{"id":19,"date":"2024-08-27T06:10:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T13:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mfre2025\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2025-09-04T17:07:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T00:07:26","slug":"commodity-trading-workshops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mfre2026\/commodity-trading-workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Commodity Trading Workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 17px; border-bottom: 2px solid #b2c6d3; text-align: left; color: #002145;\"><b>Objectives<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The objective of this optional workshop series is to introduce MFRE students to the dynamic world of commodity trading and encourage the use of trading platforms to get exposure to commodity trading. After taking these workshops, students should be able to understand the technical indicators and fundamental factors that influence the price of any commodity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 17px; border-bottom: 2px solid #b2c6d3; text-align: left; color: #002145;\"><b>Topics<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Origin of derivative tools and hedging, Types of derivative instruments, Intro to Stock Trak.<\/li>\n<li>Factors influencing commodity markets, Fundamental research methods, and sources.<\/li>\n<li>Technical indicators, Reading a CFTC report, Student trading review, and experience.<\/li>\n<li>Technical indicators continued Classroom activity \u2013 Bulls v\/s Bears, student trading review.<\/li>\n<li>Biggest historical events in commodity markets, Student reflection on trading experience.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-size: 17px; border-bottom: 2px solid #b2c6d3; text-align: left; color: #002145;\"><b>Schedule<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesdays <strong>4:00- 5:30 PM Classroom MCML 154<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>(5<strong> workshops):<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>September 16, 2025<\/li>\n<li>September 23, 2025<\/li>\n<li>November 5, 2025<\/li>\n<li>November 19, 2025<\/li>\n<li>December 26, 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1zem2I3Jw8w7tsh-DVwFJE3OEUGr_Jmi6-H-r5XcCOJo\/edit?gid=108957003#gid=108957003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MFRE Weekly schedule<\/a> for details<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 17px; border-bottom: 2px solid #b2c6d3; text-align: left; color: #002145;\"><b>Instructor<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nishant Kalia, MBA, Bachelor of Engineering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 17px; border-bottom: 2px solid #b2c6d3; text-align: left; color: #002145;\"><b>Sign Up for the Workshop<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Please note that these Labs are\u00a0<strong>NOT Mandatory<\/strong>. if you are interested,\u00a0 Please sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_8ekln0UrH2zUlUO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>. by September 11.\u00a0 We will need the number so that we buy Stocktrak Account license<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Objectives The objective of this optional workshop series is to introduce MFRE students to the dynamic world of commodity trading and encourage the use of trading platforms to get exposure to commodity trading. After taking these workshops, students should be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mfre2026\/commodity-trading-workshops\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51508,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mfre2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mfre2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mfre2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mfre2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51508"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mfre2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mfre2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mfre2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/mfre2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}