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Power Trading Desk Master Program

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The electricity desk, from market design to intraday dispatch and risk. A senior, governance-first program of 234 cumulative chapters built for people who run the desk, not those learning the basics. Disclaimer: Educational use only, Excludes vendor screenshots, licensed software and live demonstrations. Support, mentoring & consulting not included. Digital access, usage or downloads make the purchase non-refundable

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Module 1 Power System Fundamentals (Chapters 1-22).pdf

Module 2 Running a Power Trading Desk (Chapters 23-34).pdf

Module 3 US & EU Power Market Reality (Chapters 35-50).pdf

Module 4 Strategy Beyond Textbook Trades (Chapters 51-74).pdf

Module 5 Valuation, Analytics & Model Skepticism (Chapters 75-92).pdf

Module 6 Analytics, AI & Data Engineering for Desks (Chapters 93-112).pdf

Module 7 Risk Management for Survivors (Chapters 113-136).pdf

Module 8 Execution, Scheduling & Operational Risk (Chapters 137-148).pdf

Module 9 ETRM as a Strategic Control Layer (Chapters 149-166).pdf

Module 10 Regulation, Behavior & Leadership (Chapters 167-179).pdf

Module 11 Enterprise ETRM & Technology Architecture (Chapters 180-199).pdf

Module 12 Building a Durable Power Desk (Chapters 200-217).pdf

Module 13 Capstone - Designing a Trading Organization (Chapters 218-234).pdf

Module 01 - Power System Fundamentals

Module 01 - Power System Fundamentals.mp4

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Module 01 - Power System Fundamentals.chapters.txt

1. Why the Physical System Drives Price.m4a

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11. Security-Constrained Unit Commitment (SCUC).m4a

