This 10 day intensive program uses several learning tools providing the client with the necessary theoretical training as well as the desk ready skills they need to advance in their career. The first week will provide an overview of the derivatives markets covering: futures, swaps and options focusing on contract terms, trading mechanisms and pricing. Beginner applications are covered to give the products context.

Develop the ability to research which derivatives strategies best fit your management style.

Gain a comprehensive, practical knowledge of the derivatives landscape.

How principles of diversification and risk control are applied in constructing institutional portfolios.

Accounting for derivatives used in hedging and how to apply FAS 113 (ASC 815).

Explain how various market participants use derivative products and for what purpose.

Understand how to measure and manage the risk of derivatives with strong analytical training.

Overview of the credit derivatives market and individual instruments.

Understand arbitrage relationships as the basis for analyzing and valuing listed and over-the-counter derivatives.

Gain an extensive, in-depth introduction to today's options markets.

Gain an extensive, in-depth introduction to today's options markets.

This demanding curriculum will teach the principles and fundamentals of derivative portfolios and their associated risks

Understand how current regulatory trends are affecting the derivatives business.

Explore valuation approaches and mechanics for vanilla and exotic credit derivative products.

Derivative product training using tailored computer software.

Uses and applications of derivatives in a real-world market-sensitive nature using the concerns of today's risk managers.

Explore the fundamental characteristics, features, and applications of derivative products.

Gain a broad perspective of both futures and forwards markets, and understand the important role they play in the world economy.

A more advanced series covering complex margin requirements and calculations for option positions.

Identify risks accurately and use the right risk control techniques.

Explore the different types of options products and factors that affect them.

Forwards, futures, options, swaps – this course explains the fundamentals of different derivative instruments.

Short-Term Trading begins with a brief history of the field, stressing the importance of developing a trading style and philosophy, identifying capital requirements, analyzing the market, and applying that analysis to the execution of a trade.

Overview of the many features that distinguish futures and forwards.

An overview of various swaps and their characteristics.

Learn the basics of equity and commodity options.

Explore standard deviation and volatility in detail.

Understand how futures and options are traded.

Understand intricate option combination strategies and their applications.

Learn how to manage short-dated domestic interest rate risk with derivatives.

Examine theﾠvarious risks involved in using futures and forwards.

Learn how to manage equity risk from the investor's perspective.

Overview of futures contracts based on fixed income securities.

Learn how to identify risks accurately and use the right control techniques.

Evaluate measures that help describe an option's sensitivity to the various factors that determine pricing.

Identify foreign exchange risk and introduce forward foreign exchange contracts, non-deliverable forward foreign exchange, and currency options.

A review of basic options concepts and terminology.ﾠ

Explore characteristics and usage of Stock Index Futures.

Discover the different types of derivative techniques that can be used to manage risk.

Understand three complex transactions that involve trading options in margin accounts.

A review of various options products and their applications and usage.

Learn how margin is used when selling options short.

Gain an overview of both margin and options and how they are used.

Learn the ins and outs of index option trading with both cash and margin account transactions.

Learn about the leverage benefits of trading with margin and options.

Brief overview of the margin rules for day-trading looking specifically at margin rules for options.

Learn how to compute Regulation T and maintenance requirements for short put options.