- Subject: Investment
- Fees: $100
- CPD: 2 Hours
- Prerequisites: Basic Accounting
- Advance preparation: None
- Course Level Intermediate
- Delivery Method: E-Learning
- Language: English
Course description
The course equips students with the knowledge, confidence, and strategies necessary to evaluate potential investment opportunities and manage alternative investments.
Learning objectives: Options - Puts and Calls
- Discuss the basic nature of options in general and puts and calls in particular and understand how these investments work.
- Describe the options market and note key options provisions, including strike prices and expiration dates.
- Explain how put and call options are valued and the forces that drive option prices in the marketplace.
- Describe the potential profit or loss associated with buying put or call options and discuss some put or call investment strategies.
- Explain the potential profit or loss associated with writing put or call options and discuss how writing options can be used as a strategy for enhancing investment returns.
- Describe market index options, puts and calls on foreign currencies, and LEAPS and discuss how these securities can be used by investors.
Assessment
This course is delivered in the Moodle Learning Management System (MLS), with access for a duration of 90 days from the date of enrollment. Instructional materials, including voice-over PowerPoint presentations, videos, and additional reading materials, are provided throughout the course.
Attendance/Participation — Full attendance is required to complete the E-Learning Activities course. Participation in ‘Thinking Break’ activities and exams serves as the elements for attendance. Each PowerPoint slide is set with a minimum viewing time before students can advance to the next slide. At each subsection of the slides, students are required to engage in ‘Thinking Break’ activities before proceeding to the next subsection. After completing all reading and viewing assignments, students must attain at least a grade of 70% on the exams to successfully complete the E-Learning course.
