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CA Bigyan Kumar Mishra

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How equity futures and options are traded in the Indian stock market?

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Currently we have 183 securities available to trade in the futures and options segment of NSE. Both call and put options are available to trade in European style.The National stock exchange (NSE) defines the contract with all the characteristics such as market lot and expiry date. After introduction of equity derivative contracts, it will be available to trade up to the … [Read more...] about How equity futures and options are traded in the Indian stock market?

How does index futures and options work in the stock market?

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An index tracks and measures the price of a collection of stocks. For instance Nifty 50 tracks and measures the price of top 50 listed Indian stocks.As an investor or trader, you can not directly invest or trade in an index. Therefore, we have index futures and options which can be bought and sold. These index future and option contracts derive their value from the … [Read more...] about How does index futures and options work in the stock market?

How Nifty Financial Services (Finnifty) Index Futures and Options are traded?

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Finnifty futures and options contracts are traded on our National Stock Exchange (NSE). Futures and options are derivative contracts which derive its value from an underlying asset. In the case of Finnifty, the underlying asset is the Nifty Financial Services Index.Nifty Financial Services (Symbol: FINNIFTY) index consists of the following 20 stocks from banking and … [Read more...] about How Nifty Financial Services (Finnifty) Index Futures and Options are traded?

BSE Bankex: What is it and how does it trade in the stock market?

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In BSE, we have future and option contracts based on Bankex for trading. In this article, you will learn what Bankex is and how future and option contracts of Bankex are traded in the stock exchange.Futures and options are derivative contracts which derive value from an underlying asset. Underlying assets can be stock, agri commodities, index, crude oil, silver, cotton, … [Read more...] about BSE Bankex: What is it and how does it trade in the stock market?

How future and option contracts of BSE Sensex are traded in India?

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Futures and options are derivative contracts that derive value from an underlying asset such as stocks, crude oil, agri commodities, index, natural gas, silver, gold and currencies. In future and option contracts of BSE Sensex, the underlying asset is the Sensex index.In this article, you will learn how future and option contracts of BSE Sensex are traded in the Indian … [Read more...] about How future and option contracts of BSE Sensex are traded in India?