Nasdaq Derivatives Academy for Professionals
Expand your derivatives knowledge with courses for professionals.
Learn How Derivatives Professionals Use Options, Futures and Forwards for Investing, Trading and Hedging
Profit
There are options strategies for all market conditions. With a correct options strategy, you can generate revenue in a negative, neutral or positive market.
Hedging
With options, futures and forwards, you can protect stocks and portfolios. You can tailor your risk exposure and take on additional risk, limit your risk or waive the risk entirely.
Competitive Edge
With derivatives, you can optimize your positions and also use them for cash management.
Marcus Plyhr, Portfolio Manager, Norron Asset ManagementDerivatives can be very helpful for both institutional and private investors, to mitigate the risks in your portfolio and to create good risk adjusted returns
Grow Your Derivatives Knowledge with Our Online Courses
Why choose a Nasdaq online course:
- E-learning is available 24/7, featuring expert-crafted courses with engaging content and real-life examples for practical understanding.
- Whether you're just starting out with options or are an experienced derivatives trader, our courses help professional investors succeed at all stages of their investment expertise.
Introductory Courses
Gain essential knowledge in derivatives and clearing with these foundational courses, perfect for beginners or professionals seeking a solid foundation in financial instruments.
Explore CoursesAdvanced Master Courses
Enhance your expertise with sophisticated courses on currency management, investment strategies, and option valuation, designed for those looking to deepen their understanding of complex financial markets.
Explore CoursesClearing and Risk Management
Learn more about about Derivatives, Risk and Clearing with our tailor-made courses aimed for e.g. risk, clearing and compliance employees working with derivatives.
Explore CoursesKarina Alesko, SEBThe course covers a wide range of topics and is very well structured.
Hear From Industry Leaders
Discover insights from industry specialists who share their experiences and perspectives.
Jon Arnell - Von Euler & Partners
Jon Arnell has over 20 years of experience in the financial industry, ranging from equity analysis and derivatives market making to global asset allocation with a focus on macroeconomic trends.
Read MoreDaniel Dahlin & Issa Sener - SEB
With over 20 years of experience, they have seen how derivatives can open up new strategic opportunities for investors. Today, they work at SEB and count many of the Nordic region’s largest institutional players among their clients.
Read MoreGustav Sällberg - PriorNilsson Fonder
Gustav Sällberg works as a portfolio manager at PriorNilsson Fonder and trades everything from equities and bonds to various derivatives. He holds a university degree in Engineering Physics with a specialization in financial mathematics, and for the past 10 years he has worked in investments and fund management.
Read MoreInsights From Experts
In-Person Training
Unlock the potential of derivatives for you and your team! Nasdaq offers in-person sessions to investor groups at their company premises or our Nasdaq offices across Europe. From a beginner introduction to a more advanced deep dive, we can tailor the program to your specific needs!
Examples of groups we regularly provide in-person training to:
- Industry associations
- Universities
- Boards
- Trading desks
- Private banking teams
- Fund companies
- Pension funds
Introductory Courses
Gain essential knowledge in derivatives and clearing with these foundational courses, perfect for beginners or professionals seeking a solid foundation in financial instruments.
- Discover your true edge and untapped potential in the market
- Master the use of options and futures at a professional level
- Build powerful option strategies tailored to your market view
- Capitalize on both time decay and price momentum
- Understand how the market prices risk — and anticipate upcoming moves
- Learn to think and trade like a pro — whether you're active today or just getting started
(Please note: This course is currently available only in Swedish.)
- Learn how to generate alpha
- Create more efficient cash management
- Create proper risk controls using downside protection
- Equip yourself for complex investment decisions
- Earn profit in all market conditions
- Futures & forwards
- Option value drivers
- Relative value
- Risk measures and the Greeks
- Option strategies
Advanced Master Courses
Enhance your expertise with sophisticated courses on currency management, investment strategies, and option valuation, designed for those looking to deepen their understanding of complex financial markets.
- The investor: traditional finance vs. behavioral finance
- Investment characteristics
- Yield enhancement and optimization
- Capital protection
- Realized volatility
- Risk & distributions
- Implied volatility
- Trading volatility
- Risk-neutral valuation
- Binomial model
- Black-Scholes
- Implied distributions
- Theoretical value graphs
- Graphing the greeks
- More on Delta hedging
- Hedging volatility risk
- American options basics
- Call early exercise
- Put early exercise
- Case study: special dividend
- Put-call parity
- Foreign exchange basics
- Foreign investments
- FX vanilla options
- FX barrier options
Clearing and Risk Management
Learn more about about Derivatives, Risk and Clearing with our tailor-made courses aimed for e.g. risk, clearing and compliance employees working with derivatives.
- Introduction to options and futures/forwards
- How derivatives can be used
- Risk mandates
- How to assess embedded risks
- Inherent risks and rewards associated with derivatives and clearing
- Learn the basics of derivatives, clearing and risk management
- Tailored to back-office and operations personnel working with derivatives and clearing
- Hands-on tutorial videos on how to access and use information in Nasdaq's systems