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• The Dangers of Derivatives
  How hidden trades and poor risk estimates create large losses, and what effective controls need to examine.
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• The OTC Market and Counterparty Risk
  How private derivative agreements work, how banks quote prices, and why notional amounts are different from risk.
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• Hedgers, Speculators, Arbitrageurs
  How hedgers, speculators, and arbitrageurs use derivatives for different purposes, sometimes with the same contract.
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• Exchange-Traded Markets
  How exchanges define standard contracts, match orders, and use clearing and margin to manage obligations.
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• Speculation and Leverage
  How futures and options change the size of a speculative position, its possible profit, and its possible loss.
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• Futures: The Standardized Exchange Contract
  How standard futures contracts work, how price changes affect their results, and why margin is not a loss limit.
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• Forwards: Obligation, Payoff, Price
  How a forward fixes a future payment, how its payoff is calculated, and what connects its price to spot.
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• Options: The Buyer's Right, the Seller's Duty
  How calls and puts work for buyers and sellers, with clear examples of premiums, payoffs, and profit.
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• Hedging: Fix the Price or Buy Protection
  How forwards fix currency payments and puts protect shares, and how to assess the result of a hedge.
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• Arbitrage and Consistent Prices
  How linked trades can capture a price difference, why costs matter, and how arbitrage connects related prices.
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• What Derivatives Really Are
  How forwards, futures, and options work, why companies use them, and where the risks come from.
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