Derivatives Professional Certificate (New York Institute of Finance)

Colleagues, in the NYIF “Derivatives Professional Certificate” program you will develop a comprehensive, practical understanding of derivative instruments including market conventions, contract specifications, valuation, trading strategies and the regulation of derivatives markets. [CPE Credits: 35]. Acquire desk-ready skills: Learn to price forward and futures contracts. Become familiar with futures contract specifications and market conventions. Understand the valuation of a variety of swap contracts. Learn how to extract credit risk measures from CDS spreads and asset swap spreads. Understand common trading strategies using futures, forwards, swaps and options. Develop a conceptual understanding of the Black-Scholes-Merton option valuation model. Use option sensitivities (the Greeks) to determine the impact of changing model parameters on option prices. Understand basic hedge accounting using futures, forwards, swaps and options. Skill-based training lessons cover: 1) Forwards & Futures, 2) Short-term Financial Futures, 3) Long-term Financial Futures, 4) Hedge Accounting for Forwards and Futures, 5) Swap Fundamentals, 6)  Interest Rate Swaps, 7) Taxonomy of Swap Contracts, 8) Credit Swaps, 9) Asset Swaps, 10) Applications, 11) Foreign Exchange Markets, 12) Contract Terms and Conditions, 13) Inputs into Option Pricing Models, 14) Market Participants and Strategies, 15) Options Pricing and Risk Management, 16)  Risk Management, 17) Risk Arbitrage Trading, 18) Strategies, and 19) Hedge Accounting for Swaps and Options. 

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