List of Derivatives Articles

If you have opened the Nifty screen on the NSE website, you will find the link to an Option Chain at the top. Of course, this option chain is also available on your trading terminal, but the NSE Nifty option chain is available to everybody on a real-time basis on the website of NSE. Exactly what is Nifty option chain? It is the complete picture […]

If you are an investor looking for short-term financial instruments, Options is a great option. It is a derivative contract that gives the owner the right to buy or sell securities at an agreed-upon price within a certain period.

A European option can be exercised only at the expiration date, whereas the American Option can be exercised at any time on or before the expiration date. The right of the option buyer is a lot more powerful in an American option.

Investors choose derivative trading for its high potential of diversification and limiting their exposure to the fall of a specific asset class.

Options trading involves various permutations and combinations of Call and Put options.

Iron butterfly strategy aims to create a market-neutral strategy by combing call and put options with identical expiration dates which consolidate at a middle strike price.

Option trading is the most popular way to earn short-term gains. While the rewards are lucrative, the risk involved also tends to be higher.

If you have opened the Nifty screen on the NSE website, you will find the link to an Option Chain at the top. Of course, this option chain is also available on your trading terminal, but the NSE Nifty option chain is available to everybody on a real-time basis on the website of NSE. Exactly what is Nifty option chain? It is the complete picture […]

If you trade in the futures and options space in India, You would have regularly come across the term stating that a particular stock is in the F&O ban period.

Equity investing is a great way to generate returns. However, there can be other rationales for investing in securities like leveraging a position or hedging risk.

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

Managing risk is among the most important functions of security markets and one of the biggest risks is time. Time is a risk because prices change constantly

If you are an investor looking for short-term financial instruments, Options is a great option. It is a derivative contract that gives the owner the right to buy or sell securities at an agreed-upon price within a certain period.

One of the most common term you get to year in the derivatives market is the term “Underlying Asset”.

A popular adage is, “you cannot time the markets”. However, options provide a way for investors to decide whether to buy or sell the underlying in a given timeframe. Traders use them to hedge their positions and protect against downside risk (losses) or enhance their gains (profits).