“Metal Markets & Trading”
training cluster
€ 990,00
The “Metal Markets & Trading” training cluster offers simulation-based training for professionals in metal commodity markets who require a practical understanding of futures trading, spreads, hedging and position management linked to physical assets.
Licence for individual
This training cluster provides 24/7 access during one year for a single learner.
Understanding metal markets beyond price movements
Metal markets are driven by a combination of futures trading, physical supply chains and logistical constraints. The “Metal Markets & Trading” training cluster is designed for professionals who need to understand how these elements interact and how trading decisions affect operational and financial outcomes.
The programme focuses on the mechanics of continuous futures trading and the role of spreads as indicators of market fundamentals such as storage availability, transport capacity and supply-demand imbalances.
Futures trading and spread dynamics
Participants develop practical knowledge of:
- exchange-traded futures contracts and exchange-trading;
- time spreads for managing storage economics;
- location spreads for valuing and hedging transport capacity.
Spreads are treated as more than price differences; they are analysed as independent tradable instruments with direct implications for risk exposure and portfolio reporting.
Connecting trading activity to physical assets
A central element of this training cluster is the link between futures markets and physical metal assets. Learners gain insight into the financial characteristics of physical assets and how hedging physical capacity impacts risk management, operational workflows and position reporting.
This makes the programme particularly relevant for professionals in trading operations, trade controls, risk and market supervision roles.
Learning-by-doing through simulations
All training is delivered via ENTRIMA’s simulation platform. Each simulation is designed to master one specific market mechanism in isolation, enabling focused learning in a realistic but risk-free environment.
Simulations can be repeated without limitation, supporting deep understanding through learning-by-doing.
Practical details
- Duration: 20 hours;
- Platform access: 365 days;
- Unlimited simulation runs;
- Each simulation includes an assessment or assignment, and an exam;
- Instant digital certification upon passing.
For who?
Traders & Non-Traders
Entrima serves parties with a trading function, as well as brokerage firms, trading venues (e.g. commodity or energy exchanges), clearing organisations (e.g. central counterparties, general clearing members), and regulatory authorities, as well as those parties which serve companies with a trading function, including software vendors, data & news providers, accountancy firms, legal firms and consultancy firms. Companies with a trading function include commodity trading companies and oil & gas corporations, as well as mining firms and utilities. With those organisations, Entrima provides learning services to the front, middle and back offices, as well as the finance and IT department. As a consequence, amongst our clientele are professionals with a business function a control function or a support function, including traders, dispatchers, originators, analysts, risk managers, compliance officers, controllers, confirmation officers and settlement officers. After all, we educate in the field of companies’ business functions, control functions and support functions. Hence focus is on trading, market risk management, credit risk, auditing, trade compliance, trading technology and trade operations.
As a result, all courses provided by Entrima are valuable to and fit for any professional within the energy and commodity market.
Various types of organisations desire and require expertise concerning wholesale markets, products, pricing and trading.
- Commodity and energy consumers & prosumers
- Commodity and energy companies (producers, suppliers & trading firms)
- Trading venues (exchanges)
- Clearing organisations
- Brokerage firms
- System operators
- Policy makers & regulatory authorities
- Legal firms
- Accountancy firms & auditors
- Consultancy firms
- IT companies
- Data & news providers + price reporting agencies
Our courses are suitable for various target groups, including the following:
- In general:
- Any professional with a profession in or relating to the traded markets
- Any person who wants to know more about markets and trading
- Any professional with a profession in or relating to the traded markets
- In particular:
- Professionals with a business function
- Brokers
- System operators
- Balancing responsible persons
- Dispatchers & shift traders
- Asset & portfolio traders
- Proprietary traders
- Originators
- Professionals with a control function
- Regulators
- Auditors
- Risk managers
- Trade compliance officers
- Trade surveillance experts at trading firms, venues & brokerage firms
- Professionals with a support function
- Back office staff (including settlement officers, confirmation officers)
- Finance professionals (including controllers, accountants)
- ICT specialists (including application managers, data managers)
- HR experts
- Accountants
- Legal advisors
- Professionals with a business function
Learning objectives
Optimise your abilities with the competence trainer
Whether you have gained knowledge in daily practice at work or at our learning platform, one day, the moment will appear that you need to apply it. However, the impact of a potential error often forms an obstacle to get started with full force and with maximum enthusiasm.
Exercise without risk
Practising in advance in a safe environment without consequences removes the hindrances and helps you to gain confidence and embed knowledge at a deeper level.
Practise unlimited
The aim of the simulation platform is manifold. It includes simulations to familiarise with order submission, order matching, price formation, market analysis and price forecasting, trading strategies, trading technicalities, position management, clearing, settlement, margining, transaction cost, order types, risk management, value at risk, the Greek variables, and many more topics and themes.
Objectives
The bundle of trading simulations includes the following learning objectives:
- Master basic processes & concepts – Incl. related terminology
- The trading environment
- The trade process & the contract lifecycle
- Straight through processing (of orders and deals)
- The decision-making process, psychology of markets and handling emotions
- Become an expert in trading
- Transacting or deal-making (buying & selling)
- Open a position & close a position
- Order types, plus order submission, processing and matching
- Hitting & lifting
- Market making & market taking (the role of initiator versus aggressor)
- Learn about position management
- Long/short (master short selling)
- Netting (multilateral)
- Conquer types of product
- Forwards, futures & options
- Spreads (cross-commodity spreads, time spreads, location spreads)
- Assure your expertise in pricing
- Price formation, order book and bid & ask
- Market liquidity
- Price volatility
- To familiarise with the look & feel of screen-based trading
- What is shown on a screen? And which details matter most?
