units

BFF3751

Faculty of Business and Economics

18 September 2017 20 April 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Business and Economics
Organisational UnitDepartment of Banking and Finance
OfferedCaulfield First semester 2015 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit examines the institutional features of futures and options markets, the use of futures, options and other derivatives in arbitraging, trading and hedging, and pricing of these instruments.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

  1. discuss the operations of derivative markets
  2. explain the use of the options and futures markets for hedging and trading purposes
  3. implement trading strategies and measure positions
  4. demonstrate how to price and value standard futures and option contracts
  5. apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and / or group activities dealing with futures and options markets and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by BFF3751.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination: 70%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Yulia Veld-Merkoulova

Prerequisites

AFF2401 or BFF2401

Prohibitions

AFC3340, BFC3340, AFF3751