All about Derivatives: The Easy Way to Get Started Book

	Acknowledgements	ix
	Conventions	xi
	Introduction	xiii
Chapter 1	Derivatives in a Nutshell	1
Chapter 2	The Forward Contract	15
Chapter 3	The Futures Contract	25
Chapter 4	The Swap Contract	31
Chapter 5	The Option Contract	39
Chapter 6	Credit Contracts	61
Chapter 7	Using Derivatives to Manage Risk	73
Chapter 8	Pricing Forwards and Futures	87
Chapter 9	Pricing Swaps	111
Chapter 10	Pricing Options	125
Chapter 11	Hedging a Derivatives Position	173
	Postscript: Good Things and Bad Things	193
Appendix A	All About Interest	199
Appendix B	Swap Conventions	217
Appendix C	Advanced Binomial Option Pricing	229
	Bibliography	239
	Index	241