A Project report on

A SHORT DERIVATIVES REPORT ON ABB GROUP

SUBMITTED
BY

R.SUSHEEL KUMAR
(HT.No: 098 060 117)

Project submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of the Degree of

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
by
Osmania University, Hyderabad -500007

DECLARATION

I hereby declare that this Project Report titled A SHORT DERIVATIVES

REPORT ON ABB GROUP, At Kotak securities. Submitted by me to the

Department of Business Management, O.U., Hyderabad, is a bonafide

work undertaken by me and it is not submitted to any other University or
Institution for the award of any degree diploma/ certificate or published
any time before.

Name and Address of the Student

Signature of the Student

R.SUSHEEL KUMAR
MC 436, MALAKPET
HYDERBAD

ABSTRACT
The following are the steps involved in the study.

1. Selection of the scrip:The scrip selection is done on a random and the scrip selected isABB GROUP. The lot size is
375 . Profitability position of the futures buyer and seller and also the option holder and
option writer is studied.
2. Data Collection:The data of the ABB group Ltd. Has been collected from the economic times and the
internet
The data consists of the February contract and the period of data collection is from 1-FEB
2008-28th FEB 2008
3. Analysis:The analysis consist of the tabulation of the data assessing the profitability positions of the
futures buyer and seller and also option holder and the option writer.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I a m d e e p l y i n d e b t e d t o my H e a d o f t h e d e p a r t me n t a n d
g u i d e M r s . U ma r a n i a n d M r.Vis w a n a t h S h a r ma w h o
h a v e b e e n a gr e a t s o u r c e o f s t r e n g t h a n d i n s p i r a t i o n a t
e v e r y s t a g e o f pr o j e c t w o r k .

I would like to acknowledge my sincere thanks to

Mrs.B.IndiraReddy,

principal

and

M r.

Raghava

R e d d y D i r e c t o r o f S t . P a u l s P.G . C o l l e g e f o r m a k i n g
all the facilities available to me.
I

am

e x t r e me l y

thanking

to

M r.

B . S R I N I VAS , As s t .

M a n a g e r, o f K O TAK S E C U R I T I E S , a n d a l s o o t h e r s t a ff
m e m b e r s o f , w i t h o u t t h e i r k i n d c o- o p e r a t i o n a n d h e l p t h e
project could not have been successful.

DATE:

(R.SUSHEEL KUMAR)

PLACE:

Table of contents

Page No.

Chapter 1 Introduction
Scope
Objectives
Limitations

1
2
3

Chapter 2 Review of literature

Introduction
History of Derivatives
Development of derivatives market
Arguments
Need for derivatives

5
6
10
13
14
4

Functions of derivatives market

Types of derivatives

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16

Chapter 3 The company

Company Profile
Company Products

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Chapter 4 Data analysis and presentation

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Chapter 5 Summary and Conclusion

Findings
Summary
Conclusions
Recommendations

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72
73
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Chapter 6 Bibliography

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Chapter 1
Introduction

SCOPE

The study is limited to Derivatives with special reference to futures and option in the
Indian context. The study cant be said as totally perfect. Any alteration may come. The study
has only made a humble attempt at evaluation derivatives market only in India context. The
study is not based on the international perspective of derivatives markets, which exists in
NASDAQ, CBOT etc.

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY:

To analyze the derivatives traded in stock markets in India.

To analyze the operations of futures and options.

To find the profit/loss position of futures buyer and seller and also the option writer and
option holder.

To study about risk management in financial markets with the help of derivatives.

LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY:

The following are the limitation of this study.

The scrip chosen for analysis is ABB GROUP (ELECCTRICALS AND SWITCHES)
and the contract taken is February 2008 ending one month contract.

The data collected is completely restricted to the ABB GROUP (ELECCTRICALS

AND SWITCHES) of FEBRUARY 2008; hence this analysis cannot be taken universal.

CHAPTER 2
Review Of Literature

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DERIVATIVES:-

The emergence of the market for derivatives products, most notably forwards, futures and
options, can be tracked back to the willingness of risk-averse economic agents to guard
themselves against uncertainties arising out of fluctuations in asset prices. By their very
nature, the financial markets are marked by a very high degree of volatility. Through the use
of derivative products, it is possible to partially or fully transfer price risks by locking-in
asset prices. As instruments of risk management, these generally do not influence the
fluctuations in the underlying asset prices. However, by locking-in asset prices, derivative
product minimizes the impact of fluctuations in asset prices on the profitability and cash flow
situation of risk-averse investors.

