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1	Principles of Securities Trading, Fall, 2025. Subject to revision.					Last updated:	Sat, Dec 13, 2025, 11:41 PM		Wed, Dec 17, 2025, 11:19 PM
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3	Week	Session	Date / 2025	Notes	Topic 1	Topic 2	Trading exercises	Notes

4	1	1	Tue, Sep 2	First class	Overview / Floor Markets (STPP Ch 1, 2, 3)			Prior to class, read Ch 1, 2; skim Ch 3
5		2	Thu, Sep 4		(contd)
6	2	3	Tue, Sep 9		Citadex trading exercise (not computerized, in class)
7		4	Thu, Sep 11		Limit order markets (4)
8	3	5	Tue, Sep 16		Multiple Markets (5)
9		6	Thu, Sep 18				start RIT LT1 (online)
10	4	7	Tue, Sep 23
11		8	Thu, Sep 25		Auctions (6)
12	5	9	Tue, Sep 30		Auctions (6)
13		10	Thu, Oct 2		Auctions (6)		start RIT MM (online)
14	6	11	Tue, Oct 7		Dealers in limit order markets (7)	Dark Markets (8)	Review Citadex
15		12	Thu, Oct 9		Dark Markets (8)
16	7		Tue, Oct 14	No class (University classes meet on Monday schedule)
17		13	Thu, Oct 16		Public information (10)	Trading halts, pauses and limits (11)
18	8	14	Tue, Oct 21	Midterm	Midterm (coverage up to Limit Up Limit Down in Ch 11)
19		15	Thu, Oct 23		Trading halts, pauses and limits (11, from LULD onwards)		RIT PDJ (online)
20	9	16	Tue, Oct 28		Private information (13)
21		17	Thu, Oct 30
22	10	18	Tue, Nov 4		Midterm review	Insider Trading (14)
23		19	Thu, Nov 6		Insider Trading (14)		RIT Algo1 (online)
24	11	20	Tue, Nov 11		Complex orders (15)
25		21	Thu, Nov 13		Transaction cost analysis (16)		RIT Pairs (online)
26	12	22	Tue, Nov 18
27			Thu, Nov 20		Order splitting (17)
28	13	23	Tue, Nov 25		Pricing (19)		RIT H3 (online)
29		24	Thu, Nov 27	Thanksgiving
30	14	25	Tue, Dec 2		Clearing, settlement, custody
31		26	Thu, Dec 4		Cryptocurrencies
32	15	27	Tue, Dec 9		Crypto Markets
33		28	Thu, Dec 11	Last class	Crypto Regulation
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36	Final Exams		The registrar sets the final exam schedule.				Securities class action lawsuits (12)
37			See:	Final Exam Schedule
38			Section 1 (Class time TR 2:00-3:15)		Final: Tue 16 Dec 2025, 2-4pm
39			Section 2 (Class time TR 11:00-12:15)		Final: Tue 16 Dec 2025, 12-2pm
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