Video course · 15 hours · subtitled
Analyse the 2026 oil market the way it actually traded.
Fifteen hours. Three hundred slides. One crisis, followed from the day the Strait closed to the trades that paid. Expert Oil Trader, Hormuz Edition takes an oil specialist through the balances, the barrels and the headlines of 2026, and leaves you able to build a view, defend it against the data, and trade it.
Finish all fifteen modules and the capstone and you receive a certificate recording 15 hours of structured CPD, ready for your firm's records. One learner per licence. Card or bank transfer. Education, not investment advice.
- Modules
- 15 × 60 min
- Slides
- 300, about 3 min each
- Format
- Narrated, auto-advancing, subtitled
- Assessment
- A 5-question check per module and a capstone case
- CPD
- Designed to the form of DFSA GEN 5.3.19A
- Price
- USD 100 per learner
What you will be able to do
The course assumes finance literacy, not oil literacy. By the end you can:
- Build and defend a balance for a Hormuz-type disruption: supply shut-ins and offsets, inventories across four layers, and the demand response.
- Read the physical evidence: tanker movements, satellite storage reads, floating storage and what the visible data misses.
- Score geopolitical headlines with a method, assign odds, and define the tails instead of reacting to the news flow.
- Reconcile balances with prices: why price and balance diverged in 2026 and what closed the gap.
- Construct and risk-manage a trade expression in futures, spreads and cracks, and critique a real 2026 trade sequence.
- Evidence it for CPD: per-module records, a knowledge check per unit, a capstone, and a certificate on completion.
The 15 modules
Each module is 60 minutes and 20 slides: one title and objectives slide, sixteen content slides, two timed exercises worked against the on-screen data, and a five-question knowledge check with answers revealed.
- M01The 2026 oil market map and vocabularyRead a global balance and speak the units.
- M02Reading IEA MODS hands-onPull, chart and critique IEA series without a vendor.
- M03Structural backdrop, 2025 to February 2026State the pre-crisis consensus and the contrarian case.
- M04The Hormuz physical systemDraw the system from wellhead to Gulf of Oman with the numbers.
- M05The shock, March 2026Narrate March day by day with price and evidence.
- M06April to May 2026: ceasefire, buyer's strike, breaking pointExplain invisible draws and the price plateau.
- M07June to July 2026: MoU, reopening, the New Oil OrderExplain the June crash and the July re-tightening.
- M08Supply math: the OMF methodBuild a shut-in and offset model and defend it.
- M09Inventory math: visible, invisible, on waterTrack inventories across four layers and predict when draws become visible.
- M10Demand and ChinaSeparate demand loss, run cuts and stock behaviour.
- M11Products, refining and cracksRead and trade the product complex.
- M12Price formation and positioningExplain why price and balance diverged and what closed the gap.
- M13Geopolitical risk methodScore events, assign odds, define tails.
- M14Trade construction and riskReconstruct and critique a real 2026 trade sequence.
- M15Toolkit, September 2026 state, capstoneRun the analysis on the current market and pass the capstone.
Modules are released on the course page as they are produced. The course page lists all 15 with their objectives from day one and shows which are available to play.
Who it is for
An oil or commodities specialist at a regulated firm: analyst, trader, portfolio manager, risk, or senior management wanting depth. It suits someone who can read a balance sheet or a P&L but has not yet had to build an oil balance under stress.
It is not an introduction to finance and it is not a trading signal service. It teaches a method and shows it working on the year that tested it.
How it is built
Every slide has one visual (a chart, a table, a map or a worked calculation) and about two and a half minutes of narration in plain English, second person, numbers spoken with units. Subtitles are the narration text, cued per sentence.
The public edition is built on our own analysis and public data. It does not include or promise third-party research.
CPD: designed to the rule, recorded by your firm
DFSA rule GEN 5.3.19A requires the named employees of an Authorised Firm to complete at least 15 hours of continuing professional development each calendar year, relevant to their role, made up of structured activities of thirty minutes or more, and to keep adequate records of it.
This course is designed to the form of that rule: 15 hours of structured e-learning in fifteen 60-minute units, each well above the 30-minute floor, with a fixed running order, learning objectives and a relevance statement per unit, an assessment per unit, and a capstone.
Records. The course page keeps a per-module record of start, end, elapsed time and knowledge-check score, and issues a certificate on completion stating the provider, the title, the dates, 15 structured hours, the module list with objectives and the assessment results. Hours are certified only once all 15 modules and the capstone are complete.
No accreditation is claimed. The DFSA does not accredit CPD providers. Your firm records the activity and self-certifies it under its own training and competence arrangements; whether it is relevant to a given employee's role is your firm's judgement.
Price
USD 100
per learner, one licence
- All 15 modules as they are released
- Per-module knowledge checks and the capstone
- CPD record and certificate on completion
- Access by a private link, no account to manage
Pay by card through Stripe, or by bank transfer against an invoice.
How enrolment works
- Sign up. Name, email, firm, role and country. That is all we need.
- Pay. Card through Stripe, or request an invoice and pay by bank transfer.
- Receive your link. One private link opens your course page, which lists the modules, plays the ones released, and keeps your CPD record.
Buying for a team? Write to contact@theoildesk.com with the number of learners and we will invoice the firm.
Questions
Is this investment advice?
No. It is education. The course discusses how the market traded in 2026, including the positioning of third parties, to teach method. Nothing in it is a recommendation to buy or sell anything.
Does it include third-party research?
No. The public edition is built on our own analysis and public data. We do not redistribute research from other houses.
When can I watch the modules?
The modules are released on your course page as they are produced. The page lists all 15 with their objectives from the start and marks which are available. You are told by email when a new module is released.
Is the course accredited for CPD?
No, and we make no such claim. The DFSA does not accredit CPD providers. The course is designed to the form of GEN 5.3.19A (15 structured hours, units over 30 minutes, records and a certificate); your firm records it and self-certifies.
What does the certificate say?
Provider, course title, dates, 15 structured hours, the module list with objectives, and the assessment results. It states that the activity was designed to GEN 5.3.19A(4) and that the firm records it under GEN 5.3.19A(3)(c). It is issued only after all 15 modules and the capstone are complete.
How is the assessment run?
Each module ends with a five-question knowledge check; the pass mark is four of five with one retake. Module 15 contains a capstone case with a pass mark of 70 per cent.
Can my firm pay by invoice?
Yes. Choose bank transfer at the payment step and we send the invoice and bank details by email. The course link follows when the transfer arrives.
Who is selling this?
The seller's legal entity and registered address are being confirmed and will be shown here and on every invoice. Until then, contact contact@theoildesk.com.
Contact
Questions about the course, team licences or invoicing: contact@theoildesk.com.