Fundamentals of Pricing

About the online training programme

This training covers the fundamentals of ‘pricing’. It touches on the basics of the price formation process. Attention is given to the order book, order submission and deal making. Furthermore, attention is given to indices and settlement prices.

Course contents

This training covers the following topics:

  • Price formation
    • Price level vs. price volatility
    • Price drivers (fundamental & non-fundamental)
    • Orders book
      • Order submission, prioritization & execution
      • Orders types
  • Concepts & Terminology
    • Price correlation
    • Merit order
    • Mean-reversion
    • Seasonality
    • Negative prices
    • Spread
  • Price-indexation
    • Fixed price vs. Floating price
    • Reference, or benchmark
      • Settlement prices & their application
      • Indices
      • Calculation procedures

Testimonials

“MAC’s courses are very suitable for our employees; good quality content is what we look for.”

Rob Veersma
Advisor
Global Energy Community
“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 MAC in the future!”

Erika Rabadia
Manager Trading Surveillance
Shell
 

Our Labels

Entrima and Market Abuse Centre (MAC) are the two labels we operate to provide learning services for professionals in the commodity & energy markets.
 
 


Content & Context

Entrima’s mission is to transfer knowledge regarding the business, controls & operations of parties in (or relating to) the wholesale markets.

www.entrima.org


Conduct & Culture

MAC’s mission is to facilitate the prevention & detection of misconduct and to foster proper behaviour in organisations. This is achieved via training, periodic updates and increased awareness.

www.marketabusecentre.com
 

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About

Market Abuse Centre facilitates prevention & detection of market abuse. We set learning standards for minimum required knowledge and provide training accordingly.

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We offer a comprehensive curriculum of online self-study training courses regarding a wide variety of topics.

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Contact

For more information please contact us on [email protected]
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Chamber of Commerce
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