Commodity Price Risk Management Workshop - Chicago
Ideal for poultry/egg, feed and food companies. Take control of your risk and profitability with flexible hedging strategies. This seminar is designed for all experience levels and will help you move from theory to practice— applying futures and options confidently within your operation.
July 21 - 22, 2026
Location Chicago
$550 (Free for CIH Clients)
Basic to Intermediate
ENROLLCommodity Price Risk Management Workshop – Chicago
In a time of persistent volatility, an understanding of the tools available to mitigate risk is more important than ever. This seminar is designed for those who want greater control over long-term risk exposure and profitability. You’ll learn various hedging strategies and their appropriate applications to provide pricing flexibility and protection from adverse market moves. We’ll also explore making strategic position adjustments to leverage market volatility and maximize your least-cost pricing efforts. Move beyond “set-it-and-forget-it” to more dynamic, profitable risk management.
Topics Include
- Introduction to Risk Management
- Option Pricing Dynamics
- Strategy Structures
- Best Practices of Effective Position Management
- Spread Applications
- Price Management Simulation
Learn the basics of commodity price management incorporating the futures market as a price discovery and risk management tool. Using key market fundamentals and historical price shifts we’ll demonstrate how it can bring more price certainty to your input costs.
Overview of options as an alternative to fixed-price tools – covering terms, contract specifications, premium, and expiration – along with how time and volatility impact pricing and can be leveraged to protect your operation while maintaining flexibility.
Understand basic futures and options strategies used to manage specific risk profiles, such as cost-plus and other structured pricing arrangements. Review common positions used by commodity buyers to protect against both higher and lower prices.
Discussion of active position management— making timely adjustments as markets move to keep strategies current and effective, as well as leveraging volatility and capitalizing on favorable market moves as opportunities arise.
Expand your understanding of the futures price curve to manage basis risk exposure utilizing calendar spreads.
Practice concepts learned in an integrated online simulation incorporating both futures and options strategies to manage the risk of a buyer’s price risk through a historical market.
Seminar Details
Date and Time
July 21
9:00am – 5:00pm (Chicago Cubs game to follow)
July 22
9:00am – 2:00pm
Location
120 S La Salle St.
Floor 14
60603, Chicago, IL
Registration fee is per operation. Cost includes continental breakfasts and lunches both days, and attendance to the Chicago Cubs game (including drinks and ballgame fare) after Day 1. For more information or to enroll by phone, please call 312.596.7760.
NASBA Continuing Education Credits
CPE Credits: 12
Commodity & Ingredient Hedging, LLC is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Website: www.nasba.org.
Prerequisites
None
Delivery Method
Live
