Iran Capital Market Dealing Exam study plan
Iran Capital Market Dealing Exam · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Capital Market Law and Regulation
Map the regulatory hierarchy (securities market law, supervisory body regulations, exchange and CSDI rules) and state which layer governs each of five common market activities
Define the licensing and registration categories for dealers, brokers, advisors, and fund managers, and list the capital and reporting obligations attached to each
Explain the core investor-protection rules: disclosure duties, prohibition of market manipulation, and insider dealing, with one concrete example of a breach for each
Identify the supervisory and enforcement powers of the market authority, including inspection, sanction, and suspension tools
Your checkpoint
A one-page regulatory map plus a table of 20 regulation-to-activity matches, self-scored against the syllabus with any gaps flagged
Capital Market Law and Regulation & Professional Ethics and Market Conduct
Trace the rule-making and approval process for new instruments and for exchange listing, and list the documents a listing applicant must submit
Distinguish the duties owed to clients from those owed to the market, and apply them to three conflict-of-interest scenarios
Explain the consequences of failing to disclose material information and of front-running a client order
Draft the key compliance controls a dealing firm must maintain under the conduct rules
Your checkpoint
Three written ethics case analyses (150-200 words each) with the applicable rule cited and the correct course of action stated
Securities Market Structure and Participants & Trading Mechanisms, Order Handling, and Market Operations
Describe the roles of the regulator, exchanges, the central securities depository, clearing house, and registry, and state the handoffs between them
List the participant categories (broker, dealer, market maker, institutional investor) and the functions each may perform
Explain the order types available on the exchange and the matching rules that apply to each
Sequence an order from client instruction through validation, routing, execution, and confirmation
Identify the trading halts, price limits, and circuit-breaker mechanisms and when each is triggered
Your checkpoint
A process flow diagram of a single trade from client order to confirmation, annotated with the responsible entity at each step
Equity Securities: Shares, Rights Issues, and Corporate Actions
Distinguish ordinary shares, preferred shares, and non-voting shares by rights to dividend, voting, and residual assets
Explain the mechanics of a rights issue, including subscription period, entitlement ratio, and treatment of unsubscribed rights
Describe corporate actions (bonus shares, stock splits, capital increases, dividend distribution) and their effect on price and share count
Calculate the theoretical ex-rights and ex-dividend price for three worked examples
Your checkpoint
A corporate-action problem set (10 calculations) completed with workings and a short note on each answer's market implication
Fixed Income Instruments: Sukuk, Bonds, and Money Market Instruments & Collective Investment Schemes and Other Market Instruments
Classify sukuk structures (ijara, murabaha, musharaka, wakala) and explain the asset backing and return mechanism of each
Compare sukuk with conventional bonds on risk, pricing, and Sharia compliance constraints
List the money market instruments available and their typical tenor, issuer, and use case
Explain the structure and pricing of collective investment schemes, including unit valuation and fees
Describe the disclosure and reporting duties of fund managers to unit holders
Your checkpoint
A comparison matrix of five fixed income and fund instruments across issuer, tenor, return basis, risk, and disclosure requirements
Clearing, Settlement, and Post-Trade Operations & Anti-Money Laundering and Know-Your-Customer Requirements
Explain the clearing and settlement cycle, including netting, novation, and the role of the central counterparty
Describe delivery-versus-payment mechanics and the consequences of a settlement failure
List the customer due diligence steps required at onboarding and the triggers for enhanced due diligence
Identify suspicious transaction indicators relevant to securities accounts and the reporting obligation that follows
State the record-keeping requirements for client identification and transaction records
Your checkpoint
A settlement-failure scenario write-up plus a completed sample KYC checklist for two client profiles (low risk and high risk)
Trading Mechanisms, Order Handling, and Market Operations & Equity Securities: Shares, Rights Issues, and Corporate Actions & Fixed Income Instruments: Sukuk, Bonds, and Money Market Instruments
Rehearse order-handling edge cases: client priority, best execution, error trades, and order cancellation rules
Re-derive the corporate-action calculations from week 4 without notes
Re-derive sukuk pricing and yield relationships from week 5 without notes
Complete a timed 60-question mixed set covering domains 3, 4, and 6 and review every wrong answer
Your checkpoint
Timed practice set score logged with a written error log categorising each mistake as knowledge gap, misreading, or calculation error
Capital Market Law and Regulation & Professional Ethics and Market Conduct & Anti-Money Laundering and Know-Your-Customer Requirements
Recite the key regulatory thresholds, deadlines, and reporting periods from memory across all domains
Work through ten ethics and AML mini-scenarios and justify each decision in one sentence
Complete two full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions and score them
Target the three weakest topics identified in the error log and close them with focused re-reading
Your checkpoint
Two scored mock exams with a final one-page cheat sheet of thresholds, deadlines, and formulas
Milestones
Week 2: Can explain the regulatory hierarchy and the dealer's conduct duties without notes, and score at least 80% on a self-made 25-question set on domains 1 and 8
Week 4: Can complete all corporate-action calculations correctly and explain the ex-rights and ex-dividend price logic in plain language
Week 6: Can trace a trade through clearing and settlement and list the full KYC onboarding sequence from memory
Week 8: Two full mock exams completed with scores at or above 75% and no domain below 60%