- Overview
- Syllabus
- What we offer
- Requirements
Overview
Course Overview
Many people would like to trade in the financial markets but are overwhelmed by the seemingly complicated terminology and complexity associated with them. This four week course aims to demystify the markets and allow beginners to increase their knowledge and confidence about trading.
It will cover some of the main areas that the Financial Trading Diploma course does but most of them will be in a more basic and straight forward manner. It will aim to explain more of the basic terms, products, platforms and strategies of trading in more detail and focus less on the development of a trading plan and more on the practical application of them.
The course will be delivered by experienced professional traders who have decades of market experience and knowledge and more importantly deliver the key learnings in a relaxed and friendly teaching style.
The advantage of this course to the student is that they will have a much better grounding in financial terminology and stock broking/spread trading platforms before they actually trade. It will also allow them to naturally progress on to the Financial Trading Diploma course if they so wish with increased confidence and motivation.
This course is suitable for:
*People who have little or no prior financial trading experience and knowledge and wish to trade the markets.
*People who wish to expand their knowledge of financial markets and the factors that move them.
*Traders who have been trading unsuccessfully due to a lack of market knowledge, discipline or trading rationale
Course Start Date
October 2012
Course Timetable
One evening per week from 6:30pm-9:00pm
Contact Details
sharon.weafer@independentcolleges.ie
T: 01 635 5826
Course Duration
4 weeks
Course Fees
Full time:
Part time: €345
Syllabus
The 4 week course will cover the following areas-
Week 1: Introduction to Trading Concepts
* General Introduction to Trading and What it Involves
*Requirements to Trade Successfully
*Key Financial Trading Jargon-Simplified
Week 2: Introduction to Financial Markets and Products
*Introduction to Equities and Bonds
*Introduction to Currencies and Commodities
*Equity Indices Explained
*Entry and Exit Principles and Techniques and Trade Execution Platforms
Week 3: The Economics of Financial Trading
*Economic News- How to Interpret it, What it Does and How to Trade it
*The Role of the Central Banks
* The Effects of Interest Rate Changes
*Fundamental Analysis of Equities
Week 4: Market Analysis and Risk Management
*Introduction to Technical Analysis
*Risk Management Techniques and Utilising Your Capital Without Exposing it to Volatile Swings
*Strategies that Suit an Individual's Risk Profile and Time-frame
What We Offer
Meet the Lecturer
Michael McCarthy
Michael has ten years’ experience as a professional derivatives trader both in Dublin and London. He qualified with a Bachelor of Business Studies degree from DCU and also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Education from the University of Limerick. He has successfully traded equity indices, fixed interest and commodity products through direct market access for many years. His lectures have a strong emphasis on risk management and he holds the Financial Risk Manager designation from the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). He holds a professional licence from Eurex derivatives exchange and still actively trades his own account. He focuses on challenging students to critically question their trading methodologies as they progress through the course to eventually arrive at a clear and robust trading plan that will serve as a base for successful trading.
