The Soft Commodity Trading Life Cycle from A to Z (part 1)
1. What is commodity trading?
The Soft Commodity Trading Life Cycle from A to Z (part 1) free download
1. What is commodity trading?
Where the goods move, why they move, who controls the process and how they operate
Discover the Trade Life Cycle and learn how Trading Firms operate
1. Intro: What is commodity trading?
2. Pre-trade: What needs to be done before signing a contract?
3. Trade is signed: Who steps in now?
4. Trade execution: Who executes the trade?
5. Trade settlement: What are the remaining steps?
Discover the key steps involved in a commodity trading firm’s operations.
Speak confidently about how the commodity market is changing and the challenges commodity traders face in the current market.
Learn how commodity traders make profits and where potential opportunities lie.
Gain a basic grounding in what space, time and transformation arbitrages are currently taking place in soft commodities.
Even if you already work for a trading firm, this course explains each piece of the puzzle to give you a better understanding of the roles of others involved in the process and how you fit in.
PART 1 (3h00)
What is commodity trading?
Soft Commodity Trading Jargon Buster
Geneva as a Commodity Trading Hub
Basics of Commodity Pricing – Commodity Pricing Mechanism
Supply and Demand – Demand and Supply Driven
Basis Risk and Pricing Forwards, Futures and Swaps
ICE Nymex and the Exchange, Price Discovery, Forward Curves
OTC Products versus Exchange Traded vrs Clearport
Options and their Structures
Commodity Assets – Upstream
Commodity Assets – Midstream
Commodity Assets – Downstream
Commodity Trading Company Structures
The Future for Commodity Trading Companies
