Choosing Your Path to Trading Mastery
Derivatives Trader Programme
Individuals focused on strategically leveraging the power of futures and options for high-potential returns and effective hedging.Master Trader Programme
Elite students and experienced traders aiming for institutional-level, multi-asset proficiency and advanced quantitative methods.Mentorship Trader Programme
Elite students and experienced traders aiming for holistic market proficiency and systematic, personalized coaching.The Academy of Financial Excellence: Comprehensive Trading Programmes
Welcome to Omkar Trading Academy, India’s most rigorous and comprehensive institution dedicated to professional financial market education. Our mission is to transform ambitious individuals into confident, goal-oriented traders and investors, backed by SEBI-compliant, data-driven financial research. We move beyond rudimentary theory to provide advanced, practical, and psychologically grounded training across multiple financial assets.
Our commitment is to deliver an expert-led course taught by seasoned stock market professionals, ensuring you receive trusted knowledge from an established institution. We provide an interactive learning platform with personalized support, a continuously updated curriculum, and affordable pricing to make elite financial education accessible to all.
Whether you are seeking to master the complex dynamics of futures and options, build a robust equity portfolio, or achieve elite, institutional-grade trading proficiency, our programmes are meticulously designed to meet your needs. Each course is a unique intensive journey, culminating in a professional certification and, most importantly, the ability to successfully navigate the live financial markets.
Here, you will find a detailed breakdown of our flagship training programmes, each led by SEBI-registered professionals with over a decade of market experience.
Derivatives Trader Programme (Advanced)
Course Duration: 16 Weeks | Investment: ₹39,999
The Derivatives Trader Programme is the essential course for any serious trader looking to unlock the high-leverage potential and sophisticated risk management capabilities of the Futures and Options (F&O) segment. This programme is designed to take students beyond basic option buying and selling, focusing intensely on advanced strategies, pricing models, and volatility dynamics.
Who is this Programme for?
This programme is ideal for those with a foundational understanding of the stock market who wish to specialise in derivatives. It suits individuals looking to generate consistent income through advanced options strategies, hedging, and arbitrage opportunities, making it the most cost-effective path to derivatives mastery at ₹39,999.
Detailed Programme Modules and Learning Outcomes:
1. Futures & Options Mastery: The Foundations of Leverage
This foundational module focuses on the practical mechanics of the F&O market in India, including the regulatory framework and margin requirements.
- Learning Outcome: Complete clarity on the relationship between futures pricing and underlying assets, and how time decay (Θ) inherently affects options.
- Key Topics: Regulatory landscape, margin management, future pricing models (Cost of Carry), and practical selection of the right contract series.
2. Advanced Options Strategies: Constructing Multi-Leg Positions
The core of successful derivatives trading lies in strategy construction. We teach you sophisticated, multi-leg strategies, always focusing on backtesting the learning and then implementing proven tactics.
- Learning Outcome: The ability to construct complex strategies such as Iron Condors, Butterflies, Spreads (Call/Put), Straddles, and Strangles, and deploy them based on backtested market forecasts.
- Key Topics: Delta Neutral trading, income-generating strategies, and risk-defined premium selling.
3. Greeks and Volatility Trading: Decoding Options Pricing
Mastering the ‘Greeks’ (Δ,Γ,Θ,ν) is non-negotiable. This module provides a deep-dive into how changes in price, time, and volatility affect your portfolio, preparing you for the live trading facility.
- Learning Outcome: Proficiency in quantifying portfolio risk using the Greeks, and the ability to profit specifically from changes in implied volatility through techniques like VIX-based trading.
- Key Topics: Volatility skew and smile, dynamic hedging using Delta, and managing the decay of Theta.
4. Risk Management for Derivatives: Taming Leverage
Leverage is a double-edged sword. This module focuses exclusively on the stringent risk management protocols essential for derivatives trading, which are seasoned by years of expert experience.
- Learning Outcome: Establishing clear, rule-based systems for position sizing, portfolio hedging, and defining maximum loss parameters using advanced stop-loss methodologies.
- Key Topics: Portfolio Hedging techniques, Margin Blockage analysis, and systematic risk monitoring.
5. Market Neutral Strategies and Arbitrage Opportunities
Learn advanced concepts designed to generate returns regardless of the market’s direction, focusing on back testing the learning for statistical validity before real-world deployment.