Derivatives are risk management instruments, which derive their value from an
underlying asset. The underlying asset can be bullion, index, share, bonds, currency, interest,
etc.. Banks, Securities firms, companies and investors to hedge risks, to gain access to
cheaper money and to make profit, use derivatives. Derivatives are likely to grow even at a
faster rate in future.

DEFINITION
Derivative is a product whose value is derived from the value of an underlying asset in a
contractual manner. The underlying asset can be equity, forex, commodity or any other asset.
1)

Securities Contracts (Regulation)Act, 1956 (SCR Act) defines derivative to secured

or unsecured, risk instrument or contract for differences or any other form of security.

2)

A contract which derives its value from the prices, or index of prices, of underlying
securities.

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HISTORY OF DERIVATIVES
The history of derivatives is quite colorful and surprisingly a lot longer than most
people think. Days back I compiled a list of the events that I thought shaped the
history of derivatives. What follows here is a snapshot of the major events that I think
form the evolution of derivatives.

I would like to first note that some of these stories are controversial. Do they really
involve derivatives? Or do the minds of people like myself and others see derivatives
everywhere?

To start we need to go back to the Bible. In Genesis Chapter 29, believed to be about
the year 1700 B.C., Jacob purchased an option costing him seven years of labor that
granted him the right to marry Laban's daughter Rachel. His prospective father-in-law,
however, reneged, perhaps making this not only the first derivative but the first
default on a derivative. Laban required Jacob to marry his older daughter Leah. Jacob
married Leah, but because he preferred Rachel, he purchased another option,
requiring seven more years of labor, and finally married Rachel, bigamy being
allowed in those days. Some argue that Jacob really had forward contracts, which
obligated him to the marriages but that does not matter. Jacob did derivatives, oneway or the other.

The first exchange for trading derivatives appeared to be the Royal Exchange in
London, which permitted forward contracting. The celebrated Dutch Tulip bulb
mania, was characterized by forward contract on tulip bulbs around 1637.

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The first "futures" contracts are generally traced to the Yodoya rice market in
Osaka, Japan around 1650. These were evidently standardized contracts, which
made them much like today's futures, although it is not known if the contracts were
marked to market daily or had credit guarantees.

Probably the next major event, and the most significant as far as the history of U. S.
futures markets, was the creation of the Chicago Board of Trade in 1848. Due to its
prime location on Lake Michigan, Chicago was developing as a major center for the
storage, sale, and distribution of Midwestern grain. Due to the seasonality of grain,
however, Chicago's storage facilities were unable to accommodate the enormous
increase in supply that occurred following the harvest. Similarly, its facilities were
underutilized in the spring. Chicago spot prices rose and fell drastically. A group of
grain traders created the "to-arrive" contract, which permitted farmers to lock in the
price and deliver the grain later. This allowed the farmer to store the grain either on
the farm or at a storage facility nearby and deliver it to Chicago months later. These
to-arrive contracts Proved useful as a device for hedging and speculating on price
changes. Farmers and traders soon realized that the sale and delivery of the grain itself
was not nearly as important as the ability to transfer the price risk associated with the
grain. The grain could always be sold and delivered anywhere else at any time. These
contracts were eventually standardized around 1865, and in 1925 the first futures
clearinghouse was formed. From that point on, futures contracts were pretty much of
the form we know them today.

In 1874 the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's predecessor, the Chicago Produce

Exchange, was formed. It became the modern day Merc in 1919. Other exchanges had

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been popping up around the country and continued to do so.

The early twentieth century was a dark period for derivatives trading as bucket shops
were rampant. Bucket shops are small operators in options and securities that
typically lure customers into transactions and then flee with the money, setting up
shop elsewhere.

In 1922, the federal government made its first effort to regulate the futures market
with the Grain Futures Act. In 1972 the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, responding to
the now-freely floating international currencies, created the International Monetary
Market, which allowed trading in currency futures. These were the first futures
contracts that were not on physical commodities.

In 1975 the Chicago Board of Trade created the first interest rate futures contract, one
based on Ginnie Mae (GNMA) mortgages. While the contract met with initial
success, it eventually died. In 1982 the CME created the Eurodollar contract, which
has now surpassed the T -bond contract to become the most actively traded of all
futures contracts. In 1982, the Kansas City Board of Trade launched the first stock
index futures, a contract on the Value Line Index. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange
quickly followed with their highly successful contract on the S&P 500 index.

