Introductory Derivatives: Forwards and Futures. Options and Related Strategies. European put and call options. Put-call parity. Arbitrage opportunities. Rational valuation of derivative securities. Binomial tree and Black-Scholes Pricing Models. Actuarial Applications of Options Embedded in Insurance Products. Risk Management and Hedging. Introductory Stochastic differential equations. Ito’s formula. Other SOA FM and IFM/MFE topics. Spreadsheet programming software.