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COMMODITIES-TRADING5 MIN READ

Commit to a pre-trade go/no-go pause

Create a concrete commitment to run a pre-trade go/no-go checklist on a real commodity deal.

Pre-trade PRICE go/no-go pause Run PRICE before the next physical confirmation Situation Use this on the next physical commodity trade above your desk threshold, especially before contract confirmation or title release. Draft words Before we confirm, I am pausing for PRICE: product/spec, risk/limit, instrument/hedge, credit/payment, execution/logistics. Any no-go item stops confirmation until owned. Trigger When price urgency makes the team want to confirm before all control owners have answered, run the pause out loud. Before confirming a physical cargo where assay, LC, hedge ratio, or laycan is still being checked. Before releasing title when documents and payment instrument are not…

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