The Commodities Trading School

Learn to trade commodities from zero to the desk

Professional training for grain, oilseed, and freight traders. Interactive courses built by desk practitioners. Free access — register to start.

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🌽 Corn Full Cargo 🫘 Soybeans Paper PGA 🫘 Soybeans Full Cargo 🌾 Soybean Meal FOB/CFR 🛢️ Soybean Oil FOB/CFR 🚢 Freight Dry Bulk 📊 CBOT Futures & Options 💱 FX USD/BRL 🌽 Corn Full Cargo 🫘 Soybeans Paper PGA 🫘 Soybeans Full Cargo 🌾 Soybean Meal FOB/CFR 🛢️ Soybean Oil FOB/CFR 🚢 Freight Dry Bulk 📊 CBOT Futures & Options 💱 FX USD/BRL
Course Catalog

From what a soybean is to executing your first trade

Each course is built by desk practitioners with real market experience. Interactive chapters, quizzes, maps, and calculators.

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Paranaguá Soybeans — Paper
FOB Paranaguá soybean paper contracts. From plant biology to executing a basis trade. Premium, CBOT, FX, ANEC contracts, broker language.
● Live 28 chapters 3 quizzes
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Corn — Full Cargo Brazil
FOB Santos/Paranaguá corn cargo. Safrinha dynamics, CBOT corn specs, export logistics, ANEC 44/45, seasonality, China/MENA demand.
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Soybeans — Full Cargo
Full lot physical soybean trading. Vessel nomination, laycan, demurrage, NOR, loading operations, quality inspection, FOSFA arbitration.
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Soybean Meal — FOB & CFR
Hi-Pro 46% meal trading. Crush margins, ANEC 71/73, European demand, EUDR compliance, pelleted vs meal, origination vs export.
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Soybean Oil — FOB & CFR
Degummed soy oil trading. Biodiesel mandates (B15, RVO), CBOT oil specs, oil vs palm spread, food vs fuel demand split.
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Freight — Dry Bulk Shipping
Panamax/Kamsarmax/Supramax chartering. Voyage vs time charter, Baltic indices, laytime, demurrage, FFA hedging, bunker costs.
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Why grains.academy

Built by traders, for traders

Not a textbook. Not a webinar. Interactive, bilingual training built from real desk experience.

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Interactive Maps
Ports, shipping routes, logistics corridors, waterways — all on interactive Leaflet maps with real data.
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Live Calculators
CBOT → USD/mt → R$/saca conversion. Drag sliders, see results. Learn the farmer's math by doing it.
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Bilingual EN / PT-BR
Toggle between English and Portuguese. Every chapter, quiz, and map popup translates instantly.
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Works Everywhere
Desktop, tablet, phone. Dark and light themes. Single-file, loads fast, works offline once cached.
Your Instructor

From the desk, not the classroom

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Edesio M. Sena Cavalcanti

Commodities Broker · Corn Desk Brazil · STAG Securities

Professional commodities broker specializing in corn full cargo and soybean cargo/parcels at Paranaguá. Hands-on desk experience in Brazilian agricultural commodity markets, CBOT hedging, basis trading, and physical logistics.

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