treasury · 24 June 2026

The true cost of a hedged trade

A back-to-back hedged trade looks like it earns the gross margin. The actual margin is gross minus working-capital funding and hedge-timing carry. A worked, illustrative four-bucket decomposition for finance directors.

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Treasury · 17 April 2026

Idle cash in commodity trading

Most traders leave hundreds of thousands sitting in current accounts earning nothing. How intelligent cash sweep, driven by real cashflow projections, turns idle balances into yield without the operational overhead.

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