The Amexa
Academy
20+ commodity trading, derivatives and risk management programmes — delivered by published-author practitioners with 30+ years of institutional experience. Live remote or on-site. Custom in-house programmes for banks, trading houses and energy companies.
Technical AnalysisAdvanced Technical Analysis
Advanced Technical Analysis
Build an integrated framework for reading markets with charts: trend, momentum and volatility tools, candlesticks, support and resistance, moving averages, MACD, RSI and Bollinger Bands. Identify high-probability, low-risk setups, manage risk and develop mechanical trading systems through real-time exercises.
Energy MarketsEnergy Trading & Derivatives
Energy Trading & Derivatives
Understand how advanced energy swaps and options work and where they trade: the Greeks, delta hedging, pricing models, option spreads, volatility strategies and exotics such as Asian options and basis swaps. Apply them to commercial hedging and trading with real-time examples.
Agricultural MarketsAgricultural Trading & Risk
Agricultural Trading & Risk
Learn to identify and manage outright price, basis and optionality risk across grains and livestock. Build a corporate risk policy, hedge with futures, options and swaps, and set up monitoring, margining and audit protocols, with real-time hedging examples.
Risk ManagementManaging Financial & Commodity Risk
Managing Financial & Commodity Risk
Design a robust risk management programme: define a corporate risk policy, set hedge objectives and strategies, measure exposure with daily mark-to-market, and implement, monitor and adjust hedges across financial and commodity markets.
FX & FinancialForeign Exchange Trading & Hedging
Foreign Exchange Trading & Hedging
Understand how currency exposures arise and how to hedge them with forwards, swaps and options. Compare the instruments, structure cost-effective hedges and apply them to treasury and trading decisions.
BespokeCustom In-House Programmes
Custom In-House Programmes
Programmes built around your team's markets, instruments and experience level, delivered on-site or remotely. Content is tailored with you, from a focused workshop to a multi-day curriculum.
Meet Richard Weissman
An energy derivatives trader and risk manager with over thirty years of real-world experience, Richard leads The Amexa Academy. He is the author of two Wiley Trading books — Mechanical Trading Systems and Trade Like a Casino — and has trained trading desks and risk teams at leading banks, brokerages and exchanges in futures, options, OTC derivatives, technical analysis and energy and agricultural risk management.






- Bear Stearns
- Cargill
- Options Clearing Corporation
- RBS
- Scotiabank