In recent years, positioning has become a key driver of commodity prices and a principal factor in shaping sentiment and behavior.Advanced Positioning, Flow and Sentiment Analysis in Commodity Markets defines and establishes Positioning Analysis as an area of research that provides a powerful framework to better understand price dynamics, risk, sentiment and behavior in commodity markets. Based on standard positioning data and bridging aspects of fundamental and technical analysis, the approach builds on how certain types of positioning patterns, in the context of changes in variables like price, curve structure, fundamentals such as inventory, seasonal factors, exchange rates, changes in the broader macroeconomic environment and the levels of risk and uncertainty in the market, can be used to develop models, indicators and analyses. These lead to the generation of robust trading signals, that can be either used directly, or integrated into a variety of different trading, investment and risk management programs to enhance performance.

近年来，定位已成为商品价格的关键驱动因素，也是影响情绪和行为的主要因素。商品市场中的高级定位、流动和情绪分析定义并确立了定位分析作为一个研究领域，为更好地理解价格动态、风险和，商品市场中的情绪和行为。基于标准定位数据和基本面和技术分析的衔接方面，该方法建立在特定类型的定位模式，在价格、曲线结构、库存等基本面、季节性因素、汇率等变量变化的背景下，更广泛的宏观经济环境的变化以及市场中的风险和不确定性水平，可以用来制定模型、指标和分析。这些导致产生强大的交易信号，可以直接使用，或集成到各种不同的交易，投资和风险管理计划，以提高业绩。