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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Oil & Gas Trading and Risk Management

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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

Code Start Date End Date Locations Cost Instructor
PST0134Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaSGD 5,995David Ford

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