For Graduate Entrants in Financial Markets . Basic Rates derivatives knowledge (e.g. FRAs, futures and swaps) is preferred
At the end of this course participants will be able to: – Define an Option and Understand Basic Principles – Understand Types of Interest Rate Option – hedging uses and functions – Define Caps and Floors, illustrate the cash flows and chart profit profiles – Describe Cap and Floor Exercise and Calculate Settlement – Define Swaptions and illustrate their cash flows – Understand Methods of Swaption Settlement – Calculate Swaption Cash Settlement Values – Understand Option Pricing to include the following: – Time, Moneyness, Volatility – Option Modelling Overview – The Greeks – Skew – The Swaption Grid – Negative Rates – Know how to hedge options and trade delta – Understand option strategies and their applications
Option Definition – What an option is – Opening Questions and Presentation – Basic Terms and principles – Presentation Types of Option – Caps and Floors – Swaptions Caps and Floors – Illustrate Cash Flows and Profit Profiles – Whiteboard Interaction – Calculate settlement – Excel Exercise – Future Options in Brief Swaptions – Illustrate Swaption construction and Cash flow – Whiteboard – Settlement Methods – Calculate cash settlement – Excel Exercise Option Pricing – What affects the price of an option – Quiz and Discussion – Probability – Time / Underlying / Volatility – Option Modelling Overview – The Greeks – Theta, Delta, Vega, Gamma – Skew – Why it is a factor – SABR Model principles – The Swaption Grid – Negative Rates Option Strategies – Straddles, Collars, Strangles – Q&A – what are you trading or managing here? (the Greeks) Hedging – Why hedge an Option? – Delta Hedging – Vega Hedging Evaluation – Case Studies – What Options and strategies to use for hedging rates and other risk management
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