In-house training: the physical and financial markets - trading & settlement

We offer tailored in-house training for companies who wish to better understand the power and carbon markets. We share our vast expertise in this business with participants and companies in a comfortable setting. This course focuses on both physical and financial trading on the Nordic power market. It provides a comprehensive understanding of these sectors and a full picture of how the markets depend on each other.

Course information

Date: By appointment. One or two day(s)
Location: By appointment
Price: NOK 40,000 (excl. VAT) for one day, and travel and eventual accomodation expenses for the lecturers

Course contents

The physical market

  • A brief introduction
  • History
  • Framework for trade
  • Fundamentals behind the Nordic physical market
  • What is elspot and elbas?
  • The role of the transmission system operators (TSO)
  • Price calculations
  • Price settings in the Nordic area
  • Bidding information
  • Managing bottlenecks
  • Group excercise

The power market

  • Short introduction

The financial market

  • What is financial trading?
  • Products
  • Forward and DS Future contracts
  • Option contracts
  • EPAD - Electricity Price Area Differential
  • How to trade financial contracts?
  • Liquidity
  • Group exercise

Carbon trading

  • Regulatory framework
  • Trading solutions

Clearing services

  • Clearing of financial contracts
  • The benefit the clearing house offers
  • Risk management using financial electricity contracts
  • Member categories
  • Secure participant interface (PI)
  • Settlement and control
  • Security requirements
  • Clearing routines
  • Clearing report application (CRA)

Course held in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and English.

The course will be held between 10:00 -16:00 local time approximately.

Please note

The course content can be designed to specifically meet your business needs and the professional needs of your employees. Custom training may also be offered at the participant's location with delegates from back- and front office. Locations and the dates are determined by the client.

Course registration

Course registration is handled by Nasdaq OMX Commodities.