In 1973 marked the creation of both the Chicago Board Options Exchange and the
publication of perhaps the most famous formula in finance, the option pricing model
of Fischer Black and Myron Scholes. These events revolutionized the investment
world in ways no one could imagine at that time. The Black-Scholes model, as it came

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to be known, set up a mathematical framework that formed the basis for an explosive
revolution in the use of derivatives.

In 1983, the Chicago Board Options Exchange decided to create an option on an

index of stocks. Though originally known as the CBOE 100 Index, it was soon turned
over to Standard and Poor's and became known as the S&P 100, which remains the
most actively traded exchange-listed option.

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the largest derivative exchange in the world,
was established in 1848 where forward contracts on various commodities were
standardized around 1865. From then on, futures contracts have remained more or less
in the same form, as we know them today. In recent years exchanges have
increasingly move from the open outcry system to electronic trading.

In 1994 the derivatives world was hit with a series of large losses on derivatives
trading announced by some well-known and highly experienced firms, such as Procter
and Gamble and Metallgesellschaft.

Derivatives have had a long presence in India. The commodity derivative market has
been functioning in India since the nineteenth century with organized trading in cotton
through the establishment of Cotton Trade Association in 1875. Since then contracts
on various other commodities have been introduced as well. Exchange traded
financial derivatives were introduced in India in June 2000 at the two major stock
exchanges, NSE and BSE. There are various contracts currently traded on these
exchanges.National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX) started

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its operations in December 2003, to provide a platform for commodities trading.The

derivatives market in India has grown exponentially, especially at NSE. Stock Futures
are the most highly traded contracts on NSE accounting for around 55% of the total
turnover of derivatives at NSE, as on April 13, 2005.

DEVELOPMENT OF DERIVATIVES MARKET :

The explosion of growth in Derivative markets coincide with the collapse of Bretton
Woods fixed exchange rate regime and the suspension of dollers convertibility into
gold. Exchange rates became much more volatile,and because interest rates affect and
are also affected by exchange rates, interest rates also became more volatile. A means
for managing risk was required. Derivatives are powerful risk management tools. This
need eventually resulted in the creation of the financial derivatives industry.

DEVELOPMENT OF DERIVATIVES MARKET IN INDIA

The first step towards introduction of derivatives trading in India was the
promulgation of the Securities Laws(Amendment) Ordinance, 1995, which withdrew
the prohibition on options in securities. The market for derivatives, however, did not
take off, as there was no regulatory framework to govern trading of derivatives. SEBI
set up a 24member committee under the Chairmanship of Dr.L.C.Gupta on
November 18, 1996 to develop appropriate regulatory framework for derivatives
trading in India. The committee submitted its report on March 17, 1998 prescribing
necessary preconditions for introduction of derivatives trading in India. The
committee recommended that derivatives should be declared as securities so that
regulatory framework applicable to trading of securities could also govern trading of

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securities. SEBI also set up a group in June 1998 under the Chairmanship of
Prof.J.R.Varma, to recommend measures for risk containment in derivatives market in
India. The report, which was submitted in October 1998, worked out the operational
details of margining system, methodology for charging initial margins, broker net
worth, deposit requirement and realtime monitoring requirements.

The Securities Contract Regulation Act (SCRA) was amended in December 1999 to
include derivatives within the ambit of securities and the regulatory framework was
developed for governing derivatives trading. The act also made it clear that
derivatives shall be legal and valid only if such contracts are traded on a recognized
stock exchange, thus precluding OTC derivatives. The government also rescinded in
March 2000, the three decade old notification, which prohibited forward trading in
securities. Derivatives trading commenced in India in June 2000 after SEBI granted
the final approval to this effect in May 2001. SEBI permitted the derivative segments
of two stock exchanges, NSE and BSE, and their clearing house/corporation to
commence trading and settlement in approved derivatives contracts. To begin with,
SEBI approved trading in index futures contracts based on S&P CNX Nifty and BSE
30(Sensex) index. This was followed by approval for trading in options based on
these two indexes and options on individual securities. The trading in BSE Sensex
options commenced on June 4, 2001 and the trading in options on individual
securities commenced in July 2001. Futures contracts on individual stocks were
launched in November 2001. The derivatives trading on NSE commenced with S&P
CNX Nifty Index futures on June 12, 2000. The trading in index options commenced
on June 4, 2001 and trading in options on individual securities commenced on July 2,
2001. Single stock futures were launched on November 9, 2001. The index futures

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and options contract on NSE are based on S&P CNX. Trading and settlement in
derivative contracts is done in accordance with the rules, byelaws, and regulations of
the respective exchanges and their clearing house/corporation duly approved by SEBI
and notified in the official gazette. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) are permitted
to trade in all Exchange traded derivative products.

