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Options II - Options Pricing and Applications
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Course Summary

Options are a growing part of energy hedging and speculating, and understanding how they work allows any trader to make better choices in using them. Once you've mastered the basics through our Options I - Fundamentals of Energy Options course, you can learn how to take advantage of fast-changing markets to get the most out of your option positions with this course, which takes your skills to a higher level. This full day workshop not only extends your understanding of option dynamics, but also allows you to practice these skills through our unique trading simulation.

8 CPE credits awarded for this course.

Delivery Method: Group-Live

Who Should Attend?

This programme deals with many different energy commodities. Delegates include everyone from trade support staff to senior management.

Prerequisites

Princeton Energy Programme’s Options I - Fundamentals of Energy Options or equivalent experience.

Includes Web-based Pre-study Module

This course is accompanied by a preparatory course available online. Delegates will receive a web voucher as part of their joining instructions upon confirmation of registration. By taking advantage of this 'blended' learning approach, in-class time and learning are optimized.

Not sure if you have the appropriate experience? Click here to test yourself on futures and options knowledge necessary for this course.

Course Contents

  • The impact of option deltas on profits and losses
  • How option gamma affects your price exposure
  • The benefits and costs of time decay
  • How market volatility affects options
  • Option hedging techniques, such as delta hedging
  • How to combine options to create other options, and why it works
  • Important characteristics of extrinsic (time) value
  • Different ways to calculate option values
  • Exercise styles and what impact they have
  • Options on price spreads
  • What the pricing models don’t measure


Course Fees and Dates
The following course(s) are available..
Date / No of days Location Fee: Course only Fee: + accommodation Code
buy now 27 April 2010 (1) London, UK GBP£720
+ 17.5% VAT
- n/a - OPA\AGBR10
buy now 27 May 2010 (1) Calgary, AB USD$980
+5% GST
- n/a - #OPA052710
buy now 22 June 2010 (1) Houston, TX USD$980 - n/a - #OPA062210
buy now 4 October 2010 (1) London, UK GBP£720
+ 17.5% VAT
- n/a - OPA\BGBR10
buy now 7 December 2010 (1) New York, NY USD$980 - n/a - #OPA120710

 

 

 

 

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