The ERRA Online Training on the Basics of Energy Trading is designed for energy regulators and other industry professionals wishing to understand how energy trading is done from both theoretical and practical perspectives.
The participants will receive a comprehensive package on both energy portfolio management as well as market surveillance together with useful trading simulations. The complexities of energy trading will be explained step-by-step by skilled instructors in live presentations, additional tutoring and with various extra materials.
Course Agenda
- Evolution of Power Markets – Key stakeholders
- Types of markets to trade at (OTC, Exchanges etc.)
- Balancing mechanisms
- Types of products
- Settlement and Clearing
- Basics of Trading and trading roles
- Forecasting - modelling
- Energy Portfolio Evaluation, positions, P&L calculation, estimations, collaterals, risk
- Decision Making
- MTX Screens
- Energy Portfolio demo
- Introduction to the game
- Delivery of portfolios
- Simulation
For detailed agenda please contact the ERRA Secretariat.
Course Faculty Team
Fevzi Batuhan Aykaç
Course Director
Methodology
The energy trading training is based on a self-paced collaborative e-learning platform that features a combination of real-time interactive presentations by the instructors, online tutoring at pre-announced times, reading material related to the course modules and weekly assignments on e.g. Energy Portfolio Management.
- Proposed average weekly engagement: 10-12 hours
- Live Sessions are starting at 09:00 CET (GMT+1, Budapest time). | Convert to your time zone
The course runs for 3 weeks with the following weekly sequence:
2 days a week
Real-time presentations on the presented materials. Presentations will be followed by Q&A sessions. Presentations will be recorded and made available to those who could not join the real-time presentations. Distribution of weekly assignments.
1 day a week
Online tutoring for volunteers.1-2 days a week
Self-paced work.Day 5 (on last week)
Final test).Completion
10 CER credits is awarded to those participants who successfully completed the course. Learn more about ERRA Certified Energy Regulator Programme.