Characteristics of derivatives
1.Their value is derived from an underlying asset/instrument
2.They are vehicles for transerfering risk
3.They are leveraged instruments

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ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF DERIVATIVES

1 Higher liquidity
2 Avaliability of risk management products attracts more investors to the cash market.
3 Arbitrage between cash and futures markets fetches additional business to cash market.
4 Improvement in delivery based business.
5 Lesser volatility
6 Improved Price discovery

ARGUMENTS AGAINST DERIVATIVES

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Speculation :It is felt that these instruments will increase the speculation in the
financial markets, which resembles far reaching consequences.

Market efficiency : It is felt that Indian markets are not mature and efficient
enough to introduce these kinds of new instruments.These instruments require a
well functioning & mature spot market.imperfection in the markets make
derivative market more difficult to function.

Volatility:The increased speculation & inefficient market will make the spot
market more volatile with the introduction of derivatives.

Counter party risk : most of the derivative instruments are not exchange
traded.so there is a counter party default risk in these instruments.

Liquidity risk :liquidity of market means the ease with which one can enter or
get out of the market.There is a continued debate about the Indian markets
capability to provide enough liquidity to derivative trader.

NEED FOR A DERIVATIVES MARKET

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The derivatives market performs a number of economic functions:

1.They help in transferring risks from risk averse people to risk oriented people.
2.They help in discovery of futures as well as current prices
3.They catalyze entrepreneurial activity
4.These markets increase volumes trading in market due to participation of risk averse
people.
5.They increase savings and investment in the longrun.

PARTICIPANTS:
The following three broad categories of participants in the derivatives market.
HEDGERS:
Hedgers face risk associated with the price of an asset. They use futures or options
markets to reduce or eliminate this risk.

SPECULATORS:
Speculators wish to bet on future movements in the price of an asset. Futures and options
contracts can give them an extra leverage; that is, they can increase both the potential gains
and potential losses in a speculative venture.
ARBITRAGEURS:
Arbitrageurs are in business to take of a discrepancy between prices in two different markets,
if, for, example, they see the futures price of an asset getting out of line with the cash price,
they will take offsetting position in the two markets to lock in a profit.

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FUNCTIONS OF DERIVATIVES MARKETS:

The following are the various functions that are performed by the derivatives markets.
They are:
1

Prices in an organized derivatives market reflect the perception of market participants

about the future and lead the price of underlying to the perceived future level.

Derivatives market helps to transfer risks from those who have them but may not like
them to those who have an appetite for them.

Derivatives trading acts as a catalyst for new entrepreneurial activity.

Derivatives markets help increase saving and investment in long run.

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TYPES OF DERIVATIVES:

The following are the various types of derivatives. They are:

FORWARDS:
A forward contract is a customized contract between two entities, where settlement takes place
on a specific date in the future at todays pre-agreed price.
FUTURES:
A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a certain time
in the at a certain price.
OPTIONS:
Options are of two types-calls and puts. Calls give the buyer the right but not the obligation
to buy a given quantity of the underlying asset, at a given price on or before a give future
date. Puts give the buyer the right, but not the obligation to sell a given quantity of the
underlying asset at a given price on or before a given date.
CALL OPTIONS:
A call options are the buyers options.They give the holder a right to buy a specific number of
underlying equity shares of a particular company at the strike price on or the before the
maturity.
Put options:
Put options are the sellers options.They give the holder a right to sell a specific number of
underlying equity shares of a particular company at the strike price on or the before the
maturity.
American options:
American options are options are options that can be exercised at any time upto the
expiration date. Most exchange-traded options are American.

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European options:
European options are options that can be exercised only on the expiration date itself.
European options are easier to analyze than American options, and properties of an American
option are frequently deduced from those of its European counterpart.

SWAPS:
Swaps are private agreements between two parties to exchange cash floes in the future
according to a prearranged formula. They can be regarded as portfolios of forward contracts.
The two commonly used Swaps are:
Interest rate Swaps:
These entail swapping only the related cash flows between the parties in the same
currency.
Currency Swaps:
These entail swapping both principal and interest between the parties, with the cash flows
in on direction being in a different currency than those in the opposite direction.
SWAPTION:
Swaptions are options to buy or sell a swap that will become operative at the expiry of the
options. Thus a swaption is an option on a forward swap.
WARRANTS:
Options generally have lives of up to one year; the majority of options traded on options
exchanges having a maximum maturity of nine months. Longer-dated options are called
warrants and are generally traded over-the counter.
LEAPS:
The acronym LEAPS means long-term Equity Anticipation securities. These are options
having a maturity of up to three years.