- Learning Outcome: The ability to identify and execute low-risk arbitrage opportunities between different segments (e.g., cash vs. futures) and deploy market neutral strategies (e.g., pairs trading).
- Key Topics: Inter-segment arbitrage, statistical arbitrage concepts, and index arbitrage.
Programme Outcome: Upon successful completion, you will be awarded the Derivatives Certification, equipped with the analytical and practical expertise to trade F&O with confidence and control.
Master Trader Programme (Expert)
Course Duration: 16 Weeks | Investment: ₹79,999
The Master Trader Programme is the pinnacle of our educational offerings, designed for highly ambitious individuals, experienced traders, or those seeking knowledge relevant to institutional or hedge fund environments. This course focuses on complex, high-level strategies and advanced market concepts, always insisting on backtesting the learning for statistical validity.
Who is this Programme for?
This programme is for individuals who have already mastered basic to intermediate trading and are now seeking to acquire elite, systematic, and institutional-grade skills. It is the highest level of comprehensive training offered by the academy.
Detailed Programme Modules and Learning Outcomes:
1. Futures & Options Mastery: The Foundations of Leverage
Expand your horizons beyond equities and F&O. This module focuses on systematic trading across different asset classes.
- Learning Outcome: The ability to develop inter-market analysis skills and execute trades across commodities (e.g., precious metals, energy) and currencies (Forex) with advanced correlation understanding.
- Key Topics: Commodity futures mechanics, currency pairs correlation, and global macro analysis.
2. Advanced Derivatives Strategies (Expert Focus)
A deeper dive into derivatives with an emphasis on volatility surfaces and market-maker strategies, ready for implementation in the live trading facility.
- Learning Outcome: Mastery of exotic options concepts and the ability to interpret and utilise the volatility skew and surface for superior pricing and trade selection.
- Key Topics:Advanced portfolio hedging and understanding the dynamics of complex structured products.
3. Quantitative Analysis Methods
Learn the foundational concepts and tools required for systematic, rules-based trading, with a core emphasis on backtesting the learning and model validation.
- Learning Outcome: Conceptual understanding of how to backtest trading ideas, identify potential statistical edges, and apply basic concepts of algorithmic trading and modelling.
- Key Topics:Time series analysis concepts, backtesting pitfalls, and introduction to systematic trading rules.
4. High-Frequency Trading Concepts
Gain insight into the strategies and infrastructure that dominate institutional trading.
- Learning Outcome: Understanding the conceptual mechanics of High-Frequency Trading (HFT), market microstructure, and order book dynamics.
- Key Topics: Liquidity provision concepts and the impact of speed on trading profitability.
5. Hedge Fund Strategies
This module unveils the strategies employed by sophisticated private investment funds.
- Learning Outcome: Comprehension of absolute return strategies, long/short equity models, and the advanced risk-return profiles managed within a hedge fund structure.
- Key Topics: Capital structure arbitrage, risk-return decomposition, and fund performance metrics.
6. 1-on-1 Expert Mentorship
The Master Programme includes intensive, dedicated 1-on-1 Expert Mentorship with the most seasoned professionals at the academy, ensuring a customised learning experience tailored to the complexities of high-level trading.
Programme Outcome: Graduates receive the Master Trader Certification, a prestigious designation affirming elite-level competence in advanced and institutional trading methodologies.
Mentorship Programme (Advanced)
Course Duration: 25 Weeks | Investment: ₹1,49,999
The Professional Trader Programme is the academy’s cornerstone offering, providing a holistic and robust education covering both technical trading and fundamental investing. This expert-led course is the comprehensive path to becoming a well-rounded market participant, whether you aspire to be an active trader or a disciplined portfolio manager.
Who is this Programme for?
This programme is designed for serious beginners and intermediate participants seeking a complete, structured curriculum. It provides the necessary depth in analysis, risk management, and psychology to transition from casual market involvement to a professional approach.
Detailed Programme Modules and Learning Outcomes:
1. Advanced Technical & Fundamental Analysis: The Integrated Approach
Successful market participants use both lenses. We teach you how to seamlessly integrate analysis for optimal trade timing and high-quality investment selection.
- Learning Outcome: The ability to perform top-down analysis (macro to micro) and accurately value a business, complemented by sophisticated charting techniques (Elliott Wave, Gann Theory concepts).
- Key Topics: Candlestick mastery, Fibonacci applications, Volume analysis, and assessing management quality from financial reports.
