TwoTwoFive – Commodity trader training

Live Online Academy

Our new Live Online Academy provides a range of trading courses that are broadcast live online and direct to your home, or workplace.

All Live Online Academies feature 8-interactive courses delivered over a set two-week period. Each course features three elements:

1. An interactive 1-hour Pre-Read that introduces the trading concept

2. A Live Session featuring sophisticated TRADING SIMULATIONS streamed for 2 hours per day

3. A Knowledge Check

You will receive coaching from an expert former trader, and access to our unique physical trading simulator for the full duration of the Academy; giving you the opportunity to become fully immersed and involved in the world of a trader.

LNG Live Online Academy

Dates:

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Content:

Derivatives: The difference between forwards, futures, swaps and options and how they are used in the LNG market. SIMULATION: Derivatives tutorial
Trading Best Practice: The various types of risk, how risk is measured and how it can be managed successfully by a trader. SIMULATION: TTF flat price
Time Spreads: What a forward curve is, the different types of market structure and how traders use time Spreads. SIMULATION: TTF time spreads
Pricing Exposures: How LNG is priced, the natural exposures that lie in an LNG book and how to trade inter-market relationships. SIMULATION: Cross-commodity trading
Trading Opportunities: What geographical arbitrage is, what factors need to be considered and how to hedge geographical arbitrage price risks. SIMULATION: Geographical arbitrage
Price Risk Management: Price risks associated with LNG trading, what imperfect hedging is and the difference between arbitrage and unwinding hedges. SIMULATION: Hedging tutorials
Storage: Why storage is valuable, what costs are associated with storage and how it is optimised. SIMULATION: Storage optimisation
Team Dynamics: How a trader can make money from a physical LNG portfolio including the importance of evaluating opportunities quickly, hedging appropriately and why teamwork is important. SIMULATION: Portfolio optimisation

LNG
Live Online Academy
24 CPD Points
£2,500 + VAT

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Crude Oil Live Online Academy

Dates:

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Content:

Derivatives: The current supply & demand situation, the difference between forwards, futures, swaps and options and how they are used in the crude oil market. SIMULATION: Derivatives tutorial
Trading Best Practice: The various types of risk, how risk is measured and successfully managed by a trader. SIMULATION: Brent flat price
Time Spreads: What a forward curve is, the different types of market structure and how traders use time Spreads. SIMULATION: Brent time spreads
Cargo Price Exposures: How crude oil is priced, what are crude differentials and lifting programmes. SIMULATION: Crude differential trading
Trading Opportunities: What is geographical arbitrage, the economics that need to be considered including chartering and how to hedge the associated price risks. SIMULATION: Global arbitrage
Price Risk Management: Being aware of the price risks connected with physical crude oil trading and how to manage them effectively. The difference between arbitrage and unwinding hedges. SIMULATION: Hedging tutorials
Storage: Why storage is valuable. Costs associated with storage. How storage can be optimised. SIMULATION: European storage optimisation
Team Dynamics: How a trader can make money from a physical crude oil portfolio including the importance of evaluating opportunities quickly, hedging appropriately and why teamwork is important. SIMULATION: Crude equity portfolio optimisation

Crude Oil
Live Online Academy
24 CPD Points
£2,500 + VAT

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Oil Products Live Online Academy

Dates:

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Content:

Derivatives: The current supply & demand situation, the difference between forwards, futures, swaps and options and how they are used in the oil products market. SIMULATION: Derivatives tutorial
Trading Best Practice: The various types of risk, how risk is measured and successfully managed by a trader. SIMULATION: Gasoil flat price
Time Spreads: What a forward curve is, the different types of market structure and how traders use time spreads. SIMULATION: RBOB time spreads
Cargo Price Exposures: How oil products are priced, what product differentials are and the impact of different pricing periods. SIMULATION: Products differential trading
Trading Opportunities: What is geographical arbitrage, the economics that need to be considered including chartering and how to hedge the associated price risks. SIMULATION: Global arbitrage
Price Risk Management: Being aware of the price risks connected with physical oil products trading and how to manage them effectively. The difference between arbitrage and unwinding hedges. SIMULATION: Hedging tutorials
Storage: Why storage is valuable. Costs associated with storage. How storage can be optimised.. SIMULATION: Diesel storage optimisation
Team Dynamics: How a trader can make money from a physical oil products portfolio including the importance of evaluating opportunities quickly, hedging appropriately and why teamwork is important. SIMULATION: Products portfolio optimisation