CHITTAGONG STOCK EXCHANGE PLC

2-Day Long Certification Course on Commodity Derivatives

August 13-14, 2025 (Wednesday & Thursday)
Multipurpose Hall, BSEC Bhaban, Agargaon, Dhaka
Program Schedule
Speaker /
Date Timing Topic Main Features
Instructor
09:45 am -
Registration
10:00 am
(Tentative Guests) -
Director General of
10:01 am - BASM, Executive
Opening Ceremony and Course Briefing
10:30 am Directors of BSEC,
Directors and CRO of
CSE
Introduction to Concept of Derivatives & Commodity and key
Derivatives and characteristics of commodity Exchange. Spot, Forward
Commodity Market. and Futures; Spot market versus derivatives market;
10:31 am -
features of Commodity futures; factors affecting Mr. Md. Faisal Huda
11:30 am
commodity prices; Explanation of key terminologies –
i.e.- expiries, contango, backwardation, cost of carry,
convergence, convenience yield, etc.
11:31 am -
Tea Break
11:45 am
History of commodity futures trade; features of
August 13, Perspectives of commodity exchange; detailed product features of
2025 Commodity futures market contract specifications; role of Mr. Md. Faisal Huda
Derivatives trade commodity exchange in facilitating trading & clearing;
11:46 am - global prominent commodity exchanges.
01:15 pm Trading, Clearing and Settlement -
Detailed explanation of the trading and clearing
Mechanisms of
mechanism of commodity futures trade, including
Commodity Trade
surveillance and Risk Management of Exchange. More
insight on Mark to Market (MTM) settlement.
01:16 pm -
Lunch Break
02:15 pm
Use of commodity futures for price discovery and risk
02:16 pm - Economic functions of management; understanding ‘Hedging’ mechanism with Mr. Mohammad
3.30 pm commodity futures examples; discussion on real case of hedging using Habib Ullah
commodity futures.
Mr. Debjyoti Dey,
3.31 pm- Commodities as an Opportunities for investing using commodity futures.
MCX / Md Faisal
4.00 pm asset class Types of investors in a commodity derivatives market.
Huda
4:00 pm -
Question Answer and Clossing Session
04:30 pm
Regulatory framework Membership of exchange; types of members; eligibility,
for Market rights, and obligations of members; other types of
intermediaries and market participants. Code of Conduct and other investor
August 14, 10.00 am - participants protection measures
Mr. Md Faisal Huda
2025 11.00 am Ecosystem and support services around commodity
markets – warehousing, assaying, quality testing
Commodity Ecosystem
services, etc; role of delivery in settlement of futures
contract
 Date Timing Topic Main Features Speaker / Instructor
11:00 am -
Tea Break
11:15 am
11:15 am - Mr. Muhammed
Fundamentals of Options
01:15 pm Mortuza Alam
01:16 pm -
August 14, Lunch Break
02:15 pm
2025
Potential of Socio-economic and business implications of
commodity futures in commodity futures trade in Bangladesh; cross-country Mr. Md. Faisal Huda
02:16 pm -
Bangladesh evidences of impact of commodity futures market
04:00 pm
Recapitulation and Recap of the concepts learnt; Q&A; Assessment Test of
CSE Management
Assessment participants and Cerification Ceremony

Program Coordinator: Mr. M. Sadeque Ahmed (Mobile 01817 794016)