20. Intermittency & Balancing.m4a

14. Transmission Constraints & Congestion.m4a

9. Economic Dispatch.m4a

18. Load Forecasting.m4a

5. Hydro & Storage Hydro.m4a

10. Security-Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED).m4a

8. Unit Commitment.m4a

2. The Generation Stack.m4a

15. Nodal vs. Zonal Market Design.m4a

17. Grid Reliability Standards.m4a

22. Demand Response.m4a

19. Renewable Forecasting.m4a

7. Merit-Order Dispatch.m4a

4. Nuclear & Baseload.m4a

12. Transmission Topology.m4a

13. AC vs. DC Power Flow.m4a

6. Wind & Solar.m4a

16. Transmission Expansion Planning.m4a

21. Storage Economics.m4a

3. Thermal Generation Economics.m4a

Module 02 - Running a Power Trading Desk

Module 02 - Running a Power Trading Desk.chapters.txt

Module 02 - Running a Power Trading Desk.mp4

27. Physical vs. Financial Mindset.m4a

32. Communication Under Pressure.m4a

25. The Trading Day, Hour by Hour.m4a

34. A Day That Goes Wrong.m4a

23. What a Power Desk Actually Does.m4a

29. The Limits That Govern a Desk.m4a

28. Information Flow on the Desk.m4a

33. Tools of the Desk.m4a

30. P&L_ What It Is and What It Hides.m4a

31. Working With the Control Functions.m4a

24. Desk Structure & Roles.m4a

Module 03 - US & EU Power Market Reality

Module 03 - US & EU Power Market Reality.mp4

Module 03 - US & EU Power Market Reality.chapters.txt

47. Capacity Markets.m4a

48. Ancillary Services.m4a

39. CAISO & the Western Markets.m4a

49. Cross-Border & Interconnectors.m4a

42. Day-Ahead vs. Real-Time.m4a

45. EPEX & Central Europe.m4a

46. Market Coupling.m4a

44. Nord Pool in Practice.m4a

41. Locational Marginal Pricing.m4a

43. The EU Market Map.m4a

50. Reading a New Market Fast.m4a

36. The US Market Map.m4a

38. ERCOT in Practice.m4a

37. PJM in Practice.m4a

35. Why Power Is Not Like Other Commodities.m4a

Module 04 - Strategy Beyond Textbook Trades

Module 04 - Strategy Beyond Textbook Trades.chapters.txt

Module 04 - Strategy Beyond Textbook Trades.mp4

65. Renewable PPAs.m4a

64. Virtual_Convergence Bidding.m4a

55. Locational_Basis Trades.m4a

67. Renewable Certificate Markets.m4a

53. The Spark Spread in Depth.m4a

51. Why Textbook Trades Fail.m4a

57. Building a Structured Trade.m4a

61. Renewables Shape Risk.m4a

62. Load-Following Trades.m4a

56. Calendar & Time Spreads.m4a

69. Distributed Energy Resources.m4a

74. Winning & Losing Strategies.m4a

70. Flexibility Markets.m4a

59. Tolling & Generation Optionality.m4a

52. Spread Trading Fundamentals.m4a

68. Virtual Power Plants.m4a

71. Cross-Commodity Plays.m4a

66. Corporate PPAs.m4a

58. Optionality You Don't See.m4a

72. Carbon Allowances & Market Interaction.m4a

60. Storage & Flexibility Trades.m4a

63. FTRs & Congestion Hedging.m4a

54. Dark & Quark Spreads.m4a

73. Trading the Weather.m4a

Module 05 - Valuation, Analytics & Model Skepticism

Module 05 - Valuation, Analytics & Model Skepticism.chapters.txt

Module 05 - Valuation, Analytics & Model Skepticism.mp4

91. Model Risk & The Skeptic's Checklist.m4a

78. Volatility in Power.m4a

79. Pricing Power Options.m4a

75. What a Valuation Is For.m4a

86. Bayesian Forecasting.m4a

88. Greeks for Power Desks.m4a

92. A Model That Blew Up.m4a

82. Scenario Generation.m4a

85. Probabilistic Forecasting.m4a

90. Backtesting & Its Traps.m4a

81. Monte Carlo for Power.m4a

83. Copulas & Dependence Modeling.m4a

89. Correlation_ The Silent Killer.m4a

80. Spread Option Valuation.m4a

76. Forward Curves.m4a

77. Curve Shaping.m4a

87. Asset Valuation.m4a

84. Extreme Value Theory.m4a

Module 06 - Analytics, AI & Data Engineering for Desks

111. Model Deployment, Monitoring & Observability.m4a

Module 06 - Analytics, AI & Data Engineering for Desks.chapters.txt

Module 06 - Analytics, AI & Data Engineering for Desks.mp4

105. Feature Engineering for Power.m4a

112. Market Surveillance & The Analytics Failure Case.m4a

108. Dynamic Programming.m4a

97. Data Mesh.m4a

104. Forecasting With ML.m4a

109. Portfolio Optimization.m4a

110. Algorithmic & Execution Algorithms.m4a

102. Satellite & Alternative Data.m4a

98. Market Data Platforms.m4a

93. The Modern Data-Driven Desk.m4a

95. Stream Processing.m4a

107. Stochastic Optimization.m4a

94. Data Engineering for Trading.m4a

103. Machine Learning in Power.m4a

96. Lakehouse Architecture.m4a

101. Weather Analytics.m4a

100. Real-Time Pricing Engines.m4a

106. Reinforcement Learning for Bidding.m4a

99. Reference & Time-Series Data.m4a

Module 07 - Risk Management for Survivors

Module 07 - Risk Management for Survivors.chapters.txt

Module 07 - Risk Management for Survivors.mp4

113. Risk as Survival, Not Compliance.m4a

121. Volumetric Risk.m4a

116. Beyond VaR.m4a

136. The Blow-Up Anatomy.m4a

119. Liquidity Stress Scenarios.m4a

120. Congestion Risk.m4a

129. Intraday Risk Management.m4a

124. Fuel Supply Risk.m4a

130. Stress Testing & Scenario Analysis.m4a

128. Operational Risk.m4a

134. Governance Committees & Internal Audit.m4a

114. Market Risk.m4a

132. Three Lines of Defense.m4a

126. Transmission Outage Risk.m4a

117. Credit Risk.m4a

