Financial Markets and Derivatives

Financial Markets and Derivatives Training

Finance: Introduction to Futures

Course Overview

Audience:

This course is designed for finance professionals in asset management, hedge funds, corporates, or banking who need an understanding of Futures.

Prerequisite:

None

Duration:

This is a half-day course. The timing can be either 09:30 to 12:30 or 13:30 – 16:30.
Alternate timings can be arranged upon request. The course can be held on a date that suits you.

Location:

Our Finance: Introduction to Futures course can be delivered virtually using online training platforms such as MS Teams or Zoom or face-to-face at any preferred location in the UK, Europe or ROW.

Introduction to Futures Course Outline

Characteristics of futures exchange-traded markets

Product slates – tick sizes, tick values, contract sizes, contract periods

Margins (initial, variation, and maintenance margins), role of central clearing house

Calculating futures P&L for speculative positions, hedging positions

Worked examples using equity, bond and commodity futures

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One to One

(which includes a tailor-made training programme for the individual where they can mix and match the topics from various levels to get the most cost-effective training

Group for up to 8 learners
The Course outlines on our website are standard, however, we would be happy to tailor them to your specific requirements. Please call us on 020 3696 2796 or send us a message to discuss further.

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Extras

This is a sample of some of the Short training videos. Please note that you can get access to many more, once you have done a course with us and are registered as one of our delegates.