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ððððŸð ððððððð ðŸððððð: Our first finance course is ððð ðððð! Aspiring quants should use this link to enroll: socratica.com/courses/stock-options
ððððŒððŸð ðŸðððððð from Socratica
socratica.com/pages/finance-courses
ð ¿ïž ðŸð€ð£ð£ððð© ð¬ðð©ð ðªðš ð€ð£ ððŒððððð
patreon.com/socratica
ð¬ððð ðŸððððð ðŸððððð ðððð - Quantitative Finance
ðððððð ðð ð¬ððð£ ð©ðð ðð€ðªð§ðšð ð¡ððªð£ððððš:
ð snu.socratica.com/quantitative-finance
ð¿ðððððŒððððð are financial assets that give you specialized control over your investments. They can be used to reduce risk (hedging) or greatly increase risk (leverage). Today we introduce Options, Futures, Forwards, and Swaps.
ð ðªð¢ð¥ ð©ð€ ðððððð§ðð£ð© ð©ð€ð¥ðððš:
0:00 Intro to Derivatives
0:14 Options & Strike Price
0:49 Call vs Put Options
1:55 Example: Put option for wheat harvest
2:31 Futures & Future Price
2:54 Example: Futures contract on wheat
3:18 S&P 500 and E-mini futures
4:08 Mark to market accounting (MTM)
4:30 Socratica Quant Course
4:44 Over the counter market (OTC)
5:08 Forward contracts
5:18 The swap
5:29 Example: interest rate swap
5:48 vocab: SOFR & Basis points
ððš ð©ððð§ð ð ðŸð€ðªð§ðšð?
If youâre serious about becoming a quant, we're building a course that doesn't waste your time. No filler. Just clean code, focused projects, and a deep dive into the tools used by professionals.
Connect with us to learn when the Quantitative Finance course launches:
ð snu.socratica.com/quantitative-finance
ðð ðððŸðððððð¿
Paul Wilmott Introduces Quantitative Finance
ð amzn.to/3Qe8zab
The Big Short (movie)
ð¬ amzn.to/4jbl5DJ
ðŒðœððð our Instructor:
Michael Harrison earned his BS in Math from Caltech, and did his graduate work in Math at UC Berkeley and University of Washington, specializing in Number Theory. A self-taught programmer, Michael taught both Math and Computer Programming at the college level. He applied this knowledge as a financial analyst (quant) and as a programmer at Google.
ðððœððŸðððœð to Socratica:
ðŠ bit.ly/SocraticaSubscribe
ððððððð Socratica on Patreon:
ð ¿ïž patreon.com/socratica
Music licenses:
Carnival of the Animals:
code: ZOKILKL4LDOWEQKF
Fugue Frenzy:
code: UEXUOYKIG3FWFXFI
#quantitativefinance #derivatives #finance
ððððŸð ððððððð ðŸððððð: Our first finance course is ððð ðððð! Aspiring quants should use this link to enroll: socratica.com/courses/stock-options
ððððŒððŸð ðŸðððððð from Socratica
socratica.com/pages/finance-courses
ð ¿ïž ðŸð€ð£ð£ððð© ð¬ðð©ð ðªðš ð€ð£ ððŒððððð
patreon.com/socratica
ð¬ððð ðŸððððð ðŸððððð ðððð - Quantitative Finance
ðððððð ðð ð¬ððð£ ð©ðð ðð€ðªð§ðšð ð¡ððªð£ððððš:
ð snu.socratica.com/quantitative-finance
ð¿ðððððŒððððð are financial assets that give you specialized control over your investments. They can be used to reduce risk (hedging) or greatly increase risk (leverage). Today we introduce Options, Futures, Forwards, and Swaps.
ð ðªð¢ð¥ ð©ð€ ðððððð§ðð£ð© ð©ð€ð¥ðððš:
0:00 Intro to Derivatives
0:14 Options & Strike Price
0:49 Call vs Put Options
1:55 Example: Put option for wheat harvest
2:31 Futures & Future Price
2:54 Example: Futures contract on wheat
3:18 S&P 500 and E-mini futures
4:08 Mark to market accounting (MTM)
4:30 Socratica Quant Course
4:44 Over the counter market (OTC)
5:08 Forward contracts
5:18 The swap
5:29 Example: interest rate swap
5:48 vocab: SOFR & Basis points
ððš ð©ððð§ð ð ðŸð€ðªð§ðšð?
If youâre serious about becoming a quant, we're building a course that doesn't waste your time. No filler. Just clean code, focused projects, and a deep dive into the tools used by professionals.
Connect with us to learn when the Quantitative Finance course launches:
ð snu.socratica.com/quantitative-finance
ðð ðððŸðððððð¿
Paul Wilmott Introduces Quantitative Finance
ð amzn.to/3Qe8zab
The Big Short (movie)
ð¬ amzn.to/4jbl5DJ
ðŒðœððð our Instructor:
Michael Harrison earned his BS in Math from Caltech, and did his graduate work in Math at UC Berkeley and University of Washington, specializing in Number Theory. A self-taught programmer, Michael taught both Math and Computer Programming at the college level. He applied this knowledge as a financial analyst (quant) and as a programmer at Google.
ðððœððŸðððœð to Socratica:
ðŠ bit.ly/SocraticaSubscribe
ððððððð Socratica on Patreon:
ð ¿ïž patreon.com/socratica
Music licenses:
Carnival of the Animals:
code: ZOKILKL4LDOWEQKF
Fugue Frenzy:
code: UEXUOYKIG3FWFXFI
#quantitativefinance #derivatives #finance
