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OTC derivatives

Ever nodded along in a meeting about basis risk? Now actually understand it.

OTC Learn teaches the over-the-counter derivatives behind institutional finance, one product at a time, in lessons short enough to finish on a commute.

  • Free to start
  • Works offline
  • No ads
  • No tracking
The OTC Learn home screen: mastery, day streak, reviews due and the product in progress
QR code linking to OTC Learn on Google PlayScan to install

How it teaches

Learn it, test it, and keep it.

A five-step lesson screen for a derivatives product

1Five-step lessons

The same arc for every product, plus a worked example with real numbers.

  1. What it is
  2. How it works
  3. Why it is used
  4. The key terms
  5. The risks to watch
A quiz question with the explanation shown after answering

2A different paper every sitting

Quizzes are weighted toward the questions you have missed, with the options reshuffled. Every answer is explained, even the ones you get right.

The review queue listing missed questions due today

3Misses come back

Progress is a mastery score per product, not a tick, and it moves gradually.

  • Missed
  • Tomorrow
  • In 4 days
  • In 10 days

The free catalogue

All of it inside the app, free to keep.

36products
216key terms
432quiz questions

The thirty-six products the app shipped with are free with no account and no time limit. An optional subscription adds the asset classes released since, and anyone who installed before it existed keeps those too.

A product overview screen
The insights screen showing mastery by asset class

See it in under a minute

The 55-second tour

No sound needed. The video loads from YouTube only when you press play.

Before you install

Questions people ask

Is OTC Learn free?

Yes, and permanently. The thirty-six products the app shipped with — six asset classes, with their lessons, worked examples and question banks — are free with no account and no time limit. An optional subscription adds the asset classes released since, and anyone who installed the app before the subscription existed keeps those too.

Does it work offline?

Yes. Every lesson, worked example and question ships inside the app, so a session on a train behaves exactly like one at a desk. Nothing is fetched to read a lesson or answer a question.

Do I need an account?

No. There is no sign-up, no ads and no tracking, and progress is stored on the device. An optional account exists only so a new phone does not start you over, and it can be deleted from inside the app.

What does it cover?

Interest rate, FX, credit, equity and commodity derivatives, plus the market foundations all five run through — collateral, clearing and documentation — and, by subscription, exotics, risk and the Greeks, case studies and alternative underlyings. Each product has a five-step lesson, a worked example with real numbers, six key terms and a bank of twelve questions.

Is it financial advice?

No. It is educational content only — nothing in the app is advice, an offer to trade, or a recommendation to buy or sell any instrument.

Works offline. No ads. No tracking.

No account needed and progress stays on your device. Follow the desk quiz on WhatsApp for a derivatives question or case study a few times a week.