This Li Koon Chun Finance Learning Centre (FLC) based course uses a case-based format to provide a hands-on introduction to security markets, the pricing of financial securities, and the trading of financial instruments. Cases will cover fixed income, equities, futures, and options, allowing students to study key risks, including liquidity, market, downside, crash, and credit risk. Students will learn to identify and formalize trading problems using finance theory, analyze and solve them systematically, and implement solutions in practice. This includes developing and applying trading algorithms while managing the risks of their strategies.