306027 (v.1) WASM Hedging and Options 601

Area:

WASM Mineral Economics Teaching Area

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

16.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

4 x 4 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

306031 (v.1) WASM Resource Sector Finance 602 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Options definitions and trading strategies - volatility and hedging option positions, option sensitivity to market conditions. Hedging - Methodologies and discipline, hedging in practice, real life situations and how to deal with them. Hedging simulation. Actual tuition undertaken as 16 hours of class in a four day module.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

091901 Economics

Funding Cluster:

02 - Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2005	Bentley Campus	Trimester 1	Y
2005	Bentley Campus	Trimester 2	Y
2005	Bentley Campus	Trimester 3	Y
2005	Kalgoorlie Campus	Trimester 1	Y
2005	Kalgoorlie Campus	Trimester 2	Y
2005	Kalgoorlie Campus	Trimester 3	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External