Agricultural Derivatives Course
This course provides hands-on training in agricultural derivatives, focusing on maize and soya bean markets. Participants will learn to interpret futures and options, understand contract details, and develop effective hedging strategies to manage price risks.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Agricultural Derivatives Course equips you with practical skills to analyse maize and soya bean markets, interpret futures and options quotes, and grasp volatility. Learn contract specifications, margining, and option structures, then design and compare hedging strategies using clear payoff, breakeven, and risk metrics. By the end, you'll be able to build efficient, data-driven programmes to manage agricultural price exposure confidently.
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Develop skills
- Design hedging programmes: build clear, client-ready futures and options plans.
- Trade CME maize and soya bean derivatives: apply contract specs, margin, and ticks.
- Calculate hedge sizes: convert bushel exposure into precise futures positions.
- Structure options hedges: use calls, puts, and collars to cap agricultural costs.
- Analyse ag market data: read quotes, option chains, and volatility for decisions.
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