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elearning > Futures markets
Learn about the following:
What futures contracts are. Where futures prices come from. How futures are used.
Why futures are different. Margins.
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Course Summary
Futures Markets
- What futures contracts are
- Where futures prices come from
- How futures are used
- Why futures are different
- Margins
35 Minutes
9 question multiple choice test
1. What are futures contracts?
- Definition
- Hedging and trading
- Long and short positions
- Tick value, profits and losses, example (Eurodollar)
- Dealer’s risks and limits
2. Futures prices
- Spot, forward and the cost of carry, example
- Arbitrage
- The basis and basis trading
3. Why futures are different
- Standardisation
- Price transparency
- Credit risk, the clearing house
- Initial and variation margin
- Comparison with over-the-counter products
4. Summary
5. Test
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