Education & Training
CTC’s Education Program
Unique in our dedication to the ongoing development of employees, we provide practical and professional in-house education courses that combine cutting edge theory with real world market applications. We have an established, industry-leading team dedicated to the development and delivery of applied financial education. Our classes include:
Basics of Options
Interest Rates and Interest Rate Products
Intermediate Options
Advanced Options
Financial Engineering
Volatility and Variance Products
Our education initiatives incorporate classroom learning, simulated trading sessions, specialized financial engineering seminars, and a variety of other instructional programs. We view education as a continuous process—as the markets, products, and valuation techniques evolve, we adapt our coursework to reflect those innovations.
The Education Team
Shelly Natenberg: Author of the widely acclaimed book “Option Volatility and Pricing” Shelly is an internationally renowned educator, lecturer, and frequent speaker at financial services conferences, seminars, and exchanges around the world.
Prior to becoming a full-time educator, Shelly began his career in 1982 as an options trader and market-maker—trading equity options on the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and later, treasury and commodity options on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Tim Weithers: Author of “Foreign Exchange: A Practical Guide to the FX Markets,” Tim has a Ph.D. in Mathematical Economics and has taught in the financial services industry for trading firms and investment banks for over 20 years.
In addition to educating generations of successful CTC traders, Tim is a frequent speaker at financial services conferences and seminars globally.
Samuel Kadziela: With a Ph.D. in Mathematics and several years of university teaching and research experience, Samuel brings his broad and deep technical expertise to bear in some of CTC’s most rigorous and self-designed coursework.