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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
DERIVATIVES MARKETS MAND616 - 3 + 0 15

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITDoctorate Of Science
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED15
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Instructor Ayhan Algüner
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Understand the types of derivatives, their payoff functions, their developments, and the economic roles they play in the financial markets.
2) Apply the advanced risk management and trading strategies using derivatives.
3) Understand no-arbitrage principle and its role in pricing financial forwards and futures.
4) Learn the design and pricing of a forward rate agreement; understand the payoff of a Eurodollar futures; understand the design of swaps and how to determine the swap rate by using no-arbitrage principle.
5) Describe the put-call parity and other pricing relations between calls and puts using noarbitrage principle.
6) Understand extensively the binomial approach in pricing European and American options.
7) Apply the Black-Scholes option formula for the price of a European option and its Greeks. Understand the idea of delta-hedging.
8) Understand the application of option pricing theory in the area of financial engineering and corporate finance.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTMAND636 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
COURSE DEFINITIONIn scope of this marketing course students will learn about, general information about futures market, financial tools operating in futures market, purchase-sale strategies and future exchange markets in the World. Lastly attendees will learn structure and operation of derivatives and options market and also they will comprehend agreements in options market.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Introduction
2nd Week Hedging Strategies Using Futures
3rd Week Determination of Forward and Futures Prices
4th Week Swaps
5th Week Mechanics of Options Markets
6th Week Properties of Stock Options
7th Week Binomial Trees
8th Week Wiener Processes and Ito's Lemma
9th Week The Black-Scholes-Merton Model
10th Week Greek Letters
11th Week Case Study
12th Week Case Study
13th Week Value at Risk
14th Week Credit Derivatives
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGHull, J. C. (2011). Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives. 8. Baskı. Prentice Hall.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSDiscussion,Lecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term130
Presentation of Case Study130
Total(%)60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)40
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam122
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam1200200
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam1180180
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam122
Homework
Case Study Presentation13030
Total Workload456
Total Workload / 3015,2
ECTS Credits of the Course15
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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