Trading risk management for market risk
View AgendaKey reasons to attend
- Discover hedging strategies to minimise risks within trading portfolios
- Integrate trading risk into broader risk management strategies
- Apply various interest rate risk measurement methods
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About the course
In this comprehensive course, participants will enhance their trading risk management skills, gaining the tools needed to navigate today’s volatile markets. Expert-led sessions cover essential risk assessment and mitigation strategies, encompassing hedging techniques, VAR methodologies and scenario analysis.
Emphasis is placed on integrating trading risks into the broader risk management framework, ensuring a holistic approach. Attendees will also be introduced to FRTB, gaining insights into the internal models approach, with a focus on the transition from VAR to expected shortfall.
Participants will leave the course equipped with the practical knowledge to manage trading risk in line with Basel IV standards and effectively adapt to future market shifts.
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Learning objectives
- Clarify risk-reward relationships
- Calculate value-at-risk using the Monte Carlo method
- Learn how to set appropriate stop-loss and take-profit levels
- Explore how the price value of a basis point is calculated
- Examine the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB)
- Understand market risk impacts from diverse perspectives
Who should attend
Relevant departments may include but are not limited to:
- Risk management
- Trading
- Treasury
- Quantitative analysis
- Compliance
- Finance
- Audit
- Senior management
Agenda
February 18–20, 2025
Live online. Timezones: Emea/Americas
Sessions:
- Introduction to trading risk
- Hedging strategies
- Understanding interest rate risk measurement methods
- Understanding value-at-risk
- Integrating trading risk into risk management frameworks
Pre-reading materials
The Risk.net resources below have been selected to enhance your learning experience:
- HSBC’s trading VAR hits 10-year high - Read article | Risk.net
- Semiparametric GARCH models with long memory applied to value-at-risk and expected shortfall - Read article | Risk.net
- EU banks balk at new market risk models back test - Read article | Risk.net
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