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Certified Derivatives Trader 2019
Certificate Program

Capital Markets Academy
Certified Derivatives Trader 2019

Course structure

The use of financial derivatives, be it for trading                   Prior knowledge
or hedging, requires well-founded knowledge.                          Participants should have basic knowledge of options
This training course provides comprehensive infor-                    and futures, which can be obtained through
mation about the function of options and futures.                     our “Introduction course options and futures”.
After a brief refresher on the theoretical basics, you
will learn how to use different futures and options                   Target group
strategies through case studies. This will enable you                 The certificate programme is suitable for new em-
to analyse and evaluate derivatives in order to apply                 ployees of financial service providers and as well as
your market assessment to derive hedging, trading                     university students and retail investors with sound
and arbitrage strategies in a portfolio context.                      basic knowledge of options and futures. It is also
                                                                      aimed at lawyers and consultants working as advisors
In addition, the course manual provides in-depth                      on exchange-related topics.
information on the Eurex market model and summa-
rises the sections of the Eurex rules and regulations                 FCA accreditation
relevant to the exam. You will also have access                       The programme is recognised by the UK Financial
to the Eurex online system training and thus become                   Conduct Authority (FCA). Participants who have
familiar with the trading system.                                     successfully passed the Certified Derivatives Dealer
                                                                      exam may complete additional exams to qualify as
Admission as an exchange trader                                       Retail Investment Advisers in the UK (see diagram).
at Eurex Deutschland
Participation in the course, together with the com-
pleted Eurex online system training and passing
of the final exam, certify professional suitability for ad-
mission as an exchange trader at Eurex Deutschland.

One programme – qualification for two markets

                                                    Certified Derivatives Trader

     Additional appropriate qualification, e.g. exams provided
     by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI):
      Regulation and Ethics
      Investment Principles and Risk / Personal Taxation

     Qualified to advise UK retail customers ("Dealing and                Qualified for trading at Eurex Exchanges
     Advising on Derivatives")
Certified Derivatives Trader 2019

                                                         Organisation

Certified Financial Engineer                             Duration
The passing of the final exam is accepted by the         The course duration is five days, from 9:30 to approx.
European Institute of Financial Engineering              17:00 CET plus one exam day. The exam is scheduled
and Derivatives (EIFD) as module 1 of the Certified      from 14:00 to 17:00 CET, respectively.
Financial Engineer qualification programme.
                                                         Eschborn (course held in German)
                                                         18 – 22 March 2019 (course), 25 April 2019 (exam)
Exam
                                                         Early booking discount for registration until 4 February 2019
The exam is conducted electronically. Participants
have three hours to answer 150 multiple choice           2 – 6 September 2019 (course), 29 October 2019 (exam)
questions. The conditions for participation, including   Early booking discount for registration until 22 July 2019
detailed information on the exam, are available
                                                         Zug (course held in English)
on our website. To prepare for the exam, participants
                                                         13 –17 May 2019 (course), 4 June 2019 (exam)
are provided with a comprehensive manual
                                                         Early booking discount for registration until 1 April 2019
and a catalogue with sample exam questions
at the beginning of the course.                          London (course held in English)
                                                         11–15 November 2019 (course), 17 December 2019 (exam)
Tutors                                                   Early booking discount for registration until 7 October 2019
Walter Braegger or Vincent Couson
                                                         Locations
Nosco Partners AG
                                                         Deutsche Börse AG             Eurex Global Derivatives AG
(Courses in Eschborn, Germany, and Zug,
                                                         Mergenthalerallee 61          Theilerstrasse 1a
Switzerland)
                                                         65760 Eschborn                6300 Zug
                                                         Germany                       Switzerland
Paul North
Trainer in Derivatives and Capital Markets               Deutsche Börse AG
(Course in London, UK)                                   Westferry House, 11 Westferry Circus
                                                         London E14 4HE, United Kingdom
Stefan Toetzke
                                                         Fees
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                                                         Price for early booking:
(Courses in Eschborn, Germany; Zug, Switzerland,
                                                         2,880 € plus VAT (3,427.20 € incl. VAT)
and London, UK)
                                                         Regular price:
                                                         3,200 € plus VAT (3,808.00 € incl. VAT)

                                                         If two or more participants register, you will receive
                                                         a 10 per cent discount per participant. Full-time students
                                                         receive a 25 per cent discount; part-time students receive
                                                         a 10 per cent discount (submission of a current certificate
                                                         of enrolment required). Multiple discounts may be com-
                                                         bined in a single booking.

