Oil & Gas Trading and Risk Management

The first two-days are designed to give delegates a better understanding of crude oil trading in a safe environment.

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Level: Intermediate
Type: Course

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About Training

The first two-days are designed to give delegates a better understanding of crude oil trading in a safe environment. Delegates gain exposure, knowledge and understanding of the workings of the world of crude oil trading and is designed for oil & gas traders. The course is a combination of lecture, syndicate work, case studies and a trading game.

Due to the highly volatile nature of the price of oil, international trading introduces the risk of large unexpected losses. Price risk management is designed to reduce the price risks associated with trading and introduce an element of certainty. The next three-days is designed to guide delegates through the concept of hedging, allowing them to identify price risk and learn how to manage that risk through different financial instruments.

Training Objectives

ESTABLISH techniques for negotiating and managing
ANALYZE the market performance oil and gas investments and their future outlook
LEARN to trade products in the oil and gas market successfully
DEVELOP a thorough understanding of the various trading techniques and methods
IDENTIFY price risk and learn to control them effectively
APPLY practical strategies to mitigate risk factor in energy trading
LEVERAGE on energy derivatives to hedge prices and risk exposure

Audiences

This masterclass is designed to provide participants with in-depth knowledge of trading in the energy market as well as understanding how to implement risk management tools and strategies successfully.

Energy traders, Oil and gas traders, Commodity traders
Trading Managers
Portfolio and Planning Managers
Oil and Gas Equity Analysts
Risk Consultants, Risk Managers

Credit Risk Analysts
Energy Trading Firms
Financial, Business & Commercial Analysts
Oil and Gas Executives in Banking and Corporate Finance
Oil and Gas Financial Consultants

Instructor

David Ford

David has over 20 years of inancial experience in the petroleum industry. He was Managing Director of IPE Training Ltd, the training subsidiary of the Exchange. David established it in into a worldwide provider of quality energy training courses. David is the author of “An Investor’s Guide to Traded Options An Investor’s Guide to Traded Options” and “Mastering Exchange Traded Equity Derivatives Mastering Exchange Traded Equity Derivatives” and numerous newspaper and magazine articles.

After leaving the IPE David set up Ridgeway Energy Consultancy Ltd (REC). Since founding REC David has been involved in a number of international projects in China, Russia, Kazakhstan and Europe covering energy trading and risk management, OTC clearing on commodities, strategy and business organisational issues.

David has lectured on energy topics across Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan, Dubai, Singapore, China and USA. He started working in the City of London for the London Traded Options Market (LTOM) a division of the London Stock Exchange. He moved to Wise Speke stockbrokers later.

Daily Aims

Day 1

Trading markets
Supply and demand issues
Crude oil/Natural gas
Transportation
Oil and gas pricing
Crude evaluation and refining

Day 2

Oil and gas trading
Oil products markets
Trading markets
Benchmarks
Brent
Pricing methodology

Day 3

Physical pricing mechanisms
Understanding price exposure
Price risk management

Day 4

Hedging instruments
- Futures
  - Basic concepts
  - Pricing
  - The clearing house
  - Exchange of futures for physical/swaps (EFP/EFS)
  - Trigger pricing and basis trading
- Options
  - Basic conceptions
  - Characteristics of options
  - Principles of pricing
  - Basic trades
  - Options sensitivities - The Greeks

Day 5

Hedging instruments
- Swaps
  - Basic structure
  - Different types of swaps
  - Pricing
  - OTC clearing
Hedging in different roles
Volatility
Summary & Conclusion

Training Schedule

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