Introduction to Trading Risk Control is an online training course that provides an introduction to risk control in the commodity markets. You’ll learn why risk control has become a crucial topic, including a look at some of the required and recommended control procedures and why they were enacted. We’ll cover the major forms of risk, the types of trading companies undertake, who is involved in risk-taking and risk control, and what parts they play in the process. Finally we’ll examine some of the specific risk controls every company should practice.

There are no pre-requisites for this course and no advance preparation is required.

Programme Level:  Advanced

Course Code:  ITRC

Industry:  Trading, Derivatives, Hedging and Risk Management

Course Length:  2 hours

CPE Credits:  2 self-study CPE credits awarded for this course

You will learn to:

• Identify the major risk categories associated with trading
• Point out the best practices in trading risk control
• Identify the groups involved in trading organizations, and their involvement in risk control
• Distinguish between many of the ways that companies control specific risks
• Recognize why derivatives have brought greater importance to risk control
• Identify which risks can be measured, and some of the tools used to do so

Practice exercises and self-assessment quizzes are included to help reinforce key topics introduced throughout the course.

A comprehensive final test will be given at the end of the course.