Resources

Courses 11

• MIT 18.S096 Topics in Mathematics with Applications in Finance (Fall 2013) verified

  MIT OpenCourseWare

  L1 terms and concepts (M01); L5 stochastic processes, martingales, optional stopping (M03); L6 regression, L8 time series (M04, M13); L7 VaR, L9 volatility modelling (M02, M09, M13); L14–16 portfolio and factors (M14); L17–19 stochastic processes, Itô calculus, Black–Scholes (M08); L20 option price and probability duality (M09).

  M01M02M03M04M05M08M09M13M14

• MIT 15.401 Finance Theory I (Fall 2008) verified

  Andrew W. Lo, MIT OpenCourseWare

  Introductory sessions (M01), forwards and futures (M07), options and efficient markets for intuition (M06).

  M01M06M07

• Online Valuation class verified

  Aswath Damodaran (NYU Stern)

  25 short sessions with slides and post-class tests. Sessions 1–11 (intrinsic valuation) and 14–15 (relative valuation, P/E) for M06.

  M06

• NPTEL Financial Derivatives & Risk Management (IIT Roorkee) verified

  Prof. J. P. Singh

  Indian context, follows Hull; weeks on forwards, futures and hedging.

  M07M08M09

• NPTEL Probability and Stochastics for Finance (IIT Kanpur) verified

  Prof. Joydeep Dutta

  Stochastic-calculus refresher: Itô calculus and the Black–Scholes formula. Archive: https://archive.nptel.ac.in/noc/courses/noc16/SEM1/noc16-ma02

  M08

• Financial Engineering and Risk Management (Coursera specialisation) verified

  Columbia University

  Course 1: no-arbitrage, forwards and futures, strong binomial-model exercises.

  M07M08

• CME Group Education verified

  CME Group

  Free futures, metals and energy courses.

  M07M10

• Financial Markets (Open Yale ECON 252) verified

  Robert J. Shiller

  EMH, behavioural finance, institutions; lectures on the bond market and central banking for M11. Course page checked 6 Nov 2026: Financial Markets (2011), Robert J. Shiller.

  M11M14

• WorldQuant University MSc in Financial Engineering verified

  WorldQuant University

  A full free master's programme if you want to go further after the course.

• NISM Series VIII: Equity Derivatives certification workbook verified

  National Institute of Securities Markets

  Units 3 (equity futures and forwards), 6 (trading mechanism) and 7 (clearing, settlement and risk management): the most structured treatment of Indian F&O plumbing. Syllabus page cited in M07: https://www.nism.ac.in/revamp-nism/test-objectives-revised-nism-series-viii-equity-derivatives-certification-examination/

  M01M07

• NPTEL Commodity Derivatives and Risk Management (via SWAYAM) verified

  Prabina Rajib (IIT Kharagpur), NPTEL

  Indian course on commodity derivatives: VaR-based margins, seasonality, hedge ratios, basis risk, bullion, energy and base metals, manipulation cases. Course page checked 6 Nov 2026 (offered on SWAYAM, e.g. noc21-mg58, noc23_mg86).

  M10