A broad-based introduction to financial derivatives which covers both the technical aspects of these instruments and the markets in which they are traded, and the underlying concepts. End-of-chapter assessment material provides students with the opportunity to further apply and critically evaluate the key principles. The book should be useful in undergraduate and postgraduate introductory modules in financial derivatives (core) or financial markets, institutions and investments (supplementary), and in professional body courses in financial derivatives, e.g. ACCA (paper 14).