CSI Derivatives Fundamentals Course (DFC) study guide with topic weighting, derivatives review, and matching web practice.
Use this page as the main guide home for the CSI Derivatives Fundamentals Course on SecuritiesMastery.com. DFC is the broad derivatives-foundation lane: futures, options, swaps, basic structured-product use, and derivatives logic from both risk-management and trading perspectives.
Use matching web practice when you want timed mixed review, current progress tracking on Web, and a cleaner handoff from reading into exam-mode repetition.
Spend most of your time on futures and exchange-traded options because they dominate the weighting and control the core vocabulary for the rest of the exam.
Use the review pages for payoff direction, contract purpose, and pricing intuition, then use matching practice to train speed on the 65-question clock.
Keep the lane distinction clear: DFC is the broad derivatives foundation, while DFOL is the deeper listed-options and account-infrastructure paper.
What stronger DFC answers usually do
identify the contract type before touching the payoff or formula
distinguish hedging intent from speculation intent before choosing a position
keep futures, options, and swaps structurally separate instead of mixing their risk language
treat operational and control questions as low-weight but easy-win marks, not as background noise
Practice this exam
Use this free guide for review, then Start DFC Practice on Finance Prep for timed questions, topic drills, and detailed explanations.
A practical DFC study plan with 30-day, 60-day, and 90-day tracks focused on futures and options mechanics, pricing intuition, and matching web practice.