Learning Platform
Course: Commodity Markets
About the online training programme
This course explains what a markets is and how it can be defined. The course includes videos about various ways to classify markets. Attention is given to wholesale and retail markets and the differentials between them. Likewise applies to spot and term contacts, or physical and financial markets. It is also explained what balancing markets concern and what the role of transmission system operators is in that field. Last, but not least, it is set out what granularity concerns, which is specifically applicable for electricity and gas contracts.
Course contents
This course covers the following videos:
- Introduction
- Overview
- Physical versus financial markets
- Liberal versus regulated markets
- Wholesale & retail markets
- Spot & forward markets
- Spot markets – Intraday & day ahead markets
- Term contracts
- Granularity
- Balancing markets
- Market participants
This course also includes examination and certification.








