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Intro To Commodity Trading

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This course is a broad overview and discussion of the salient subject areas that one will need to navigate to fully understand the commodity space.

  • Entering Orders
  • Common Mistakes
  • Rules and regulations
  • Markets and Exchanges
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Fundamental Analysis

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Students will be introduced to what makes each of the commodity sectors tick from an international economic standpoint.

  • Grains - corn, wheat, rice
  • Metals - gold, silver, copper
  • Energies - crude oil, gas
  • Softs - coffee, sugar, cocoa
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Technical
Analysis

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This course sets the record straight about what is a predictive indicator and what is a lagging indicator in the commodity markets.

  • Studies in Price
  • Volume & Open Interest
  • Technical Indicators
  • Markets in Backwardation
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Trading
Psychology

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This course discusses the successes and failures of some of the greatest traders and what the psychological issues were at the time.

  • Trading Systems Psychology
  • Types of Orders Psychology
  • Margin & Leverage Psychology
  • Self-Awareness
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Testimonials

“Michael Martin first began developing and teaching courses for UCLA Extension’s Business, Management and Legal Programs Department in 2001, and he has been a pleasure to work with over the years. Our students have consistently given him very high marks. I consider Michael a highly competent instructor, and readily recommend him.”

—- Karim Cherif, Dean of Academic Affairs, UCLA Extension

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“I love your website and your intro to commodities course.”

—-Bob D

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“Mike’s commodities course offered the perfect balance of market overview and product detail. The lecture was structured to discuss the history of commodity markets to explain how and why they have developed, where these markets stand today in terms of regulation and differentiation, and how particular trades of commodities actually work from start to finish. Mike’s enthiastic approach towards getting the class involved and having everyone participate demonstrates his passion to actually educate others, a quality that is not often found outside of academia and which is all the more valuable given the depth of his professional experience and expertise. Great course.”

—- Kevin S

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“I attended a presentation given by Michael on Commodities at NYSSA . Michael captured the audience’s attention from his first words and kept everybody focused for the entire training. I was personally absorbing every word he said since an impressive amount of knowledge and information came the audience’s way continuously. His depth of knowledge on trading in general and commodities in particular made me think that this training was worth my money, if not more. Additionally, Michael made the presentation interactive with tenth of questions being asked, for which a sincere and to the point answer was received. I would highly recommend Michael as an instructor/speaker on topics related to trading, commodities and capital markets in general.”

—– Florin A, CFA

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“This was one of the best classes/courses I have attended since I finished business school. Michael has a deep knowledge of commodities/financial markets from a practitioner’s point of view and he also has a very engaging way of conveying the concepts in the class. I am looking forward for a follow up class in commodities by Michael, whenever it comes on schedule.”

—-Ankur T, CFA

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My mentor and I speak about Gold, commodity bubbles, Bernanke, Geithner, and I get him to answer a reader question about Market Timing.

Jeremy Siegel is still talking his book, literally.

Victor Sperandeo: Ben Bernanke never owned a future contract in his life. He might own a mutual fund, but my guess is he doesn’t know what’s in it.

Podcast with Daniel Amman.

“The price of gold is a referendum on the quantity and quality of paper money.”