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Course: Forwards, futures & other derivatives – Position management

About the online training programme

This course provides insight in the opening of a futures position and closing it. It also sets out the terminology long and short. Furthermore, the lessons allow to master the concept of rolling a futures position, by describing the process and touching upon related aspects.

Course Contents

This course covers the following video lessons:

  1. Introduction
  2. Opening transaction – Long & short position
  3. Closing transaction – Eliminate position
  4. Long versus short
  5. Rolling a futures position – Introduction
  6. Rolling a futures position – Investor or speculator
  7. Rolling a futures position – Hedger
  8. Rolling a futures position – The concept
  9. Rolling a futures position – Practical aspects
  10. Rolling a futures position – Roll yield
  11. Rolling a futures position – Forward curve structure
  12. Rolling a futures position – Rolling a short position
  13. Rolling a futures position – Rolling a long position
  14. Notional value
  15. Open interest

This course also includes examination and certification.

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Olga Yurkiv
Finance consultant at Dyco Trade

The in-company training services were very satisfying, amongst others, as they served the purpose of learning by debate and through exchange of thoughts.

Pieter Schuurs
Intercontinental Exchange | ICE Endex

Entrima’s Intervision Groups provide us a good opportunity to dive into a range of topics, which are highly relevant to us. The sessions both provide good insights from Entrima and an active dialogue between the participants. This combination to the building of our internal knowledge about the ever-evolving areas of trading within the energy markets.

Henrik Kaspersen
Head of Compliance at MFT Energy