Course summary

• Develop analytical and digital skills necessary for a successful career within financial trading.
• Gain an additional Financial Trading qualification alongside your degree.
• Build an eye-catching CV with project opportunities from a range of Financial Services firms.

Learn how financial markets work and apply your knowledge on this varied course delivered in conjunction with a global proprietary trading firm. This course will equip you with knowledge of both traditional and contemporary assets classes including cryptocurrencies and blockchain. You’ll learn how to trade both futures and options on major exchanges and how algorithms can be used to automate trading, preparing you for a successful career within the industry.

How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

Our teaching staff include experienced academics, many of which have also had senior careers in Finance and have worked in the global financial markets. Their industry knowledge and expertise feeds into the learning and teaching for this course. This is reinforced with expert lecturers and regular industry guests, who will help you tackle both theoretical concepts and practical challenges. In addition, the course includes a standalone trading qualification delivered by a global proprietary trading firm.

You learn through:

• live market trading
• portfolio management simulations
• case studies/scenarios
• lectures and seminars
• guest lectures and employability workshops
• interactive sessions
• real-life corporate projects and activities
• timetabled contact sessions on campus and online
• screencasts

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

• futures trading
• options trading
• market making
• financial markets analysis
• risk management
• investment banking
• compliance roles
• fund management