- Analyse what bid or ask stands for
- Master the working of an order book
- To analyse the bid-ask spread
- To observe market depth
- Master OTC trading and the usances in bilateral deal-making, including:
- Master agreement, credit risk management (limits) & the role of inter-dealer brokers
- Overcome exchange-trading
- Clearing
- (Cross-)margin
- Learn about risk management
- Value at risk (VaR)
- Price correlation
- Greek variables (Delta, Gamma, Vega, Theta, Rho)
- Perform market analysis
- Processing data &, news as well as price forecasting
- Fundamental analysis, technical analysis, quantitative analysis, psychological analysis
- Price chart analysis
- Dynamic graphical representation of the price development
- Charting: Support & resistance lines, as well as confirmation & reverse patterns
- Forward curve analysis
- Static graphical representation of prices of contracts with a different time-to-maturity
- Contango & Backwardation
- Cost of carry
- Master FX trading
- Exchange one currency position for another currency position, as you like
- Monitor FX rate developments and the impact of it for deal-making
- Provide price quotations & learn about FX exchange rates
- Experience inter-bank transactions
- Become an expert in timing
- For any market participant, timing is essential; it will impact the financial performance.
- Learn how to optimise the financial performance
- Experience future cash flows are margins can be assured
- Interpret result – Understand the financial statement
- Take into account relevant aspects in order to qualify or to quantify the performance:
- Direct transaction costs (fees), as well as indirect transaction costs (slippage)
- Profit & loss (P/L), realised (after liquidation) & unrealised (open positions; M-to-M)
- The process of (cash) collateralisation
- Deposits (initial margin + variation margin)
- Cash management
- Finance liquidity & working capital
- Identify transaction cost
- Exchange fee & clearing fee
- Learn about trading psychology (mental management)
- Experience the gaming effect – Experience stress & adrenaline due to market dynamics
- Experience a profit, but also a loss; hence, an a-symmetric mental experience
- Experience the market going against your position
- Perform multi-tasking
Study Advice
Who benefits the most?
Click on the job title below that is most relevant to you to get a quick impression of what training with the competence trainer could mean for you. Each title links to a short video that gives an overview of the varied options available and offers a glimpse into the relevant training sessions within the simulation platform.
What is your occupation?
Click on the link to start video explanation:
- Exchange staff
- Brokers
- System operators
- Policy makers
- Junior traders
- Senior traders
- Risk managers
- Trade compliance & Surveillance experts
- Finance specialists
- Accountants & Auditors
- Legal experts
Frequently asked questions
Who should follow this training cluster?
This training cluster is designed for professionals in metal commodity markets, working in support functions (or back office), such as trade operations, or control functions (or middle office), like risk, portfolio management and surveillance, as well as trading roles.
Is this programme suitable for non-traders?
Yes. The training is specifically aimed at professionals who need to understand trading mechanisms and spreads without per se being responsible for executing trades.
Which metal markets are covered?
The simulations cover major metal markets including gold, aluminium, steel, copper and nickel, with a focus on futures trading and spread structures.
How does certification work?
Each simulation ends with an exam. After successfully passing, a digital certificate is issued instantly and can be downloaded for corporate or personal records.
Try a simulation
Experience what it means to learn in an interactive environment that mirrors real-world dynamics in the commodity & energy markets. The online simulation lets you explore scenarios, make decisions and observe outcomes in a safe, engaging setting.
Curious how it works? Try the simulation yourself and discover the impact of applied science; hence, Learning-by-doing.
Simulation Platform (Competence Trainer)
See through the eyes of your colleagues
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Trusted Trading Simulation Platform for Commodity & Energy Professionals
Our trading simulation platform is designed specifically for professionals in the commodity and energy markets who want to sharpen their skills in a safe, risk-free environment. Whether you’re deepening your trading know-how, improving risk management, or mastering operational flows, this platform lets you learn by doing — without real-world exposure.
ENTRIMA
You’ll access a wide range of realistic, browser-based simulations that mimic actual market conditions, covering product pricing, trading strategies, position management and market operations. Each simulation runs with dynamic scenarios to challenge your decision-making, helping you build confidence and expertise at your own pace.
Why choose this Trading Simulation Platform?
- Safe, risk-free practice: Execute trades, respond to market developments and explore strategies without any financial exposure;
- Real-world design: Market conditions and trading activities reflect real wholesale markets for commodities and energy;
- Flexible learning: Run simulations repeatedly, with varied conditions to expand your practical experience;
- Build competence & confidence: Practise order placement, pricing analysis, risk assessment and portfolio decisions until you feel secure with your capabilities;
- Designed for professionals: Perfect for traders, analysts, risk managers, compliance officers and operations staff who must perform with precision.
What you’ll gain
This trading simulation platform helps you translate theoretical knowledge into practical expertise:
- Understand the full trade lifecycle from order submission to execution;
- Apply pricing concepts across different commodities and derivatives;
- Practise risk-management techniques including volatility response and scenario analysis;
- Improve decision-making under simulated pressure.
Every simulation is accompanied by step-by-step guidance, performance feedback and the freedom to repeat until you’ve fully internalised best practices.
Upskilling Metal Trading Professionals in the World’s Leading Hubs
As a professional in the global metals trading sector, you operate in a market that never sleeps. The key hubs – London, Switzerland (Geneva and Zug), Singapore, Shanghai and Dubai – drive metals trading around the clock, combining exchanges, trading houses and compliance frameworks..
ENTRIMA recognises that the greatest demand for training arises in these centres and addresses it with a 24/7 learning offering. With blended learning journeys accessible anytime, anywhere, ENTRIMA ensures you remain aligned with the pace and complexity of global metals trading.
