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Course: Forward Curves

About the online training programme

This course is about the forward curve and explains what it is, what it indicates and how it is used by market participants. This course also sets out the concepts of contango and backwardation. Next, the cost of carry are included and the theory of the storage model is covered.

Course Contents

This course covers the following videos:

  1. Price chart
  2. Definition
  3. Contango & backwardation
  4. The storage model
  5. Arbitrage
  6. Convenience

This course also includes examination and certification.

Reviews

The course provided a good explanation.

Mohammed Abi Afthab Olikathodi
Analyst Energy Data & Scenarios at Eurelectric

The most positive element of the course were the short informative lectures.

Olga Lysytsyna
Senior Consultant at E-Star

Content was good.

Maria Kramer
Operational Risk Manager at Statkraft

It is very informative and well described. The subtitles help.

Mohammed Abi Afthab Olikathodi
Analyst Energy Data & Scenarios at Eurelectric

Good illustration.

Nataliia Trofimova
Internal Auditor at DTEK