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Equity & derivatives mastery

Reading balance sheets, valuing companies, understanding the option chain — practitioner-grade skill.

50 hours of content8 chaptersFree during Phase 1

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Layer
Industry Domain Mastery
Track
Equity & Derivatives
Estimated hours
50 hrs
Chapters
8
Cost on Trustner
Free
Full course material live

Every chapter below has Foundation, Deep Dive, and Advanced material — read in any order, expand each chapter to see the full content.

About this course

For investment professionals who want practitioner-grade capability in Indian equity and derivatives markets — reading balance sheets, valuing companies, understanding the option chain, and stitching it all into actionable portfolio decisions.

Who this is for

  • Equity research analysts and aspiring fund managers.
  • Sub-brokers and PMS analysts.
  • Serious self-directed investors graduating beyond mutual funds.

What you'll learn

  • Reading and interpreting Indian financial statements
  • Valuing companies — DCF, relative valuation, sum-of-parts
  • Sector frameworks specific to Indian markets
  • Options strategies for hedging and income
  • Building a research-driven, repeatable process

Course material — 8 chapters

Each chapter offers three tiers — Foundation for the core concept, Deep Dive for worked examples and practitioner depth, and Advanced for edge cases and exam tips. Click any chapter to expand.

  1. 1
    Chapter 1

    Reading Indian financial statements

    • Three statements, in Indian-GAAP / Ind-AS lens
    • Quality of earnings — the practitioner's checklist
    FoundationDeep DiveAdvanced
  2. 2
    Chapter 2

    Valuation frameworks

    • DCF — discount rate, terminal growth, sensitivity
    • PE, PB, EV/EBITDA — when each works in India
    FoundationDeep DiveAdvanced
  3. 3
    Chapter 3

    Sector frameworks

    • Banks and NBFCs — the loan-book lens
    • IT services, pharma, FMCG, capital goods — sector-specific drivers
    FoundationDeep DiveAdvanced
  4. 4
    Chapter 4

    Corporate actions and what they mean

    • Bonus, splits, buybacks, dividends
    • Right issues, QIPs, FPOs
    FoundationDeep DiveAdvanced
  5. 5
    Chapter 5

    Option chain and Greeks

    • Reading the chain like a trader
    • Delta, gamma, theta, vega in everyday decisions
    FoundationDeep DiveAdvanced
  6. 6
    Chapter 6

    Hedging strategies

    • Protective put, covered call
    • Collar and strangle for portfolio protection
    FoundationDeep DiveAdvanced
  7. 7
    Chapter 7

    Income strategies

    • Cash-secured puts and covered calls
    • Calendar and diagonal spreads
    FoundationDeep DiveAdvanced
  8. 8
    Chapter 8

    Putting it together

    • A repeatable equity-research workflow
    • Position sizing and portfolio-level risk
    FoundationDeep DiveAdvanced
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