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MCX Commodities Foundations

Learn how key commodities like crude oil, gold, silver and base metals trade on MCX.

About this course

How the commodity market works: contracts, lot sizes, margins, delivery versus cash settlement, and the drivers of gold, silver, crude oil and base metals.

What you will learn

  • Explain how MCX contracts and lots work
  • Describe what drives gold, silver, crude oil and base metals
  • Read a commodity contract specification
  • Account for margin and roll-over

Learning outcomes describe knowledge and skills. They are not a promise of trading results.

Syllabus

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Module 1How MCX works2 lessons

  1. Contracts, lots and expiry

    Reading a contract specification.

    14 min

  2. Margin and costs

    What a position really ties up.

    12 min
Module 2What moves commodities3 lessons

  1. Gold and silver

    Rates, the dollar and sentiment.

    15 min

  2. Crude oil and energy

    Supply, demand and geopolitics.

    16 min

  3. Base metals

    Industry demand signals.

    12 min

Before you start

  • Stock Market Foundations

Your mentor

Commodities Faculty

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Questions about this course

Does this course promise any result?

No. It teaches how the market and the product work and how to manage risk. Results in markets are never guaranteed.

Will I be told what to buy or sell?

No. There are no tips, signals or personal recommendations. You learn to build and judge your own process.

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