Advanced Commodities Trading & Risk Management Masterclass
Commodity price risk managed with real instruments — futures, forwards, swaps and options, forward-curve construction and structured products, worked through in Excel.
Format
Classroom · Live Virtual
Upcoming sessions
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Commodity desks do not lose money for lack of theory; they lose it in the gap between the textbook and an illiquid forward curve. This highly interactive workshop closes that gap with practical case studies, Excel exercises and group discussion. The cohort works through price formation in commodity spot markets, spot prices and forward curves — including how oil forward curves have behaved over the last ten years and how to build curves in illiquid markets — and hedging with futures, forwards and swaps across exchange-based and OTC execution. It then moves to commodity options for hedging and speculation, structured swaps such as extendable, participating and double-up, EFP and EFS mechanics, and derivatives valuation and disclosures.
What you will do
Who attends
- Commodity traders and hedge fund managers
- Investment bankers
- Risk managers in energy companies
- Insurance companies and industry executives
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.Commodity markets and price formation
- Price formation in commodity spot markets
- Spot prices and forward curves
- Oil forward curves over the last ten years
- Building forward curves in illiquid markets
II.Hedging with linear instruments
- Commodity futures, forwards and swaps
- Exchange-based versus OTC trading
- EFP and EFS mechanics
- Liquid indexes and the growth of derivatives
III.Options and structured products
- Commodity options for hedging and speculation
- Structured products and option strategies
- Structured swaps: extendable, participating, double-up
IV.Valuation and practice
- Derivatives valuation and disclosures
- Risk management with derivatives through real-life examples
- Case studies and Excel workshop exercises
Frequently asked
Do these programmes cover the Basel III final reforms and the ICAAP/ILAAP cycle?
Yes. The BIZENIUS banking curriculum is built around the Basel III endgame, ICAAP, ILAAP, IRRBB, IFRS 9 provisioning, stress testing and BCBS 239. Participants leave able to quantify the output floor on their own portfolios, write capital and liquidity documents that withstand supervisory review, and defend the numbers to their board.
Are the programmes adapted to regional supervisors such as SAMA, CBUAE or BCEAO?
Casework is built around supervisory documents rather than textbook theory, and faculty include former practitioners who have sat on both sides of an examination. Programmes address the questions SAMA, CBUAE, BCEAO and other home regulators actually put to the desk, and an in-house edition can be tailored to a single jurisdiction.
How do I secure a seat on a banking programme?
Apply for a seat or request the brochure from the programme page. A senior practitioner — not a sales team — responds within one business day, and the brochure arrives with that reply. BIZENIUS runs on enquiry: there is no online checkout.
Can a programme run in-house for our bank?
Every BIZENIUS programme can be delivered in-house, tailored to your balance sheet, your regulator and your data, in English or French. Many institutions start with an open cohort, then commission a private edition for the wider team.
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