Diploma in Financial Trading in association with the Irish Institute of Financial Trading (IIFT)

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Diploma in Financial Trading

in association with the Irish Institute of Financial Trading (IIFT)

Awarding Body:	Dublin Business School in association with the Institute of Financial Trading (IIFT)
Schedule:	1 evening per week, 6.30-8.30pm (8 weeks) + 12 ‘Live Trading Days’ (over 1 academic year)
Intake:	8 consecutive Thursdays starting 10th May
Duration:	8 Weeks + 12 Live Trading Days

View May 2012 timetable here

The Diploma in Financial Trading will equip students with the knowledge to develop a deep understanding of how the markets work as well as all aspects of trading. The unique ‘Live Trading Days’ and mentoring programme in conjunction with the theoretical seminars will greatly develop the trading potential of students. The myths of easy money surrounding financial trading will be exposed and the primary principles of trading used by market professionals will be covered. Students will learn how to maximise their capital, avoiding the large profit and loss swings experienced by novice traders and investors.

Programmes Aims and Objectives

On completion of the programme students should have acquired the skills to:

Develop a personal Trading Strategy

Understand the operation and mechanisms of the Trading Markets
Develop a fundamental understanding of the importance of Macro and Micro economic data
Identify the importance of Technical and Fundamental Analysis
Develop a knowledge and capacity to execute trades and take astute opportunities in the Market.

Programme Structure

The programme is delivered initially over eight weeks. Seminars of two hours duration are delivered in a lecture type environment with access to real time market data. This is accompanied by the most distinctive and unique feature of the delivery, IIFTs mentoring programme, involving 12 full ‘Live Trading Days’ conducted monthly over a 1 year period. These 12 ‘Live Trading Days’ are incorporated into the design of the programme and enable participants to apply the knowledge they have obtained during the theoretical aspect of the programme.

Programme Content

Module 1
Trading Essentials, Products Technology, Price Movements, Trading Co. Example, Trading Risk Manager Conflict Resolved, Role of Risk Manager, Risk Reward Ratios, Trading Dealing Ticket
Module 2
Trading with Technical Analysis, Technical analysis Setup, Placing stop losses, Finding trades, Maximising trades, Straddle Trade
Module 3
Trade Station Set-up, Forming a Macro View
Module 4
Trading Platforms, Tradable Products/Calculation, Risk Reward, Trading Mathematics/Strategy, Finding Trades
Module 5
The Role of News, Equity Gap Trade, Trend Catcher, Range Trading, The Mathematics of Risk & Return
Module 6
Market update, Advanced trading techniques review, Trading strategies: Scalping, Loading up, Stops within a range, Trading exercises
Module 7
Market update, Trading exercise review, Trading plans: Active, Strategic, Using one product, Trading exercise
Module 8
Market review, Trading exercise review, Psychology of trading, Moving forward

Assessment

To be awarded the Diploma in Financial Training students will be required to complete assessment on a continuous basis (100%). This assessment will take the form of regular trading reviews and trading assessment for participants throughout the mentoring programme. On successful completion of the programme, participants will be awarded a DBS/IIFT Diploma in Financial Trading.

Further Study Options

The programme provides the student with an excellent working understanding of the Trading Industry. The programme has wide-ranging benefits for potential traders and investors. It provides a platform of knowledge for those students who wish to trade for themselves or who have the ambition to trade within the Banking and Corporate Trading Industry. On completion of the programme, students can progress to the Advanced Diploma Internship with IIFT.

Student Profile

Typically, participants on this programme come from all walks of life. Participants should have a keen interest in building and expanding a Personal Trading Strategy. Participants who have completed the programme include Day Traders, Investors, Self Employed, Unemployed, Graduates, Housewives and Students.

Background to the Institute of Financial Trading

The Irish Institute of Financial Training (IIFT) was founded in early 2010 by John Curran, Peter Brown and Tony Fitzpatrick. Coming from a strong financial background they recognised the surge in interest from the wider community to become involved in financial trading. The IIFT and its team of successful traders developed an educational programme based on ‘set-ups’ and ‘edges’ that have been tried and tested. Peter Brown, former Chief Dealer and Head of the Treasury Team in Barclays Bank and Managing Director of the Irish Institute of Financial Trading delivers the programme. Peter gained his extensive trading knowledge working in Citi Bank, Banque National de Paris, Ulster Bank and ten years in Barclays. Peter’s daily interaction with students along with his continuous mentoring and supervision of trading is what distinguishes this course from the rest of the market. Peter is also a regular contributor to trading and bond market discussions on primetime current affairs television and radio programmes on RTE, TV3, and Newstalk.