Trading Commodities Futures
Focus on the unique aspects of trading futures contracts for physical commodities such as oil, gold, corn, and soybeans.
6 courses
Build a structured approach to trading gold by understanding market drivers, executing systematic strategies, and managing risk effectively.
Learn how to structure, price, and apply forward contracts to manage risk and hedge portfolios in this practical, text-based guide for aspiring finance professionals.
Learn to navigate high-impact economic releases and trade gold confidently by combining fundamental analysis with technical chart setups.
Understand how futures markets for physical commodities work — crude oil, gold, agricultural contracts — including contract structure, contango, backwardation, and the role of hedgers and speculators.
Practical exercises for reading futures term structures, calculating tick values and margin, planning commodity trades, and applying fundamental analysis to crude oil, gold, and grains.
Integrate fundamental and structural analysis into a sustained commodities trading practice — managing roll costs, navigating major supply cycles, and building a multi-commodity framework.