2023 Basic Grain Traders Workshop
Sep 13, 2023 9:00AM—4:00PM
Location
Wintergreen Conference Center and Clarion Hotel & Suites 60 Gasser Rd. Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965
Categories Events
Grain merchandising is an art form. This one-day workshop is designed for everyone from new hires to current traders wanting to hone their skills. The course will:
- Introduce attendees to how the process of merchandizing moves grain from the farm, through the commercial storage system and ultimately to the end user or exporter.
- Explain the futures and options markets and how/when to use those derivative markets to hedge physical grain positions.
- Get attendees thinking about their position as an aggregate basis position rather than a series of individual transactions.
- Examine the interactive relationship between basis, futures, and forward spreads and learn how to respond to carry and inverse environments.
- Show some simple grain accounting to get a sense of what your accounting software is doing but more importantly, to dig deeper into how the daily flow of grain is accumulated into a position, creating opportunities in the local basis market.
- Introduce attendees to some basic grain origination contracts that can be used to increase a company’s handle.