List of Derivatives Articles

The difference between underlying securities current spot price and strike price represents the profit/loss that the trader makes upon sale or exercise of the option.

A Short Straddle is a complex Options strategy that consists of selling both a Call option and a Put option, with the same strike price and expiration date.

Currency derivatives are positions that obtain their value from the underlying currency.

The essential difference between call option and put option arises from the fact that one is an option to buy an underlying asset and the other an option to sell the asset.

Futures and options are known as derivative products, which mean that they derive their value from an underlying commodity or asset. However, futures and options differ in fundamental ways from each other.

A bullish options strategy can be an effective way to increase your investment profits while reducing the amount of risk at any given time.

One of the unique features of exchange traded futures in India is that they are standardized. One of the methods of standardizing futures and options contracts is through the prescription of minimum lot sizes.

The difference between underlying securities current spot price and strike price represents the profit/loss that the trader makes upon sale or exercise of the option.

For financial planners, options could be a great tool to tide over turbulence in markets when things are uncertain, Vatsal Ramaiya says

A Short Straddle is a complex Options strategy that consists of selling both a Call option and a Put option, with the same strike price and expiration date.

Derivatives are standardised financial contracts traded in stock exchanges in a regulated manner.

Currency derivatives are positions that obtain their value from the underlying currency.

The essential difference between call option and put option arises from the fact that one is an option to buy an underlying asset and the other an option to sell the asset.

One of the most popular and widely used words in the lexicon of F&O trading is open interest. As the name suggests, open interest represents the open futures and options positions in the market that are yet to be closed out or exercised or expired.

A futures is a contract to buy or sell an underlying asset at a future price, called the exercise price, at a future date, called the expiry date.