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Learning Platform - "Markets & Trading"

Course: Margining

About the online training programme

Margining is a crucial process in trade operations. It is a sub-process of clearing. During the lifetime of a contract security has to be arranged for. How this works is set out in this course, including initial margin and variation margin, as well as cross-margining.

Course Contents

This course covers the following video lessons:

  1. Counterparty risk management
  2. Initial margin
  3. Variation margin
  4. Margin call
  5. Bilateral deals
  6. Exchange-trading
  7. Fee structure
  8. Novation
  9. The process of margining
  10. Direct & general clearing members
  11. Initial margin to financially manage close-out
  12. Settlement
  13. Daily calculations
  14. Leverage
  15. Cost of capital
  16. Replacement risk & credit risk
  17. Mutual & non-mutual margin requirements
  18. Money transfer & margin requirement
  19. The margining process
  20. Variation margin calculation
  21. Initial margin calculation
  22. Periodic reconsiderations
  23. Cash management & price data
  24. General clearing members
  25. Direct market access
  26. Cross-margin – Introduction
  27. Cross-margin – Price correlation
  28. Requirements for options – Introduction
  29. Requirements for options – Calculations
  30. Requirements for options – Maintenance margin
  31. Requirements for options – Haircut

This course also includes examination and certification.

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