Online Course

Available as: Online

Categories: Professional Development

Member $1,683 | Nonmember $2,023

Students can register online and purchase a single course at a time. Purchasing the series of four courses provides students with a 15% discount.

Instructor

Complete all online courses of study to attain the NYSSA Certificate in Commodities. NYSSA will award the Certificate once you have successfully completed the four courses of study online. The courses must be taken consecutively as they are progressive in nature.

Course 1: Introduction to Commodities & Technical Analysis

After a brief historical overview, you will be introduced to the wide range of commodities and the exchanges on which they trade. Youll learn the fundamentals: how to draw trend lines, recognize changes in trend, and the differences between commodities and equities. To help you better grasp the material, this course includes quizzes and assessments, key insights in embedded mp3 files, and videos that illustrate how market activity unfolds in real time.

• History of commodities
• Basic fundamentals of physical commodities
• Technical Analysis basics
• Quizzes & Assessments

Course 2: Directional Trades and Trend Following

You will be introduced to trend following methodologies that traders and managers use to create trading systems. Much of this course builds upon course 1 and you need to these courses consecutively. The technical indicators we will cover include Keltner Channels, ADX, RSI, Donchian Channels, and Average True Range (ATR). These will be introduced again in course 4.

• Full discussion on Trend Following
• Moving Average Crossover Systems
• Breakout Trading Systems
• Full discussion on Technical Indicators

Course 3: Commodity Spreads & Seasonal Trades

Spreads are a natural extension for commodity traders as they capture how the hedger sees the world of commodities. You will be introduced to intra-commodity spreads in most of the agriculture and softs sectors of commodities. Many of these evolve around weather and driving patterns and some are expressed as old crop / new crop spreads. Spread price data tells us if the commodity has abundant supply or if it is high in demand.

• Intra-commodity Spreads (grains, softs)
• Inter-commodity spreads (metals, grains, financials)
• Reading What Spreads can teach Traders
• Old Crop / New Crop Spreads
• Product Spreads (crush, crack)

• Entering trades establishing a position
• Exiting losing trades
• Exiting winning trades
• Adding to winning trades
• Calculating position sizes
• Moving Average Risk Management systems
• Breakout Trading Risk Management systems
• Correlation Risk between commodities