Course package: Derivatives

In general our courses are suitable for any professional with a profession in or relating to the traded markets or any person who wants to know more about commodity & energy markets and trading.

In order to gain access to the Learning Platform, you will need to sign up to the ‘Free trial’, or purchase access by clicking on ‘Get licence for individual’.

No; moreover, it is very easy, as the learning platform is very intuitive. Besides, it keeps track of where you were left and what you have completed.

Quite some video lessons incorporate examples, exercises and calculations, which allow for practical application. Furthermore, you can download materials to be used at any time afterwards. But above all, you will learn a lot as there are numerous courses about a wide range of themes. And as no one knows all, there is always something you can learn, even more so as Entrima keeps on uploading new courses.

Our curriculum, reflecting a comprehensive bundle of training courses, includes the following learning objectives:

• Master basic processes & concepts – Including related terminology
  • The trading environment
  • The trade process & the contract lifecycle
  • Straight through processing (of orders and deals)
  • The decision-making process, psychology of markets and handling emotions
• Become an expert in trading
  • Transacting or deal-making (buying & selling)
  • Open a position & close a position
  • Order types, plus order submission, processing and matching
  • Hitting & lifting
  • Market making & market taking (initiator vs. aggressor)
• Learn about position management
  • Long/short (master short selling)
  • Netting (multilateral)
• Conquer types of product
  • Forwards, futures & options
  • Spreads (cross-commodity spreads, time spreads, location spreads)
• Assure your expertise in pricing
  • Price formation, order book and bid & ask
  • Market liquidity
  • Price volatility
• To familiarise with the look & feel of screen-based trading.
  • What is shown on a screen? And which details matter most?
  • Analyse what bid or ask stands for
• Master the working of an order book
  • To analyse the bid-ask spread
  • To observe market depth
• Master OTC trading and the usances in bilateral deal-making, including:
  • Master agreement, credit risk management (limits) & the role of inter-dealer brokers
• Overcome exchange-trading
  • Clearing
  • (Cross-)margin
• Learn about risk management
  • Value at risk (VaR)
  • Price correlation
  • Greek variables (Delta, Gamma, Vega, Theta, Rho)
• Perform market analysis
  • Processing data &, news as well as price forecasting
  • Fundamental analysis, technical analysis, quantitative analysis, psychological analysis
• Price chart analysis
  • Dynamic graphical representation of the price development
  • Charting: Support & resistance lines, as well as confirmation & reverse patterns
• Forward curve analysis
  • Static graphical representation of prices of contracts with a different time-to-maturity
  • Contango & Backwardation
  • Cost of carry
• Master FX trading
  • Exchange one currency position for another currency position, as you like
  • Monitor FX rate developments and the impact of it for deal-making
  • Provide price quotations & learn about FX exchange rates
  • Experience inter-bank transactions
• Learn how to optimise the financial performance
  • Experience future cash flows are margins can be assured
• Interpret result – Understand the financial statement
  • Take into account relevant aspects in order to qualify or to quantify the performance:
    • Direct transaction costs (fees), as well as indirect transaction costs (slippage)
    • Profit & loss (P/L), realised (after liquidation) & unrealised (open positions; M-to-M)
  • The process of (cash) collateralisation
    • Deposits (initial margin + variation margin)
  • Cash management
    • Finance liquidity & working capital
  • Identify transaction cost
    • Exchange fee & clearing fee

For an average course you need 25 to 30 minutes. For detailed information see content guide.

Send your request to renew your licence per email to info@entrima.org. Upon your payment we’ll effectuate your renewal.

No, but you can renew your licence. Send your request to renew your licence per email to info@entrima.org. Upon your payment we’ll provide you access again to the relevant services.

Any course ends with an exam, consisting of a selection of questions. Upon passing you’ll be certified instantly, ready for immediate download from the system, so that you can upload into your corporate and/or personal files.

Entrima offers a variety of learning services. Amongst these, a tailored training guided by a tutor (online or on-site) might be preferred, although Entrima’s “Competence Trainer” is another excellent option to train your competences in a safe environment. This way, continuous professional developed is effectuated.