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ACADEMY V2 · MATHEMATICS TO THE DESK

LEARN THE MODEL.
CHALLENGE THE HEDGE.

A structured quantitative-finance curriculum linking derivation, Python, interactive state, market practice and macro transmission.

01 · COMPLETE FLAGSHIP TRACK

Volatility

A sequenced path through measurement, option-implied coordinates, surface construction, dynamics, calibration and hedge risk.

12DEEP · DYNAMIC STAGES
SEQUENTIAL DEPTH

One production-grade track at a time.

02NEXT

Rates & curves

Discounting → OIS → multi-curve → Hull–White → HJM

03QUEUED

Numerical finance

Monte Carlo → schemes → Fourier / COS → PDE

04QUEUED

Risk & hedging

Greeks → P&L attribution → VaR / ES → model risk

PRESERVED KNOWLEDGE GRAPH

Explore every concept.

The existing typed catalog remains intact and now sits beneath the sequenced flagship curriculum.

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IRfoundation
01

Discount Factors

Present value of one unit of currency paid at a future date.

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IRfoundation
02

Zero Rates

Single-period rates implied by discount factors.

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03

Forward Rates

Rates implied today for borrowing over a future interval.

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04

Yield Curves

Term structures linking maturity to discounting or yield.

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05

OIS

Fixed-versus-compounded overnight indexed swaps.

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FRAs

Contracts fixing a future simple interest rate.

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07

Interest Rate Swaps

Exchange fixed coupons for floating-rate cashflows.

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IRfront-office
08

Curve Bootstrapping

Solve discount factors sequentially from market instruments.

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09

Day Count Conventions

Convert calendar dates into contractual accrual fractions.

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10

Compounding Conventions

Translate rates consistently across simple, periodic and continuous forms.

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11

Multi-Curve Framework

Separate discounting from tenor-specific projection curves.

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12

DV01

Measure value change for a one-basis-point rate shift.

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13

Key-Rate Duration

Allocate curve sensitivity to selected maturity nodes.

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14

Carry and Rolldown

Decompose expected horizon P&L with an unchanged curve.

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15

Caps

Limit floating-rate payments through a strip of caplets.

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Floors

Protect minimum floating-rate receipts through floorlets.

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Swaptions

Grant the right to enter an interest-rate swap.

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18

Short-Rate Models

Model the instantaneous funding rate to generate a term structure.

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19

Hull-White

Use a mean-reverting Gaussian short rate fitted to today’s curve.

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IRfront-office
20

LMM

Model a family of market forward rates under linked measures.

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IRpractitioner
21

Convexity Adjustments

Correct linear forward intuition when payoff and discounting are nonlinear.

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22

Negative Rates

Handle rate distributions and quotation when strikes can cross zero.

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