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Post lockdown, how are you planning to develop your new and junior recruits into your commodity trading business? 

At Smart Global, we have found that upskilling employees from a range of departments, i.e. IT, legal, demurrage, accounting, HR, etc, as to how your business makes its money, to be a real advantage and tangible in terms of employee retention and output.

Smart Global now has a range of introductory online courses available covering:

  • Market Fundamentals
  • The Physical Oil Markets
  • The Derivative Oil Markets

Each are in modular format and are delivered by the world-renowned trader, David North. 

For more information, please visit our online courses page: https://courses.smartglobaltrading.com

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In order to support students either graduating or returning to their studies Smart Global is offering 10% off their Foundation Oil and Products Trading course.

This online course provides a great primer for anyone persuing a career in the oil industry and will help you understand the building blocks of how trading organisations work and how they add value.

Book with code UNIVERSITY2021 to receive this discount. Offer valid until end of September 2021.

Learn more here.

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Delivered by former oil trader David North, our online courses have been designed from a practical perspective to help give you the knowledge you would need to work in the sector.

Our range of online courses includes:

Foundation Oil and Products Trading
A great primer for anyone starting out or wanting to pursue a career in the commercial oil industry.
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Trading Energy Derivatives
Aimed at anyone wanting to better understand how and why derivates are trading in the global energy markets.
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Trading Physical Crude and Products
For those who want to understand better the techniques and strategies used in the physical oil markets.
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The Brent Complex
An advanced course where participants will learn about the instruments that make up the Brent complex.
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