Flux Institute
Course Overviews & Previews
European Gas Market
with Stuart Mitchell
Presenting the European Gas Market is Stuart Mitchell - Head of Power and Gas Research at Onyx Commodities. Dive into the core forces powering the European gas market in our 3-part explainer series, from supply and demand to storage, pricing and the key factors influencing market dynamics.
Stuart is an energy-market strategist with nearly 20 years of front-office experience specialising in European gas and global LNG. By combining bottom-up fundamental modelling with advanced programmatic analytics, Stuart produces clear, commercially focused market insights and strategies. His experience spans major commodity trading houses and includes coverage of European power, US gas & power, carbon, and oil markets, working closely with traders and management to understand and anticipate energy market developments.
Difficulty: BEGINNER - INTERMEDIATE
Training content: 45 mins - Course outline including downloadable factsheet, MCQ's, End of course exam.
Trading with Discipline
with James Brodie
Explore the fundamentals of global markets with our exclusive series of webinars, based on our one-day accredited programme with the Singapore Institute of Banking and Finance.
James, with over 20 years of front-office trading experience across major financial hubs like London, New York, Tokyo, and Singapore, brings a wealth of expertise. He specializes in Commodity Markets, Technical Analysis, Behavioural Finance, Risk Management, and Performance Enhancement. As a Chartered Market Technician (C.M.T.) and former Board member of the Chartered Market Technicians Association, James has appeared on Bloomberg television, sharing insights on market risks and trends. As Head of Learning and Development at Flux, James crafts and delivers tailored courses covering commodity markets, technical analysis, strategic trading, and risk management. James’ clients have included, Abrdn, Aramco, ArcelorMittal, Barclays, BP, Citibank, DE Shaw, Goldman Sachs, Hanwha, HSBC, Inpex, JP Morgan, Nomura, Manulife Asset Management, Petronas and UBS.
Difficulty: INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED
Training content: 5 hours of video content - Course outline including downloadable factsheets, MCQ's, End of course exam & AmplifyME Trading Simulator
Decoding Diesel: Master the worlds key distillate market
with Mita Chaturvedi
Dive into the core forces powering the world's key distillate market, from refining and fundamentals to financial benchmarks, regional spreads, and the data that moves prices.
Mita Chaturvedi is a Research Associate at Flux Markets, covering developments in financial positioning across crude oil and refined products swaps. She works with a specialised team that analyses Flux's proprietary market positioning data, tying it to developments in the oil market to monitor how data is priced in and what is driving price action. Mita has a particular interest in refined oil products and LPG markets, but also keeps track of the wider oil market and geopolitics. Her work focuses on bridging the gap between positioning data and real-world market dynamics, shedding light on the forces shaping the energy landscape.
Difficulty: INTERMEDIATE
Training content: 50 mins of video content - Course outline including MCQ's
Navigating through Natural Gas Liquids
with Mita Chaturvedi
A practical introduction to the NGL complex, from molecules to markets. This course covers what NGLs are and how they're produced, how LPG is stored and shipped around the world, and how the financial market works including key benchmarks like Mont Belvieu, FEI, NWE and Saudi CP. Through real-world case studies on weather events, canal disruptions and trade policy, you'll build a working mental map of how physical flows and paper markets connect across the US, Middle East, Asia and Europe.
Mita Chaturvedi is a Research Associate at Flux Markets, covering developments in financial positioning across crude oil and refined products swaps. She works with a specialised team that analyses Flux's proprietary market positioning data, tying it to developments in the oil market to monitor how data is priced in and what is driving price action. Mita has a particular interest in refined oil products and LPG markets, but also keeps track of the wider oil market and geopolitics. Her work focuses on bridging the gap between positioning data and real-world market dynamics, shedding light on the forces shaping the energy landscape.
Difficulty: INTERMEDIATE
Training content: 45 mins of video content - Course outline including MCQ's
Decoding Options - Getting in the money
with Julian Keites
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to options on oil futures, covering the theory, pricing, and real-world application of financial options in commodity markets.
Beginning with the fundamentals of how options work as instruments of insurance and leverage, learners progress through payoff structures, the mechanics of calls and puts, and key option combinations including collars, spreads, and straddles. The course then builds into pricing theory, covering intrinsic and time value, the Black-76 model, and the option Greeks (delta, gamma, theta, vega), with a focus on how these are applied in portfolio risk management and hedging.
Later modules explore implied and historical volatility, the volatility smile and surface, exotic structures such as Asian and barrier options, and put-call parity. Includes a case study bringing the content to life, on the collapse of OW Bunker.
Throughout, the course integrates MCQ assessments, worked examples, and practical tools to reinforce understanding. Suitable for those entering energy or commodity trading, or finance professionals looking to build a rigorous foundation in derivatives.
Difficulty: INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED
Training content: 3.5 hours of video content - Course outline including MCQ's and case study analysis.
The EDGE - The Flux Elite Trader Development Program
with James Brodie
The institutional programme used to onboard new traders at Onyx Capital Group is now available outside the firm - same material, same standard, open to anyone building a career in commodities and energy. The Edge covers commodity and energy fundamentals, derivatives, physical and paper trading, hedging, and proprietary strategy - what moves markets and who moves them. You'll master fundamental and technical analysis, trader psychology, and risk management, then apply Python and AI to backtest your own strategies. Built and taught by a Chartered Market Technician with 20+ years' front-office experience who has trained traders at Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Petronas, and HSBC. 28 hours of content - 15 hours of video, 12 case studies, 300 knowledge checks, and a final exam. Get desk-ready: read market-moving events, defend a market view, and build systematic strategies with Python and AI. This is how Onyx builds its traders. Now it can build yours.
Difficulty: BEGINNER/ INTERMEDIATE
Training content: 28 hours of content - 15 hours of video, 12 case studies, 300 knowledge checks, and a final exam - Course outline including MCQ's and case study analysis.
