Proving Ground
Live100M virtual capital on real market pricing. Walk a complete cross-border petrochemical chain: sourcing, pricing, ordering, settlement, logistics, review.
Enter →SNSUC Lab
We do not lecture you on trade. Here is a desk, real pricing and one full chain — prove it yourself.
Open a lab account — personal & corporate
Sign up with phone, SMS code and password — get 100M virtual capital. Corporate accounts can also access real trade (KYC required).
SNSUC LAB
A company that actually trades cross-border — with its chain opened up for you to run
SNSUC Lab has three parts: the Proving Ground to practise, the Institute to read the market, Courses to go deep. We run the Proving Ground first — we refuse to teach what we have not validated.
Institute
LiveDaily bilingual industry coverage across global markets, policy and industry — the context behind every call you make in the Proving Ground.
Read →Courses
PlannedStructured courses and certification across pricing, contracts, logistics & compliance, risk & hedging. We prove the Proving Ground first, then teach it.
Coming soonInside the Proving Ground
Trading Floor
100M virtual capital · real pricing · global route map · live board · simulated orders
Build instinct for price, timing and position sizing
Account
Positions, P&L, equity curve and fill history
Judge your decision quality, not just your luck
Passport
Stage tasks modelled on a real trade chain
Turn scattered knowledge into one full chain
Leaderboard
All-time, weekly, monthly boards plus badge wall
Benchmark yourself against real peers
Monthly Report
Periodic review and chain performance analysis
Turn one trade into a repeatable method
How it works
01
Sign up, get funded
Register and receive 100M in virtual capital. Zero cost, zero risk, no real money involved.
02
Walk the chain
Run one full cross-border petrochemical trade from pricing to settlement. Real pricing — bad calls show up in your account immediately.
03
Trade results for access
Consistently profitable players can register for the SNSUC deal pool and connect to real cargo and real counterparties.
Tasks drawn from real deals, not invented
Every scenario below comes from a real decision point in cross-border petrochemical trade. Global houses do not cover Chinese practice; local houses have no first-hand cargo. Only those actually doing the deals can teach this.
Ten of the most commonly botched are shown below; the passport carries 15 scenarios of the same kind in total. Each counts toward completion only when answered correctly — no penalty for a miss and you can retry.
Middle East crude pricing
Choose between Dated Brent and Dubai/Oman, read the differential, lock the pricing window
Real step: benchmark selection for term and spot
Answer this one →Five-step sanctions screening
Counterparty registered in a high-risk transshipment hub — run screening, hub check, vessel check, controlled-content test, insurability
Real step: pre-signing transaction screening
Answer this one →Soft clause detection
Catch clauses like "payment against buyer lab certificate" and rewrite to independent third-party inspection
Real step: LC issuance and document check
Answer this one →Demurrage calculation
Apply laytime commencement and NOR timing, compute demurrage days and cost, then negotiate the rate
Real step: chartering and loading
Answer this one →Transit cargo control
Bonded warehouse plus third-party operator — design title control and three-flow consistency evidence
Real step: transit trade and bonded ops
Answer this one →Load-port final vs discharge re-test
Ships at 0.48%, arrives at 0.53%, and two inspection clauses contradict each other — construe the contract first, then settle liability on samples and tank records
Real step: quality claims and liability
Answer this one →Back-to-back term mismatch
Load-port final upstream, discharge final downstream, and the time bars invert — the classic intermediary wound, and how to close it
Real step: passing terms through as an intermediary
Answer this one →Force majeure and cover damages
Export licence revoked, seller pleads force majeure, market spikes — can you actually recover the difference
Real step: term default and excuse
Answer this one →Transit-trade FX payment
Goods never enter, money moves offshore both ways — what it takes to get the bank to pay, and how tight the document chain must be
Real step: cross-border settlement and bank due diligence
Answer this one →May you blend inside a bonded zone
You want to blend oil to your buyer's spec inside the bonded warehouse — that crosses the substantial-transformation line
Real step: scope of bonded warehouse operations
Answer this one →PLAY WELL → GET REAL ACCESS
A filter, not a textbook
Players who size up under real pricing and stay profitable are exactly who we want to meet. Register for the SNSUC deal pool for access to real cargo, real channels and real counterparties — including Middle East crude, bonded transit and cross-border settlement.
- Priority access to real cargo — 13 petrochemical categories
- Middle East channels and bonded transit opportunities
- Enterprise data centre access and 1-on-1 business review
Data sources & compliance
- Proving Ground pricing is built from real market data and SNSUC own listings for simulated training. It is not investment advice or an offer to trade.
- Virtual capital is a training score, not real money. It cannot be withdrawn, transferred or redeemed for anything of value.
- Points and badges are learning records. They cannot be traded or redeemed for cash or any benefit.
- Deal pool registration only collects business contact intent. It is not a commitment to transact or to any return.
