• 6 sesiones (1.5 h semanal /9 h en total)
• Plataforma Zoom y aula virtual con el material del curso y material extra para trabajo independiente fuera de clase
• Horario: miércoles 18.30 a 20.00
• Trainer: Prof. Cecilia Saavedra
• Vacantes limitadas: máximo 8 participantes
• Fecha de comienzo: miércoles 8 de marzo

Course Contents

Sesión 1:

• Introduction to Derivatives: what are derivatives?
• A World of Options: Types of option contracts, The value of options
• Options Trading: what to achieve before you begin a trade

Sesión 2:

• Underlying Options: Choosing the underlying stock

Sesión 3:

• Hedging and Speculating: Acting Bullish; Feeling Bearish
• Finding and Exit: Leaving an options position
• Index Options: Collective Performance

Sesión 4:

• Options Chains: Bid and Ask

Sesión 5:

• Futures: Setting Expectations. Leverage and Risk
• Futures Contracts. The Language of Futures
• Hedgers and speculators: risk avoiders and risk takers can benefit

Sesión 6:

• Options Strategies: Going long; Going short
• Researching Options: Investigating before investing
• How Futures Trading Works: Hedgers and speculators are in the market together.
• Consumable Commodities: the futures market
• Financial Commodities: Stocks, bonds and currencies