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Course title |
Futures and Options |
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Semester |
110-1 |
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Designated for |
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS |
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Instructor |
Chih-Ching Hung |
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Curriculum Number |
ECON4036 |
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Curriculum Identity Number |
303E49120 |
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Class |
02 |
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Credits |
3.0 |
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Full/Half
Yr. |
Half |
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Required/
Elective |
Elective |
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Time |
Monday 7,8,9(14:20~17:20) |
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Remarks |
Restriction: within this department (including students taking minor and dual degree program)
The upper limit of the number of students: 25. |
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Course introduction video |
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Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
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Course Syllabus
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Course Description |
Course Description
The major goal of this course is to equip students with comprehensive understanding of financial derivatives. A derivative instrument is a financial contract whose payoff depends on or is derived from the value of one or a set of underlying assets. We will cover four categories of derivatives, including forwards, futures, swaps, and options. Students will learn how these derivatives are traded. We will also learn how these derivatives should be priced and trading strategies associated with them. |
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Course Objective |
待補 |
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Course Requirement |
Recommended Prerequisite Courses
Investments, Financial Management, and Calculus I, II
Special Note: This course will be taught entirely in English. |
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Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week) |
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Office Hours |
Thu. 14:00~16:00 |
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Designated reading |
Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, by John C. Hull. 9/E 2018 Global Edition (雙葉書廊) |
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References |
1. A Course in Derivative Securities: Introduction to Theory and Computation, by Kerry Back. 2005 Edition (Springer Finance)
2. Stochastic Calculus for Finance I, by Steven Shreve. 2004 Edition (Springer Finance) |
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Grading |
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Item |
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Explanations for the conditions |
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1. |
Assignments |
10% |
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2. |
Midterm |
45% |
If you score higher in the Final, the Midterm would count for only 40% while the Final would count for 50%. |
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Final |
45% |
If you score higher in the Final, the Midterm would count for only 40% while the Final would count for 50%. |
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Week |
Date |
Topic |
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第2週 |
9/27 |
1. Introduction
2. Mechanics of futures markets |
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第3週 |
10/04 |
3. Hedging strategies using futures |
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第4週 |
10/11 |
4. Interest rates |
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第5週 |
10/18 |
5. Determination of forward and futures prices |
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第6週 |
10/25 |
6. Interest rate futures |
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第7週 |
11/01 |
7. Swaps |
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第8週 |
11/08 |
10. Mechanics of options markets |
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第9週 |
11/15 |
Midterm Exam (Chap 1-7) |
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第10週 |
11/22 |
11. Properties of stock options |
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第11週 |
11/29 |
12. Trading strategies involving options |
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第12週 |
12/06 |
13. Binomial trees |
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第13週 |
12/13 |
14. Wiener processes and Ito's lemma (Supplementary Material)
15. The Black-Scholes-Merton model |
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第14週 |
12/20 |
17. Options on stock indices and currencies |
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第15週 |
12/27 |
19. The Greek letters |
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第16週 |
1/03 |
Final Exam (Chap 10-19) |
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第17週 |
1/10 |
20. Volatility smile (Supplementary Material)
22. Value at risk (Supplementary Material) |
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第18週 |
1/17 |
Recent research on derivatives (Supplementary Class) |