131. Enterprise Risk Management Integration.m4a

122. Renewable Portfolio Risk.m4a

135. Limits, Margin & Collateral.m4a

125. Plant Outage Risk.m4a

123. Weather Risk.m4a

115. Value at Risk.m4a

127. Regulatory Risk.m4a

133. Model Governance, Validation & Inventory.m4a

118. Liquidity Risk.m4a

Module 08 - Execution, Scheduling & Operational Risk

Module 08 - Execution, Scheduling & Operational Risk.chapters.txt

Module 08 - Execution, Scheduling & Operational Risk.mp4

142. Outages & Curtailments.m4a

145. Operational Deadlines.m4a

139. Nominations.m4a

140. Real-Time Operations.m4a

138. Scheduling Basics.m4a

144. Confirmations & Matching.m4a

146. Settlement Mechanics.m4a

143. Tagging & Transmission.m4a

137. From Trade to Delivery.m4a

148. An Operational Near-Miss.m4a

147. Operational Failure Modes.m4a

141. Imbalance & Deviation.m4a

Module 09 - ETRM as a Strategic Control Layer

Module 09 - ETRM as a Strategic Control Layer.chapters.txt

Module 09 - ETRM as a Strategic Control Layer.mp4

157. Market Data Validation.m4a

161. P&L Explain.m4a

163. Settlement & Invoicing.m4a

159. Credit Exposure Calculations.m4a

162. Scheduling & Operations in ETRM.m4a

158. Valuation in the ETRM.m4a

165. APIs & Integration Architecture.m4a

164. Audit, Lineage & Controls.m4a

155. Curve Management.m4a

160. Risk in the ETRM.m4a

153. Validation & Workflow.m4a

150. The ETRM Data Model.m4a

151. Trade Capture.m4a

156. Reference Data Governance.m4a

152. Trade Lifecycle State Model.m4a

149. What an ETRM Is For.m4a

166. Cloud-Native ETRM Platforms.m4a

154. The Position Engine.m4a

Module 10 - Regulation, Behavior & Leadership

Module 10 - Regulation, Behavior & Leadership.chapters.txt

Module 10 - Regulation, Behavior & Leadership.mp4

176. Hiring & Developing Traders.m4a

173. Decision-Making Under Uncertainty.m4a

175. Leading a Desk.m4a

170. Reporting Obligations.m4a

178. Crisis Leadership.m4a

168. Market Manipulation.m4a

179. A Conduct Failure Case.m4a

172. Behavioral Biases on the Desk.m4a

169. Surveillance & Compliance.m4a

174. Pressure, Stress & Performance.m4a

171. Conduct & Ethics.m4a

177. Incentives & Compensation.m4a

167. The Regulatory Landscape.m4a

Module 11 - Enterprise ETRM & Technology Architecture

Module 11 - Enterprise ETRM & Technology Architecture.mp4

Module 11 - Enterprise ETRM & Technology Architecture.chapters.txt

183. Integration Patterns.m4a

180. The Enterprise Trading Stack.m4a

181. Build vs. Buy.m4a

196. Security & Resilience.m4a

184. Event Sourcing.m4a

186. Stream Processing at Enterprise Scale.m4a

199. The Technology Roadmap.m4a

182. Vendor ETRM Landscape.m4a

198. Implementation, Migration & TCO.m4a

192. Reporting & BI Layer.m4a

195. Observability & Monitoring.m4a

188. Real-Time Pricing & Risk Engines.m4a

194. Cloud Architecture for Trading.m4a

191. Scheduling Platform Architecture.m4a

189. Digital Twins.m4a

197. Disaster Recovery & Continuity.m4a

185. High-Availability Architectures.m4a

193. Data Governance for Trading.m4a

187. Lakehouse & Data Mesh in the Enterprise.m4a

190. Market Data Architecture.m4a

Module 12 - Building a Durable Power Desk

Module 12 - Building a Durable Power Desk.mp4

Module 12 - Building a Durable Power Desk.chapters.txt

205. EV Charging Economics.m4a

212. Building the Team.m4a

210. Building the Tech Stack.m4a

212. Building the Team.m4a

210. Building the Tech Stack.m4a

200. What Makes a Desk Durable.m4a

213. Process & Controls.m4a

209. Energy Transition Strategy.m4a

203. Battery Optimization.m4a

209. Energy Transition Strategy.m4a

213. Process & Controls.m4a

207. Grid-Forming Inverters.m4a

217. Governance & Oversight.m4a

207. Grid-Forming Inverters.m4a

203. Battery Optimization.m4a

216. The Operating Model & Enterprise Playbook.m4a

217. Governance & Oversight.m4a

215. Adapting to Market Change.m4a

202. Capacity Expansion Planning.m4a

215. Adapting to Market Change.m4a

208. Hydrogen & Power-to-X.m4a

216. The Operating Model & Enterprise Playbook.m4a

202. Capacity Expansion Planning.m4a

206. Microgrids.m4a

214. Capital, Funding & Treasury.m4a

206. Microgrids.m4a

211. Building the Risk Framework.m4a

214. Capital, Funding & Treasury.m4a

201. Desk Strategy & Mandate.m4a

211. Building the Risk Framework.m4a

204. Battery Degradation Modeling.m4a

201. Desk Strategy & Mandate.m4a

204. Battery Degradation Modeling.m4a

Module 13 - Capstone — Designing a Trading Organization

Module 13 - Capstone — Designing a Trading Organization.mp4

Module 13 - Capstone — Designing a Trading Organization.chapters.txt

225. Market Data Platform.m4a

227. Reporting & Analytics.m4a

233. Presenting the Design.m4a

229. Cloud & Technology Architecture.m4a

219. Defining the Mandate.m4a

220. Front Office Design.m4a

231. The Technology Roadmap.m4a

221. Middle Office Design.m4a

224. ETRM Architecture.m4a

226. Scheduling Platform.m4a

230. The Operating Model.m4a

218. The Capstone Brief.m4a

222. Back Office Design.m4a

232. Financials & Business Case.m4a

228. Data Governance.m4a

223. The Risk Framework.m4a

234. Capstone Synthesis.m4a