Learn how to manage metals price risk using cash-settled futures.
This introductory course provides a practical understanding of LME Cash-Settled Futures contracts, how they are priced and how they can be used to manage risk. Designed for professionals with little or no prior experience, the programme explains key futures market concepts through real-world examples and practical applications.
Whether you are involved with the steel or battery materials industries or other commodities covered by LME Cash-Settled Contracts, this course will help you understand how futures can support more informed business decisions and strengthen risk management strategies.
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By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand the structure and purpose of cash-settled futures contracts
- Explain how LME Cash-Settled Futures are priced
- Interpret spot, forward and settlement prices
- Understand the shape and significance of the forward curve
- Identify and evaluate price risk exposures within a business
- Understand the role of Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs) in benchmark pricing
- Apply futures contracts to practical hedging situations
- Assess the advantages and limitations of different hedging approaches
- Build confidence in using LME futures as part of a price risk management strategy
Course format
This virtual course is delivered over one half-day session. (3 hour long)