随着国内逐渐开放衍生品市场，越来越需要有衍生品专业知识的人才。这部分的衍生品主要介绍衍生品的一些基本知识，包括衍生品的种类及市场区分，4大类衍生品的基本定价原理，以及简单期权策略。
CFA一级考试的Derivatives（金融衍生品）具体的内容知识点包含1个study session，3个reading。
其中，Reading 57对衍生品市场进行了区别，并对4大类衍生品进行了基本定义；
Reading 58讲衍生品的定价和估值的基本原理，并对4大类衍生品的基本定价做了介绍；
Reading 59对期权做了进一步分析，介绍两种期权及两种期权策略的应用。
从考试的重要度来看，Reading 58、Reading 59是最重要的，Reading 57其次，其他Reading重要性不大。
以下是高顿教育冯老师对重要的Reading的考点进行了总结，以下内容建议考生们全部掌握。
★ Reading 57:Derivative Markets and Instruments（金融衍生品市场及工具）
金融衍生品的定义；
金融衍生品市场的分类及区别;
金融衍生品的分类；
金融衍生品的优缺点。
★ Reading 58:Basics of Derivative Pricing and Valuation（金融衍生品基本定价和估值原理）
金融衍生品定价的基本原理；
区别远期和期货合约的定价以及估值；
合约期初、期中、期末如何计算远期的价值，以及理解影响远期价值的因素；
解释期货和远期定价的异同；
解释互换和远期定价的不同；
欧式期权价值的计算以及影响因素；
欧式期权的平价公式、远期平价公式以及二叉树模型的理解；
美式期权与欧式期权定价的差异。
★ Reading 59:Risk Management Applications of Option Strategies（风险管理应用：期权策略）
看涨期权和看跌期权的到期价值、利润、小盈亏、盈亏平衡点的计算；
Covered call和protective put的到期价值、利润、小盈亏、盈亏平衡点的计算。
CFA衍生品练习题
"Derivative"Exercise:Option derivatives
Questions 1:
Which of the following is least likely to be an example of a derivative?
A、An exchange-traded fund
B、A contract to sell Alphabet Inc.’s shares at a fixed price
C、A contract to buy Australian dollars at a predetermined exchange rate
【Answer to question 1】A
【analysis】
A is correct.Although an exchange-traded fund derives its value from the underlying assets it holds,it does not transform the performance of those assets and so is not a derivative.
B is incorrect.A contract to sell Alphabet Inc.’s shares transforms the performance of the underlying shares of Alphabet Inc and is an example of an option derivative.
C is incorrect.A contract to buy Australian dollars transforms the performance of the underlying currency and is an example of a currency derivative.
Questions 2:
In efficient financial markets,risk-free arbitrage opportunities:
A、will not exist.
B、may persist in the long run.
C、may exist temporarily.
【Answer to question 2】C
【analysis】
C is correct.In efficient financial markets,risk-free arbitrage opportunities may exist temporarily,but their continuous exploitation will eliminate these arbitrage opportunities in the long run.
A is incorrect.Financial markets being efficient does not mean that risk-free arbitrage opportunities cannot exist.
B is incorrect.In efficient financial markets,any risk-free arbitrage opportunities will exist only temporarily because their continuous exploitation will result in these arbitrage opportunities being eliminated in the long run.
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