Futures Trading. Complete Understanding of Stock Futures-D1

Best Course for Trading Futures in Capital Markets. A Conceptual course on Derivatives for Students across the Globe

Created by: Col (Dr) Shabbar Shahid. M-Tech, MBA(Fin), CE, FIE(I), PhD
Finance and Management Professional

Created by: Sofia S
Instructor

What Will I Learn?

• Complete understanding of Futures as a stock derivatives in the Capital Markets
• The meaning and types of stock derivatives
• An understanding of a Forward contract
• The concept of trading Stock Futures
• Difference between Forwards and Futures
• Investing in Shares vis a vis Trading in Derivatives
• Live trades of a Futures contract
• The significance of margin money
• The terminologies of Futures
• Spot price, Future Price and Lot size
• LTP contract value and types of margins
• Going long, Going short and Squaring off
• Short covering, Short squeeze, Long unwinding and Long unwinding pressure
• Contango and Backwardation
• Arbitration
• Breakout, False breakout and Whipsaw
• Difference between Spot and Derivative market
• Placing a Buy or Sell order
• Placing Market and Limit orders with stop loss and trigger price
• Understanding Stop loss and Trigger price
• Practical application of concepts
• Minimizing losses through stop loss in bullish trade
• Protecting profits through stop loss in bullish trade
• Minimizing losses and protecting profits in bearish trade
• A complete understanding of Hedging with Futures

Requirements

• The course has been progressively build right from the very basics. Any person with an interest in stock market can understand. However, some basic knowledge of stock market will certainly be helpful.

Target audience

• Those investing or trading in stock market or intend to pursue a career in the Capital Markets
• Those who are interested in trading in stock derivatives specially Futures
• Those who are planning to take up stock trading as a profession or career
• Those who invest in shares but would like to progress to derivative trading and hedging
• Students of finance, commerce and business
• Students undergoing professional courses in Finance like CFA, CA, MBA etc for better understanding of the subject