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Learning Platform - "Markets & Trading"

Course: Pricing of weather derivatives

About the online training programme

This course explains what weather derivatives are. It provides an overview of the fundamentals of these instruments and how they can be applied by companies to manage their weather exposures. Furthermore, quite some essentials are set out that make one understand how to control temperature, wind or precipitation risk. In addition, the settlement of these tools is given attention to and the reference indices that are used for this purpose.

Course Contents

This course covers the following video lessons:

  1. Actuarial method
  2. Business pricing model
  3. Future data required
  4. Modelling
  5. Modelling – Calibration
  6. Modelling – Selecting the optimal model
  7. Monte Carlo simulations
  8. Numerical methods
  9. Analytical solutions
  10. Comparison between methods
  11. Wind derivatives – Underlying value
  12. Wind derivatives – Types of derivatives
  13. Wind derivatives – Basics of turbines
  14. Wind derivatives – Features of turbines

This course also includes examination and certification.

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ENTRIMA has trained numerous professionals and certified thousands of learners, and counting

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

Olga Lysytsyna
Senior Consultant at E-Star

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

Really well structured and easy to follow content that is varied in delivery in order to keep the reader engaged. Looking forward to seeing more from the ENTRIMA in the future!

Erika Rabadia
Manager Trading Surveillance | Shell