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2024 COMMODITY CLASSROOM

A Commodity Market Educational Seminar for Agricultural & Commercial Professionals

 

Wednesday, August 7th  

6:00pm – 8:00pm         Stop by and join us for a welcome reception at Central Standard Crafthouse & Kitchen.  

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Thursday, August 8th  

7:00am – 8:00am          Breakfast

 

8:00am - 8:30am           Welcome & Introductions                                                                                  Richard Brock

 

8:30am - 9:15am           (1.) The Marketing [Risk Management] Plan                                                   Jason Moss

  • Illustrating how a central plan integrates all areas and tools of market knowledge   

  • Developing and implementing a Marketing Plan with appropriate goals & discipline

  • Evaluating a Marketing Plan for effective, continuous improvement

                   

9:15am - 10:15am         (2.) Fundamental Analysis                                                                                 Kurt Barth

  • Dissecting the components of supply & demand across multiple commodities

  • Identifying major production and usage areas, USDA reports, and seasonality 

  • Building intelligent price forecast models from analysis

 

 

10:15am – 10:30am       Break

 

10:30am-11:30pm         (3.) Technical Analysis                                                                                       Richard Brock

  • Reading charts, trends, and momentum

  • Selecting the technical signals to follow or ignore

  • Using technical analysis to time decisions and complement fundamental forecasts

 

 

11:30pm - 12:15pm       (4.) Futures & Options                                                                                        David Behrel

  • Futures industry, exchanges, contracts, and common terminology

  • Account margin, position limits, rules & regulations

  • Call and put option essentials 

 

12:15pm – 1:15pm         Lunch

 

 

1:15pm – 2:15pm           (5.) Hedging Strategy                                                                                          Jason Moss

  • Hedging: Its objectives, and the math behind it

  • Types of orders and their underlying philosophies

    • Limit Order, Straight Stops, Stop Close-Only-Orders, GTC Orders

  • Options Essentials – How Puts and Calls Work

 

2:15pm – 2:30pm           Break    

 

2:30pm – 3:15pm          (6.) Cash Marketing                                                                                              Kurt Barth/Cody Brunes

  • Understanding what crop basis is and how it works

  • Calculating returns to drying and storage, spreads, and carry

  • Utilizing various cash contracts and other marketing tools

    • Basis Contracts, HTAs, OTC Considerations, etc.

 

3:00pm – 3:30pm           Break                                                  

 

3:15pm – 3:45pm           Reinforcing Key Concepts from Day 1                                               

                       

5:15pm                            Walking Group for Riverboat Dinner Cruise

 

 

 

Friday, August 9th  

7:30am – 8:30am          Breakfast

 

8:30am – 9:45am          (7.) Advanced Options Strategies and Comparisons                              David Brock/Cody Brunes

  • Put Spreads, Call Spreads

  • 1x2 Put call spreads

  • 3 way put call spreads

  • Straddle and Strangle

 

9:45 am – 10:15am       Break

 

10:15am – 11:00am      (8.) Different Options Expirations, Selection Considerations                 David Brock

 

 

11:00am – 11:45pm     (9.) Completing Your Marketing Plan                                                        Kurt Barth

 

Noon                               Lunch

                                   

1:00pm – 3:00pm         (10.) Commodity Outlook                                                                           Richard Brock

 

3:00 – 3:30pm               Break

 

3:30pm - 4:00pm         Closing Comments/Open Q&A

                                   

6:00pm                         1st Bus departs for Miller Park

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