Dakota State University
BUS 418 Financial Futures &
Options
Spring 2001
Course Outline
Exam dates are approximate.
Unit One: Futures Markets and Pricing
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Futures Markets Chapter 3: Futures Prices Chapter 4: Using Futures Markets First Exam: Thursday, February 8, 2001
Unit Two: Types of Futures and Futures Trading
Chapter 5: Interest Rate Futures: Introduction
Chapter 6: Interest Rate Futures: Refinements
Chapter 7: Stock Index Futures: Introduction
Chapter 8: Stock Index Futures: Refinements
Chapter 9: Foreign Currency Futures
: Precious Metals Futures
: Trading Futures
Second Exam: Tuesday, March 15, 2001
Unit Three: Options Market, Strategies, and Pricing
Chapter 10: The Options Market Chapter 11: Option Payoffs and Option Strategies Chapter 12: Bounds on Option Prices Third Exam: Tuesday, April 10, 2001
Unit Four: Option Pricing and Types of Options
Chapter 13: European Option Pricing
Chapter 14: Option Sensitivities and Option Hedging
Chapter 15: American Option Pricing
Chapter 16: Options on Stock Indexes, Foreign Currency, and
Futures
Chapter 19: Interest Rate Options
Fourth Exam: Thursday, May 3, 2001
Final Exam: Tuesday, May 8, 2001 8:00 - 10:00 am