It's been my pleasure to give an introductory presentation/course on options and volatility to a select group of students at Queen's University.

Download the slide deck here.

Main discussion points:

• The basics: forward pricing theory, quanto vs. local forwards
• Alternatives to the Black-Scholes model
• Skew and term structure
• Put-Call Parity
• Sensitivities ("Greeks")
• The GME gamma squeeze
• VIX, VSTOXX
• Correlation & basket options

The key to learning is asking the right questions (and, in return, receiving useful answers). I wanted to share the presentation with the Real Vision Exchange community as you might find some of the questions in this presentation interesting.

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