Commodity Trading and Derivatives
This course provides an introductory overview of basic commodity trading concepts and tools, as well as their applications.
This course provides an introductory overview of commodity trading concepts and tools, as well as their application. It's relevant to the full spectrum of commodity markets: Energy, Softs, Metals, and Agricultural.
Topics covered include:
- The basics of commodity trading: What is it? Why is it so indispensable? How does it work and who is doing it?
- ·What moves commodity prices: Technical and fundamental analysis.
- ·Real-time trading examples for various commodities.
- ·What the various commodity trading instruments, tools and techniques are, how they work and what is encompassed in the profession of commodity trading.
- ·How these tools can be applied to develop and implement a successful speculative and commercial hedging trading program.