BE364-7-SP-CO:
Trading Global Financial Markets
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2025/26
Essex Business School
Colchester Campus
Spring
Postgraduate: Level 7
Inactive
Monday 12 January 2026
Friday 20 March 2026
20
26 June 2023
Requisites for this module
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The objective of this module is to provide theoretical knowledge and practical understanding of financial markets, trading strategies, risk and money management and trader analytics. As a window on the real trading world, this module brings students into line with how practitioners are using financial markets and enables them to develop a firm understanding of the different roles in the financial sector.
The aims of this module are:
- To provide theoretical knowledge and practical understanding of financial markets, trading strategies, risk and money management and trader analytics.
- To equip the students with the practical skills and knowledge to compete successfully in the marketplace.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Understand and know how to use different financial asset classes that are traded in financial markets.
- Obtain useful knowledge of the various actions and tools the monetary policy authorities employ to influence the markets.
- Become familiar with important trading strategies and how to apply them.
- Understand trading-related risk, asset and portfolio management and different order types.
- Obtain knowledge of how technical analysis works in practice.
Skills for Your Professional Life (Transferable Skills)
The students will gain exposure to many theoretical and practical asset pricing models and techniques:
- The theoretical and practical understanding of the mechanics and interrelations between different financial markets will be an asset for them when working as risk analysts, front office pricing quants or traders in the financial sector.
- The real-world examples of trading strategies will provide them with some initial exposure of how the trading strategies asset pricing models work in practice.
- The invited guest lectures by industry professionals will provide the students with additional knowledge of what kinds of theoretical and practical knowledge is needed in order to succeed when working as a trader in the financial sector.
The program offers a mix of classroom-based instruction, case study and practical trading exercises where students will trade on real-time simulated global markets through the use of industry strength informational and proprietary trading software on the EBS Trading Floor.
This module will be delivered via:
- One 2-hour lecture per week.
- Five 2- hour practical Trading Floor sessions.
The teaching method is theoretical in the classroom but practical in the Trading Floor with real-time prices and trading strategies available for the students to use and to learn.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Exam |
Main exam: In-Person, Open Book, 120 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
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| Exam |
Reassessment Main exam: In-Person, Open Book, 120 minutes during September (Reassessment Period)
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Ali Ozbekler, email: ali.gencay.ozbekler@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Ali Ozbekler & Dr Junyi Liao
E: ebspgtad@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Aris Kartsaklas
Brunel University London
Senior Lecturer
Available via Moodle
Of 967 hours, 20 (2.1%) hours available to students:
947 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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