Futures Pricing and Commodity Futures

Overview

Futures Pricing and Commodity Futures Course Overview

This course provides an overview of different futures and forward contracts, how they are priced, and various trading strategies such as hedging, speculating, and arbitrage. You will have the opportunity to work through practice examples and learn how to identify key information on Refinitiv Workspace. By the end of this course, you will have an enhanced understanding of futures and forwards, which will prepare you for learning other derivatives and advanced strategies. In this course, we will explore:

Futures & forwards review
Futures & forwards contracts
Commodity contracts

Futures Pricing and Commodity Futures Learning Objectives

Upon completing this course, you will be able to:

Identify what futures and forwards are, and how they can be used
Understand how to calculate futures prices and identify if they are in contango or backwardation markets
Explain how to identify an arbitrage opportunity using futures and forwards
Understand how market makers help the derivatives market flourish

Who Should Take This Course?

This futures course is perfect for anyone who would like to build up their understanding of derivatives, specifically futures and forwards. This course is designed to equip anyone who desires to begin a career in the capital markets as a derivatives trader.

What you'll learn

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Exams

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Course Introduction

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Pricing Futures Contracts

Time Value of Money Reminder

Effects of Compounding

Pricing a Forward or Future - Gold Example

Simple Cash and Carry Arbitrage

Convergence

Pricing Futures - Exercise

Pricing Futures - Exercise Solution

Contango and Backwardation Markets

Pricing Futures Question & Solution

Interactive Exercise 2

Qualified Assessment

This Course is Part of the Following Programs

Why stop here? Expand your skills and show your expertise with the professional certifications, specializations, and CPE credits you’re already on your way to earning.

Capital Markets & Securities Analyst (CMSA®) Certification

Skills Learned Trading strategies used in the finance and capital markets
Career Prep Work in capital markets, whether on the buy-side or the sell-side

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What Our Members Say

Futures and Forwards

Nice content with wonderful practical examples and good presentation by the instructor.

venugopal rajamanuri

Chileshe

Great content and explanation with practical examples. I enjoyed every second of the course. I believe the knowledge I have from here is unmatched.

CHILESHE KELVIN

it was great

high recommended

Abdaullah AlHammad

Excellent course I will recommend to my friends.

VENKATABALA CHANDRASEKHAR REDDY KALUPUDI

Intermediate Futures & Forwards

very good materials and ppt presentation

John Ngelula

Great Presentation.

Delivery of the materials was concise and clear. I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation.

Brendon LUEE

A good course for Futures and Forwards

This course is good for all learners to keep up-to-dated concepts of futures and forwards with the practical case studies.

Kwong Sang Yeung

Overview of Course!

This course gives an overview of essentials in futures pricing commodity futures!

Ali Sajjadi

The quality and clarity of the course

The quality and clarity of the course allowed me to find my strength in choosing the asset classes to specialize in, future trading.

Freddy Kanyama

Very informative

Futures haven't been any easier to understand

Barima Osei Yaw Bartels

In general, it was a lot worth taking the current course. In fact, i must say that courses at CFI are certainly a great way to enhance your career prospects

Well, Courses at CFI are really helping me to get more insight into the finance world in a very creative and well structured slides that enable everyone to follow the lessons in an understandable way. Do not hesitate to embark on learning finance issues at CFI. It´s well worth!

Ana Maria Ballesteros

Futures Pricing and Commodity Futures

Lesson that gave me an insight on trading . Thanks CFI

Joseph Barasa

Keep reading supplementary materials`

Dear learners, it would be so nice to read and re-read to acquire adequate knowledge from the subject matter.

Atinafu Asefa

Its a great experience

Great orientation to the dynamics of Futures contracts

Mugabi Christopher Duke

AWESOME

Anyone truly interested in hedging, Speculating or Arbitrage , this would be the ideal course unit, thanks to the CFI team.

Donald Patrick Okumu Ringa

Thank you so much! The course in general is really good and I am enjoying learning and relating it to the economic times I read everyday.

Ramya Bharathi Mohana Murali

please be more details in term of the professional courses, quiz can be subjective purpose.

GAN MING HONG

Great content

The course is really engaging. Easy to follow. I like the structure of the course content and the appropriate examples on the explanations making it so easy to follow. Great work Paul North and CFI.

Linda Etuhole Nakasole

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Futures Pricing and Commodity Futures

Overview

Futures Pricing and Commodity Futures Course Overview

Futures Pricing and Commodity Futures Learning Objectives

Who Should Take This Course?

Futures Pricing and Commodity Futures

What you'll learn

Course Introduction

Futures & Forwards Review

Pricing Futures Contracts

Commodity Futures Contracts

Qualified Assessment

This Course is Part of the Following Programs

Capital Markets & Securities Analyst (CMSA®) Certification

What Our Members Say

venugopal rajamanuri

CHILESHE KELVIN

Abdaullah AlHammad

VENKATABALA CHANDRASEKHAR REDDY KALUPUDI

John Ngelula

Brendon LUEE

Kwong Sang Yeung

Ali Sajjadi

Freddy Kanyama

Barima Osei Yaw Bartels

Ana Maria Ballesteros

Joseph Barasa

Atinafu Asefa

Mugabi Christopher Duke

Donald Patrick Okumu Ringa

Ramya Bharathi Mohana Murali

GAN MING HONG

Linda Etuhole Nakasole

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