Derivatives Trading

About Derivatives Trading

Short-term financial instruments having a set expiration date are known as derivatives trading. Stocks, commodities, money, indexes, exchange rates, and even interest rates can serve as the underlying asset. The market is used in derivative trading to purchase and sell these financial contracts.

Derivatives trading has gained immense popularity across the globe resulting in huge demand for certified professionals.

Why is Derivatives Trading important?

For trading purposes, derivatives are favored over underlying assets because they provide more leverage, more liquidity, and cheaper costs as overall transaction costs are lower than those of the spot market.

Derivatives provide essential roles such as risk mitigation through hedging, guaranteeing market efficiency, discovering transaction prices for the underlying asset, etc. Risk transfer, risk diversification, risk allocation, and risk neutralization are methods for reducing risk.

Derivatives trading certified professionals, executives and managers are in high demand in companies across the globe.

Who should take the Derivatives Trading Exam?

• Finance professionals
  
• Trader And Analyst
• Derivatives Trader
• Business developers
• Product Marketing Manager
• Options Trader
• Risk Analyst
• Research Analyst

Knowledge and Skills required for the Derivatives Trading

Critical thinking and communication skills helps candidate to gain quick success for career in derivatives trading.

Derivatives Trading Practice Exam Objectives

Derivatives Trading exam focuses on assessing your skills and knowledge in derivatives.

Derivatives Trading Practice Exam Pre-requisite

There are no prerequisites for the Derivatives Trading exam. Candidates who are well versed  in derivatives can easily clear the exam.

Derivatives Trading Certification Course Outline

1. Introduction to Derivatives
2. Financial Derivatives
3. Introduction to Options
4. Equity Options
5. Equity Future
6. Currency Option
7. Currency Features
8. Options Strategies
9. Options Strategies & Pricing
10. Trading Strategies

Exam Format and Information

Certification name – Certificate in Derivatives Trading
Exam duration – 60 minutes
Exam type - Multiple Choice Questions
Eligibility / pre-requisite - None
Exam language - English
Exam format - Online
Passing score - 25
Exam Fees  - INR 1199