SemesterFall Semester, 2023
DepartmentJunior Class A, Department of International Business Junior Class B, Department of International Business Senior Class A, Department of International Business Senior Class B, Department of International Business
Course NameFinancial Derivatives
InstructorCHUNG LING TAK
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
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週次



Week



課程主題



Topic



課程內容與指定閱讀



Content and Reading Assignment



教學活動與作業



Teaching Activities and Homework



學習投入時間



Student workload expectation



課堂講授



In-class Hours



課程前後



Outside-of-class Hours



1



Overview of the derivatives market



Lecture notes;



OFOD Ch1



 



3



6



2



Forward, futures, and hedging strategies



Lecture notes;



OFOD Ch2, 3



 



3



6



3



Pricing of forward and futures



Lecture notes;



OFOD Ch5



 



3



6



4



Put-call parity and option price bounds



Lecture notes;



OFOD Ch11



 



3



6



5



Option trading strategies



Lecture notes; Python; OFOD Ch 12



 



3



6



6



Binomial option pricing



Lecture notes;



OFOD Ch13



 



3



6



7



Applications of binomial option pricing



Lecture notes; Python; OFOD Ch13



 



3



6



8



Midterm examination



 



 



3



6



9



Review of mathematics and statistics



Lecture notes



 



3



6



10



Ito's lemma and stochastic differential equations



Lecture notes;



OFOD Ch14



 



3



6



11



Black-Scholes-Merton model



Lecture notes;



OFOD Ch15



 



3



6



12



Hedging and option Greeks



Lecture notes; Python; OFOD Ch19



 



3



6



13



Numerical methods in pricing derivatives



Lecture notes; Python; OFOD Ch21



 



3



6



14



Exotic options



Lecture notes; Python



OFOD Ch26, 27



 



3



6



15



Implied volatility and volatility surface



Lecture notes; Python



OFOD Ch20



 



3



6



16



Additional topics (online)



 



 



3



6



17



Revision



Capstone self-learning



 



3



6



18



Final examination



 



 



3



6




 



 


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

TBA


Requirement/Grading




































Assessments



Weights



HW1



7.5%



HW2



7.5%



HW3



7.5%



HW4



7.5%



Project



20%



Midterm examination



20%



Final examination



30%



Textbook & Reference

Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 10th Edition, Pearson, 2018. (OFOD)



Derivatives Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill Education, 2016. (DPP)


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