Futures and Options Fundamentals
Understand derivatives properly, including where their risk comes from.
- Duration
- 6 wks
- Lessons
- 6 lessons
- Modules
- 3 modules
Taught by Derivatives Faculty
Why expiry days are different, and how not to be surprised by them.
How index options behave around expiry: decay, gamma, liquidity and margin changes, and why expiry-day risk comes mostly from size, not direction.
Learning outcomes describe knowledge and skills. They are not a promise of trading results.
What changes on expiry day
Decay, gamma and settlement.
Margin and liquidity traps
Where the surprises come from.
Pre-expiry checklist
Decide before the day starts.
Futures, options and expiry-day risk (placeholder profile)
View profileNo. It teaches how the market and the product work and how to manage risk. Results in markets are never guaranteed.
No. There are no tips, signals or personal recommendations. You learn to build and judge your own process.
Understand derivatives properly, including where their risk comes from.
Taught by Derivatives Faculty
See how an option's value changes with price, time and volatility.
Taught by Derivatives Faculty