Commodity Markets Courses and Certifications

Commodities Fundamentals

57 ratings at Corporate Finance Institute

Commodities categories, drivers, derivatives, and trading strategies

• Corporate Finance Institute
• 1 hour 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

IIT Kharagpur;  NPTEL

Commodity Derivatives & Risk Management

A survey of commodity derivatives, from futures and options pricing to hedging price risk across energy, metals, agriculture, weather, and carbon markets.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

NPTEL;  IIT Kharagpur

Commodity Derivatives and Risk Management

3 ratings

Explore commodity derivatives across agricultural, energy, metals, and other markets, with pricing, hedging, risk measurement, and specialized contracts.

• YouTube
• 21 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Futures Pricing and Commodity Futures

20 ratings at Corporate Finance Institute

Get an overview of different futures and forward contracts, how they are priced, and various trading strategies in CFI’s Futures Pricing course.

• Corporate Finance Institute
• 1 hour 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Futures/Commodity Training (Basics)

1612 ratings at Udemy

An introductory course for those wishing to know more about the commodities futures trading business.

• Udemy
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Commodity and Currency Hedging

26 ratings at Coursera

Learn to use hedging as a risk management tool, covering commodity hedging plus currency risk management and currency hedging with worked examples and practical recommendations.

• Coursera
• 2 hours 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

EDUCBA

Forward Contracts: Analyze, Apply & Hedge

Learn to price and hedge with forward contracts: payoff profiles, Forward Rate Agreements, dividend and carrying-cost adjustments, commodity convenience yield, arbitrage strategies, and interest rate parity.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

EDUCBA

Alternative Investments and Hedge Fund Strategies

Analyze alternative investments and hedge fund strategies, from portfolio diversification and macro approaches to hedge fund valuation, exit strategies, and commodity pricing dynamics.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

New York Institute of Finance

Forwards and Futures

Develop a comprehensive, practical understanding of forwards and futures including market conventions, contract specifications, valuation, and trading strategies

• edX
• 3 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Configure SAP Commodity Management for commodity pricing, derivatives, risk reporting, and trade execution in oil and gas and metals and mining.

• SAP Learning
• 8 hours 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Certificate Program in Commodity Warehousing Management (CPWM)

Introduces commodity warehousing through its industry ecosystem, operations, finance, risk and audit controls, legal framework, assaying, and emerging technologies.

• SWAYAM Plus
• 55 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Principles of Financial Market and Analytics (3 Credits)

This course is a comprehensive course designed to integrate five crucial domains of finance: financial management, technical analysis, derivatives, currency and commodity markets, and robo-advisory. S

• SWAYAM Plus
• 60 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Forward and Futures Markets in Financial Markets - Lecture 15

Explores how futures markets work, from contract standardization and margin accounts to contango, backwardation, pricing, commodity markets, and financial futures.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

IIT Kharagpur;  NPTEL

Commodity Derivatives And Risk Management

Price and hedge commodity risk: value-at-risk margins, minimum variance hedge ratios, and futures, options, swaps and crack spreads across agriculture, crude, gold, weather and carbon.

• Swayam
• 8 weeks
• Not Currently Offered
• Free Online Course

The Minerals and Mining Business

11 ratings at edX

This course provides learners with an overview of the mining sector through the lens of the value chain, examining how companies and other stakeholders explore for and then transform a mineral resource to create valuable products and other forms of capit…

• edX
• 8 weeks, 4-5 hours a week
• No Longer Offered
• Free Online Course (Audit)