                                                         Participants who wish to repeat an exam are charged a fee
                                                         of 200 € plus VAT (238 € incl. VAT).

                                                         Contact
                                                         Phone +49-(0) 69-211-1 3767
                                                         academy@deutsche-boerse.com

                                                         academy.deutsche-boerse.com/cdt
Certified Derivatives Trader 2019

Agenda

Certificate Program Certified Derivatives Trader 2019

Monday                           Tuesday                         Wednesday                      Thursday                           Friday

Cash markets                     Basics of derivatives           Regulatory framework           Sequel options                     Sequel options
as underlying                    ■ Derivatives and their         ■ Financial regulation

■ Money market                     usage                           in Europe (i. e. EMIR)       Relationships                      Directional strategies
■ Bond market                    ■ Value driver of derivatives   ■ Market Abuse Directive /     ■ Conversion and reversal          ■ Bull spreads call /put

■ Equity market                  ■ OTC and exchange-trading        Market Abuse Regulation        arbitrage                        ■ Bear spreads call /put

■ Foreign exchange (FX)          ■ Arbitrage strategies            (MAD/MAR)                    ■ Hedging techniques

  market                         ■ Credit risks                  ■ MiFID II / MiFIR               (fixed hedging, delta and        Volatility strategies
■ Commodity market                                               ■ Regulation in the UK           gamma hedging)                   ■ Straddle

                                 Forwards and futures              and USA                                                         ■ Strangle

Portfolio management             ■ Forward contracts                                            Pricing model                      ■ Butterfly

■ Portfolio theory               ■ Forward Rate Agreements       Clearing                       ■ Time value and intrinsic         ■ Condor

■ Portfolio risk (volatility /     (FRAs)                        ■ Interrelations between         value                            ■ Time spreads

  correlation)                   ■ Pricing of FRAs                 trading, clearing and        ■ Insurance value and

■ Portfolio management           ■ Basics of futures               settlement                     interest value                   Hedge ratios
■ Strategic vs. tactical         ■ Money market futures          ■ Central Counterparty –       ■ Differenty types of volatility   ■ Correlation
  asset allocation               ■ Fixed income futures            CCP                            and their importance             ■ Beta

■ Risk mass and                  ■ Equity index futures          ■ Clearing system              ■ Maximum pain and                 ■ Limitations of correlation

  distributions                  ■ Futures spread trading        ■ Security deposits – margin     pin risk                           and beta
                                                                 ■ Overview of clearing                                            ■ Delta hedge

                                 Swaps                             houses in derivatives        Key figures                        ■ Gamma hedge

                                 ■ Swaps and their usage           trading                      ■ Sensitivity indicators           ■ Index values vs. futures

                                 ■ Pricing of swaps                                               (“Greeks”)                         values in hedge ratios
                                 ■ Interest rate swaps           Options                        ■ Option pricing models

                                                                 ■ Options fundamentals         ■ Developing trading

                                                                 ■ Basic options positions        strategies
                                                                 ■ Eurex options

                                                                 ■ Risik-reward profiles

                                                                   of the basic positions

                                                                 Relationships
                                                                 ■ Put/call parity
                                                                 ■ Synthetic positions

Published by                                                     December 2018
Deutsche Börse AG                                                Order number 1900-4812
60485 Frankfurt / Main
Germany                                                          Eurex® is a registered trademark
www.deutsche-boerse.com                                          of Deutsche Börse AG.
Registration

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                          Registration “Certificate Program Certified Derivatives Trader 2019”

Personal details          Name, first name                  Male               Female              Place and date of birth

Home address              Street / P.O. box                                                        Postcode, town

                          Phone, fax                                                               E-mail

Business address          Employer

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Professional experience   Years at the start of the certificate programme:                         Thereof years in the financial sector:

Course details / dates        18 –22 March 2019 (Eschborn, course held in German)                      2– 6 September 2019 (Eschborn, course held in German)
                              13 –17 May 2019 (Zug, course held in English)                            11–15 November 2019 (London, course held in English)

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