Understanding Leverage

Duration Self-paced

Start Date 31 Mar, 2023

Price $ 549.99

Course Goal: To understand how to identify different forms of leverage and the mechanics of leverage and overleverage; to understand how a directional investor can skillfully measure and manage investing leverage.

Lesson Breakdown:

Total Lesson Count: 16

General Interest Lessons: 16

Institutional Interest Lessons: 16

Lesson Format:

13 Video Lessons

3 Articles

16 Quiz Sections

Instructor: Erik Kobayashi-Solomon

Understanding Leverage

This course offers a detailed look into the topic that is essential to any investor using options, futures, or stock margin accounts: Leverage. This is our longest and most in-depth course for a reason -- all great financial blow-ups have leverage at their core. Not understanding how to measure and manage leverage is like walking naked onto a battlefield -- you might get luck for awhile, but there is no way to survive long term! Download Syllabus

Understanding Leverage

Understanding Leverage

Lessons Sample lesson

1

Leverage Sample Lesson

2

How to Register for a Framework Course

3

Framework Investing Course Orientation

4

Three Types of Leverage

5

Mechanics of Investment Leverage

6

Overleverage

7

Leverage Interlude 1

8

Leverage When Accepting Exposure

9

Overleverage and AIG

10

What Went Wrong at AIG?

11

Different Types of Margin Accounts

12

Leverage Interlude 2

13

Leverage When Gaining Exposure

14

Levered vs Unlevered Returns

15

"Immediate Realized Loss"

16

Building a Sensible Leverage Framework

17

Measuring an ITM Option's Leverage

18

OTM and Hybrid Position Leverage

19

Leverage Interlude 3

20

The Danger of Levered ETFs

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