2. Professional Trading Strategies: Execution and Tactics
This module moves from theoretical concepts to deployable, battle-tested trading strategies. The focus is on backtesting the learning from historical data before engaging the live trading facility.
- Learning Outcome: Proficiency in executing and managing strategies for intraday trading, swing trading, and positional trading.
- Key Topics: Trend-following vs. Mean-reversion strategies, breakout trading tactics, and advanced entry/exit points determination.
3. Risk Management Systems: Protecting Capital
This is a dedicated, intensive module on building and adhering to a personalised risk management system, seasoned by years of practical experience.
- Learning Outcome: Establishing a non-negotiable trading plan that defines position sizing based on volatility and account size, and employing techniques for moving stop-losses (trailing stops).
- Key Topics: The Kelly Criterion (conceptual application), Maximum Drawdown management, and the 1% or 2% Rule in practice.
4. Portfolio Management: Strategic Wealth Creation
Learn the techniques used by professional fund managers to construct a resilient, diversified, and high-performing portfolio tailored to specific financial goals.
- Learning Outcome: The ability to calculate and manage portfolio risk, select assets across different sectors, and execute strategic rebalancing to maintain target allocations.
- Key Topics: Asset allocation models (Strategic vs. Tactical), diversification techniques, and calculating the Sharpe Ratio for performance measurement.
5. Trading Psychology Mastery: Discipline and Resilience
As a mandatory element across our programmes, this module focuses on the inner game of trading. We provide personalized support to ensure you develop emotional control.
- Learning Outcome: Techniques for identifying and mitigating emotional biases (fear of missing out, revenge trading), maintaining a detailed trading journal, and developing the mental resilience to handle losses.
- Key Topics: Mindfulness in trading, cognitive biases, and building a professional, objective mindset.
6. Live Market Sessions and Personal Mentorship
The learning culminates in structured Live Market Sessions where theory is put into practice using our live trading facility. This is complemented by Personal Mentorship, providing one-on-one time with our seasoned professionals to fine-tune your unique strategy.
Programme Outcome: Graduates receive Certification upon completion, signifying their preparedness to trade and invest across the equity markets with a disciplined, professional approach.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
While a basic understanding of financial markets is helpful, it is not strictly mandatory for the Professional Trader Programme. That course is structured to guide a serious student from foundational principles to advanced execution. However, the Derivatives Trader and Master Trader Programmes are better suited for those who already possess foundational knowledge and are ready for high-level specialisation.
If your goal is to build long-term wealth through disciplined investing, portfolio management, and comprehensive equity analysis, choose the Professional Trader Programme. If your goal is to specialise purely in higher-leverage products (Futures & Options) and complex options strategies for potential high-frequency income, the Derivatives Trader Programme is your ideal fit.
The ‘Advanced’ programmes focus on mastering professional techniques and risk protocols. The ‘Expert’ Master Trader Programme focuses on systematic (quant) and institutional concepts like hedge fund strategies and multi-asset correlation, offering the highest echelon of market understanding.
The fee covers our comprehensive 16-week training and internal certification. We also integrate the necessary curriculum elements to help prepare you for external industry certifications like NSE, NCFM, and NISM Certification Courses, which you may elect to take separately.
Our Live Sessions are conducted interactively, either in-person or via a live online platform, using our live trading facility. We ensure class sizes are managed to facilitate direct interaction and meaningful Q&A sessions with our seasoned professionals.
Mentorship provides dedicated one-on-one time with your instructor. It involves reviewing your detailed trading journal, diagnosing weaknesses, and providing customised guidance to fine-tune your performance—critical for bridging the gap between theory and practical success.
The practical phase involves simulating the live market environment. We insist on backtesting the learning through virtual capital and dedicated platforms to ensure you gain the necessary muscle memory and confidence in your risk management systems without exposing real capital.
Our foundation in SEBI-compliant research ensures that the knowledge and strategies we impart are legally sound and adhere to the highest regulatory standards of integrity. It provides our students with the confidence that they are learning ethical, professional, and reliable methodologies.
Yes. We firmly believe that technical skill is ineffective without mental discipline. The dedicated Trading Psychology mastery module is woven into the curriculum of all three programmes, ensuring every graduate is prepared to manage the emotions of fear, greed, and discipline that dictate success in the markets.
Our goal is to democratise expertise. By focusing on efficient delivery and leveraging our institutional structure, we maintain an affordable pricing model that provides world-class education at a fraction of the cost of comparable global financial training programmes.