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Physical Commodity Trading: From Mine to Market
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Physical Commodity Trading: From Mine to Market

Real-world trade execution, logistics, contracts, and trade finance—taught through live commodity case studies
Created byEric Mukendi
Last updated 1/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • Understand how physical commodity trades are executed end-to-end, from sourcing at the mine to final delivery and payment.
  • Structure commodity contracts to align supplier and buyer terms, minimizing execution and payment risk.
  • Apply real-world trade finance concepts, including letters of credit, document presentation, and payment mechanics.
  • Identify and manage operational risks across logistics, inspection, warehousing, and ocean transport.

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Course content

11 sections • 43 lectures • 1h 6m total length

  • Introduction0:42

    In this lecture, you’ll be introduced to the course structure, teaching approach, and what to expect throughout the program.

    You’ll learn how this course uses real trades—not theory—to explain physical commodity trading, and how the lessons can be applied to your own trades or professional role.

Requirements

  • No prior commodity trading experience is required. A basic understanding of business or international trade is helpful but not necessary. This course is practical and experience-based.

Description

This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.

Physical commodity trading is one of the most important — and misunderstood — parts of the global economy. While many courses focus on theory, price charts, or abstract models, real-world commodity trading is about execution: contracts, logistics, payments, risk, and getting paid.

This course is designed to teach you how physical commodity trades actually work in practice, from the mine all the way to the final customer.

Rather than relying on textbook examples, this course is built around real trades I have personally executed over more than 15 years in physical commodity trading. The core case study follows a complete transaction involving lead and silver ore shipped from Malawi to China, and each module walks through the real decisions, documents, risks, and execution steps involved.

You will learn how to:

  • Structure commodity contracts that work in the real world

  • Understand the full trade flow from supplier to end buyer

  • Manage inland logistics, warehousing, testing, and containerization

  • Use letters of credit and trade finance tools to reduce payment risk

  • Pay suppliers safely and avoid common asymmetric risk traps

  • Submit documents correctly to banks to ensure you get paid

  • Identify execution risks and apply best practices learned from real trades

This course is not theoretical. You will see actual inspection reports, logistics flows, payment structures, and booking confirmations, and you’ll learn why small execution mistakes can cause real financial losses.

Whether you are an aspiring commodity trader, an existing trader looking to sharpen execution skills, or someone working in trade finance, logistics, or operations, this course will give you a clear, practical understanding of how physical commodity trading really works.

If you want to move beyond theory and learn from real-world experience, this course is for you.

Who this course is for:

  • Aspiring commodity traders who want to understand real-world trade execution, not just theory.
  • Junior and mid-level traders looking to strengthen their execution, logistics, and trade finance skills.
  • Professionals working in logistics, trade finance, or commodities who want a trader’s perspective.

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