Commodity Trading Academy

This E-Learning course covers: Why hedge Basis risk Swaps as hedging instruments Types of hedging A detailed example of hedging a fixed price cargoes A detailed example of hedging a floating price cargoes Operational impact on pricing Access to Ignite trading simulator - a 10-minute trading tutorial where you will be able to apply arbitrage hedges to an Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel cargo and price risk manage the cargo as the purchase and sale price in/out. Experience how traders trade the physical oil markets, see your price exposures, and live profit/loss.     Read more

This E-Learning course covers: What is storage Why store oil The costs associated with storing oil The benefits of storing oil When traders store oil Types of market structure How to hedge a storage play Access to Ignite trading simulator - a 10-minute trading tutorial where you will be able to store a Gas oil cargo in Rotterdam, Netherlands and apply hedges to capture a storage play.  Experience how traders trade the oil products markets, see your price exposures and live profit/loss.       Read more

This E-Learning course covers: Explains physical arbitrage Different aspects of refined products Voyage chartering Time charter Bareboat charter Contract of affreightment Worldscale - what it is and how it works Operational costs of arbitrage Financial risks When traders arbitrage Netback calculation Access to Ignite trading simulator - a 10-minute trading tutorial where you will be able to trade Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel cargoes loading US Gulf Coast and Gasoil cargoes loading Baltic, charter vessels and manage the risk exposures. Experience how traders trade the physical oil markets, see your price exposures and live profit/loss.     Read more

This E-Learning course covers: What are settlement prices and why are they important How settlement prices are determined Price reporting agency settlement assessment methods explained The history of market on close (MOC) and pricing window's Fundamental principles of MOC Pros and cons of pricing windows When is MOC and how long it lasts A MOC timeline Pricing window methodologies A pricing window in action Hedging in the pricing window Pricing window trading strategies Access to Ignite trading simulator - a 10-minute trading tutorial where you will be able to trade partial cargoes and futures during physical pricing windows and price risk manage a Marine Gasoil (MGO) (European) cargo as the purchase price's in.  Experience how traders trade the physical oil markets, see your price exposures, and live profit/loss.   Read more

This E-Learning course covers: What is physical cargo trading Physical delivery terms Physical trading of oil products Types of products and the refining process Factors that influence supply Factors that influence demand Oil product quality Contractual considerations Price reporting agencies - who are they and what they do Explains floating prices and benchmark prices What is oil product differential trading Access to Ignite trading simulator - a 10-minute trading tutorial where you will be able to speculatively trade European Jet and Gasoil physical oil cargoes with a 10 cargo trading limit.  Experience how traders trade the physical oil markets, see your price exposures and live profit/loss.     Read more

This E-Learning course covers: What is spread trading and the different types of spread. Principles of spread trading Explains what a forward curve is and market structure Different types of market structure and what they signify How traders use time spreads Access to Ignite trading simulator - a 10-minute trading tutorial where you will be able to trade Nov/Dec, Dec/Jan and Nov/Jan LSGO futures with a $25,000 VAR trading limit.  Experience how traders trade the oil markets, see your price exposures and live profit/loss.     Read more