Futures & Options Trading Strategies: For Absolute Beginners

Trading Stock Futures and Options for beginners. Conceptual educational course, suitable for people across the globe.

What you'll learn
Learn to formulate trading strategies for trading in Futures and Options
How to manage trading risk and protect losses
Learn trading based on knowledge and analysis and remain away from speculation
Set you mind thinking and come up with your own ideas and formulate your own strategies based on your personal risk appetite
Requirements
The basic knowledge of Futures and Options is very essential for understanding this course.
Description
In this course hosted by PRUDENCE Engineering and Financial Consultants, Col (Dr) Shabbar Shahid, an Army Veteran and a post graduate in Engineering and Finance with a Doctorate in management explains simple trading strategies using a combination of Futures and Options in an easy to understand manner with examples.

The risk involved in plain vanilla trades has been explained and the significance of Stop Loss for intraday trades has been dealt in detail. Further, several overnight trading strategies like Long Futures with long Puts, Bull Call spread, Bull Put spread, Hedging long securities with short Futures etc have been explained in detail. The prime purpose or aim of this course is not to teach formulae and methods as per books but to set the student's creative mind thinking and motivating him/her to formulate own strategies with personal risk appetite in mind. The course brings out the concept that for long term sustenance and success in the field the emphasis should be more on managing the risk and limiting losses rather than being carried away by the lure of quick profit.

It is an educational course to enhance your knowledge. The course does not include any tips or tricks or shortcut methods of getting rich. .

This course will be of immense benefit to those who trade in Stock market, take short term trades and/or trade in derivatives like Futures and options. It will also be useful to those who intend to make stock trading as their profession or career. Those who are already trading in stocks and derivatives but with limited knowledge, will be able to enhance their knowledge and skills. This course will help the students of finance, commerce and those pursuing or intending to pursue financial management courses.

This course is suitable for those who intend to learn trading strategies for managing their risk and taking balanced decisions. The instructor is a strong opponent of speculation and would like to make it very clear that this course will not serve the purpose of those intending to speculate. Further, the instructor would like to caution that short term trades or trading in Futures and Options involve high risk and one must not indulge in such trades without proper knowledge, risk management and covering the trade positions.

Though the course has been designed with the focus on stocks, the same strategies can also be applied to trades in other assets like currencies, commodities etc.

The instructor knows the subject well and speaks to the point without any glamour, frills or divergence thus, respecting the value of time.

Legal Disclaimer

This course is purely for educational purposes. Investment and trading in stock market involves financial risk. Students taking this course are advised to exercise due diligence before making any investment or trade in stock market. The instructor or any party related to this course or it's content will not be responsible for any kind of loss to anyone in anyway, due to this course.

Who this course is for
This course will be of help to those who trade in stocks, currencies or any other assets
Those who are short term traders in Stock market
Those who trade in Futures and Options
Those who are keen to learn trading strategies for trading in the stock market or other assets
Those who intend taking up trading as a profession or even as a hobby
Students undergoing professional courses in Finance like CFA, CA, MBA etc for better understanding of the subject