The Quant Crash Course is a 200 minute series of 4 videos that cover the basics of quant and computational finance. The course material and series has evolved over the last 8 years as part of the training practice run by Jawwad Farid in the areas of derivative pricing and risk management.
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The top 5 most active courses in October on the Learning Corporate Finance site so far: Top 10 MBA: 15 months as a MBA student at Columbia Business School Accounting Crash Course Corporate Finance: First Course Computational Finance: Building Monte Carlo (MC) Simulators in Excel Master Class: Ratio Analysis Master Class: Calculating Value at Risk [...]
Calibrating Interest Rate Models While in earlier training courses we have covered classic interest rate models, in this session we review two more advance Interest Rate Models, the Cox Ingersoll & Ross Model (CIR) and the Multifactor HJM model for projecting the entire forward curve, rather than just the short rate. Mathematical Finance: Simulating Interest [...]
This road maps focuses on bootstrapping the zero curve and using the zero curve to calculate implied forward interest rates (forward curve). We then used the projected forward rates to price the swap rate for fixed to floating interest rate swap. A separate series of posts build on this material and extend its reach to pricing interest rate caps, interest rate floors, range accrual notes, commodity and equity linked notes.
Pricing Interest Rate Swaps (IRS) Here is the first course on pricing interest rate swaps and cross currency swaps divided into three separate sections that address basics of interest rate swaps, term structure modeling and boot strapping and mark to market and valuation. Pricing Interest Rate Swaps (IRS) Basics Forwards and Swaps – Pricing Interest [...]
Mathematical Finance: Option Pricing using Monte Carlo Simulators In addition to the Black Scholes Equation and binomial trees another important tool in option pricing is Monte Carlo Simulation. A Monte Carlo Simulator in Excel uses the inbuilt Random function in excel to model uncertainty. The Monte Carlo (MC) Simulator uses standardized mathematical finance equations to [...]
Basic Options Trading Strategies The training session covers introductory spreads, straddles, strangles, butterflies and ratio spreads primarily used in option trading and trading strategies. Trading options and derivatives – Strategy review The session assumes familiarity with options and derivatives. If you need a quick refresher please see the introductory and intermediate courses below on Derivatives [...]
Derivatives and Options Pricing, Risk Management and Financial Equation Reference For a complete reference to equations and calculator referred to in our course catalog, please see the Derivative Pricing and Financial Risk Equation Glossary. For topic specific equations, please see the following links: Calculating Value at Risk Duration, Convexity and Asset Liability Management Black Scholes, [...]
