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The Current pricing structure is detrimental to the Global LNG industry. Long-term contracts involve substantial financial obligations, creating challenges. Financial speculation intensifies price volatility in the spot market, undermining the long-term development of the LNG industry.
Hedge funds and algorithmic trading have significantly amplified market instability, capitalizing on fear to drive speculative trades. It resulted in artificial price spikes, disconnecting it from fundamental supply and demand dynamics. Physical buyers have faced liquidity crises. Unregulated trading platforms exacerbated market instability by facilitating unchecked speculation. Speculative trading volumes far exceed actual consumption, artificially inflating TTF prices, decoupling from