Learning Platform - "Trade Compliance & Surveillance"

Course: Futures – Position Management

About the online training programme

This course provides insight in the opening of a futures position and closing it. It also sets out the terminology long and short. Furthermore, the lessons allow to master the concept of rolling a futures position, by describing the process and touching upon related aspects.

Course Contents

This course covers the following videos:

1. Introduction
2. Opening transaction – Long & short position
3. Closing transaction – Eliminate position
4. Long versus short
5. Rolling a futures position – Introduction
6. Rolling a futures position – Investor or speculator
7. Rolling a futures position – Hedger
8. Rolling a futures position – The concept
9. Rolling a futures position – Practical aspects
10. Rolling a futures position – Roll yield
11. Rolling a futures position – Forward curve structure
12. Rolling a futures position – Rolling a short position
13. Rolling a futures position – Rolling a long position
14. Notional value
15. Open interest

This course also includes examination and certification.