IM7 · Commodity Instrument Engineering

Commodity Structured & Multi-Leg Products

Assemble the legs. Price the package. Explain what it really is.

Master structured and multi-leg commodity products: straddles, strangles, vertical and calendar spreads, butterflies and condors, collars and participating forwards, accumulators and decumulators, target redemption, structured swaps and hybrids, and the embedded optionality buyers rarely price correctly.

Multi-leg · Collars · Participating forwards · Accumulators · Target redemption · Hybrids · Embedded optionality

Enrol or enquire See the 100 chapters

100 chapters · 10 modules · multi-commodity · one continuous instrument estate

How it is built

Design it, book it, value it, risk it, operate it, implement it

100 chapters does not mean 100 definitions. This programme follows the academy's standard ten-module architecture, so the instrument is taken from first principles through to a working CTRM representation, using the same structure as every other programme in the academy.

Worked cases run on NorthStar Global Commodities, a fictional instrument book created for teaching. It does not describe any real firm, person or transaction.

Curriculum

10 modules · 100 chapters

M0 Structured Product Foundations Ch 1-10 · 10 chapters
  1. What a Structured Commodity Product Actually Is
  2. Primitive Leg vs Structured Trade
  3. Why Structured Products Exist
  4. Payoff Decomposition
  5. Long and Short Optionality Inside Structures
  6. Structure-Level State Variables
  7. Conditional and Contingent Legs
  8. Commercial Term Sheets
  9. Structured Product Lifecycle
  10. NorthStar Structured Products Estate
M1 Vanilla Multi-Leg Strategies Ch 11-20 · 10 chapters
  1. Long Straddles
  2. Short Straddles
  3. Strangles
  4. Bull and Bear Spreads
  5. Butterfly Spreads
  6. Condor Spreads
  7. Risk Reversals
  8. Seagull Structures
  9. Ratio Spreads
  10. Multi-Leg Vanilla Strategy Lab
M2 Collars, Participating Hedges & Price Corridors Ch 21-30 · 10 chapters
  1. Zero-Cost Commodity Collars
  2. Premium-Bearing Collars
  3. Three-Way Collars
  4. Four-Way Collars
  5. Participating Forwards
  6. Capped Participating Forwards
  7. Flexible Participation Ratios
  8. Price Corridors
  9. Producer vs Consumer Structured Hedges
  10. Collar & Participation Structuring Lab
M3 Accumulators, Decumulators & Leveraged Fixing Structures Ch 31-40 · 10 chapters
  1. Accumulator Fundamentals
  2. Decumulator Fundamentals
  3. Daily and Periodic Fixing Mechanics
  4. Leveraged Accumulation
  5. Knockout Accumulators
  6. Guaranteed Accumulation Periods
  7. Accumulated Quantity Management
  8. Accumulator Valuation
  9. Accumulator Risk and Hedge Instability
  10. Accumulator/Decumulator Implementation Lab
M4 TARFs and Target-Based Structures Ch 41-50 · 10 chapters
  1. Target Redemption Forward Fundamentals
  2. Commodity TARF Payoff Mechanics
  3. Target Accumulation State
  4. Leveraged TARFs
  5. Knockout at Target
  6. Target Redemption Notes vs Commodity TARFs
  7. TARF Monte Carlo Valuation
  8. TARF Greeks and Scenario Risk
  9. TARF Credit and Settlement Exposure
  10. TARF Valuation & State Lab
M5 Callable, Extendible & Contingent Structures Ch 51-60 · 10 chapters
  1. Callable Commodity Swaps
  2. Puttable Commodity Swaps
  3. Extendible Swaps
  4. Extendible Forwards
  5. Cancelable Forwards
  6. Contingent Forwards
  7. Deferred-Start Structures
  8. Callable Range and Corridor Structures
  9. Exercise Policy and Optimal Termination
  10. Callable & Extendible Structures Lab
M6 Structured Spread & Multi-Commodity Products Ch 61-70 · 10 chapters
  1. Structured Crack Hedges
  2. Structured Spark Hedges
  3. Clean Spark Structured Products
  4. LNG Netback Structures
  5. Commodity Basket Hedges
  6. Cross-Commodity Collars
  7. Spread Collars
  8. Multi-Commodity Trigger Structures
  9. Structured Hedge Portfolio Decomposition
  10. Multi-Commodity Structured Product Lab
M7 Valuation, Greeks, P\&L & Hedging Ch 71-80 · 10 chapters
  1. Valuation by Primitive Decomposition
  2. Structure-Level Monte Carlo
  3. Structure-Level Greeks
  4. Effective Delta and Conditional Notional
  5. Structured Product Vega
  6. Correlation and Cross-Gamma
  7. Structured Product P\&L Explain
  8. Dynamic Hedging of Structured Products
  9. Stress Testing Structured Books
  10. Structured Risk & P\&L Lab
M8 Credit, Lifecycle, Accounting & Product Control Ch 81-90 · 10 chapters
  1. Counterparty Exposure on Structured Products
  2. Worst-Case Contractual Quantity
  3. Structured Product Premium and Cashflow Architecture
  4. Fixing and Observation Control
  5. Trigger and Termination Control
  6. Restructuring Existing Structured Trades
  7. Structured Product Accounting
  8. Structured Product IPV
  9. Suitability, Mandate and Product Governance
  10. Month-End Structured Product Control
M9 CTRM/ETRM Engineering & Capstone Ch 91-100 · 10 chapters
  1. Canonical Structured Trade Data Model
  2. Condition and Action Engine
  3. Structure State Store
  4. Parent-Leg Dependency Graph
  5. Structured Pricing Orchestrator
  6. Structured Risk Engine
  7. Structured Lifecycle Engine
  8. Enterprise Structured Product Architecture Case
  9. Tier-1 Structured Product Implementation Lab
  10. NorthStar Structured Products Capstone
How it is delivered

Three ways to take Commodity Structured & Multi-Leg Products

Self-paced is a document-and-media programme with lifetime access - no live sessions. Cohort and enterprise add live instructor-led training. Mentorship is not offered in any tier.
Feature Self-paced Cohort Enterprise
Format Written chapters, video explainers and podcasts Everything in self-paced, plus scheduled live sessions Everything in cohort, delivered privately to your team
Live sessions None Scheduled, instructor-led Scheduled, instructor-led, private
Mentorship Not offered Not offered Not offered
Access Lifetime Lifetime Lifetime for every enrolled seat
Pace Entirely your own Guided schedule with a peer group Agreed with your desk
Tailoring Fixed curriculum Fixed curriculum Sequenced to your markets, systems and governance
Best for Individuals learning around a job Individuals who want structure and deadlines Desks building the same capability together
For individuals

Get the programme guide

The full chapter list, what each module covers, and how the tiers compare - sent to your inbox as a PDF.

For teams

Run this for my desk

Private delivery for your desk, sequenced to your markets and systems. Tell us the team and we will scope it.

Run this for my desk

Bring this to your desk

Download the full curriculum, or talk to us about running it for a team.

Enrol or enquire See the whole academy