Energy Hedging Jargon
This prerequisite program will give you an overview of the world of energy hedging. The course is designed to help hedgers, purchasers, managers and risk management support personnel in the energy and energy-consuming industries gain a more detailed understanding of the instruments, tools, and techniques available for energy hedging.
Do you hedge a little or not at all? Do you support those operations or manage them? If so, now is the time to expand the depth of your knowledge. This critical online program introduces many topics that are of special interest to the energy hedging community. The program is filled with a wealth of valuable information for those in the energy trading world at all levels.
Topics covered include:
- The who, what and why of energy hedging.
- Hedging venues – futures, options, and derivatives.
- Regulated exchanges.
- Category of trades – outright and spreads.
- Margin requirements.
- Contract settlement.
- Marked to market.
- Volatility.
- Money management.
- Stops and position limits.
- Fundamental and technical analysis.
- Trading systems.
- Human behavior.