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BASKETS: Basket options are options on portfolios of underlying assets. The underlying
asset is usually a moving average of a basket of assets. Equity index options are a form of
basket options.
RATIONALE BEHIND THE DELOPMENT OF DERIVATIVES:
Holding portfolios of securities is associated with the risk of the possibility that the investor
may realize his returns, which would be much lesser than what he expected to get. There are
various factors, which affect the returns:
1.

Price or dividend (interest)

2.

Some are internal to the firm like-

Industrial policy

Management capabilities

Consumers preference

Labor strike, etc.

These forces are to a large extent controllable and are termed as non systematic risks. An
investor can easily manage such non-systematic by having a well-diversified portfolio spread
across the companies, industries and groups so that a loss in one may easily be compensated
with a gain in other.
There are yet other of influence which are external to the firm, cannot be controlled and
affect large number of securities. They are termed as systematic risk.
They are:
1.Economic
2.Political
3. Sociological changes are sources of systematic risk.

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For instance, inflation, interest rate, etc. their effect is to cause prices of nearly all-individual
stocks to move together in the same manner. We therefore quite often find stock prices falling
from time to time in spite of companys earning rising and vice versa.
Rational Behind the development of derivatives market is to manage this systematic risk,
liquidity in the sense of being able to buy and sell relatively large amounts quickly without
substantial price concession.

In debt market, a large position of the total risk of securities is systematic. Debt instruments
are also finite life securities with limited marketability due to their small size relative to many
common stocks. Those factors favor for the purpose of both portfolio hedging and
speculation, the introduction of a derivatives securities that is on some broader market rather
than an individual security.
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK:
The trading of derivatives is governed by the provisions contained in the SC R A, the SEBI
Act, and the regulations framed there under the rules and byelaws of stock exchanges.
Regulation for Derivative Trading:
SEBI set up a 24 member committed under Chairmanship of Dr. L. C. Gupta develop the
appropriate regulatory framework for derivative trading in India. The committee submitted its
report in March 1998. On May 11, 1998 SEBI accepted the recommendations of the
committee and approved the phased introduction of derivatives trading in India beginning
with stock index Futures. SEBI also approved he suggestive bye-laws recommended by the
committee for regulation and control of trading and settlement of Derivative contract.
The provision in the SCR Act governs the trading in the securities. The amendment of the
SCR Act to include DERIVATIVES within the ambit of securities in the SCR Act made
trading in Derivatives possible with in the framework of the Act.

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1.

Eligibility criteria as prescribed in the L. C. Gupta committee report may apply to SEBI
for grant of recognition under section 4 of the SCR Act, 1956 to start Derivatives Trading.
The derivative exchange/segment should have a separate governing council and
representation of trading/clearing member shall be limited to maximum 40% of the total
members of the governing council. The exchange shall regulate the sales practices of its
members and will obtain approval of SEBI before start of Trading in any derivative contract.

2.

The exchange shall have minimum 50 members.

3.

The members of an existing segment of the exchange will not automatically become
the members of the derivatives segment. The members of the derivatives segment need to
fulfill the eligibility conditions as lay down by the L. C. Gupta committee.

4.

The clearing and settlement of derivatives trades shall be through a SEBI approved
clearing corporation/clearing house. Clearing Corporation/Clearing House complying with
the eligibility conditions as lay down by the committee have to apply to SEBI for grant of
approval.

5.

Derivatives broker/dealers and Clearing members are required to seek registration from
SEBI.

6.

The Minimum contract value shall not be less than Rs.2 Lakh. Exchange should also
submit details of the futures contract they purpose to introduce.

7.

The trading members are required to have qualified approved user and sales persons
who have passed a certification programme approved by SEBI

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Chapter - 3
THE COMPANY

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COMPANY PROFILE

The Kotak Mahindra Group

Kotak Mahindra is one of India's leading financial institutions, offering complete
financial solutions that encompass every sphere of life. From commercial banking, to
stock broking, to mutual funds, to life insurance, to investment banking, the group
caters to the financial needs of individuals and corporates.
The group has a net worth of around Rs. 3,100 crore, employs around 9,600 people in
its various businesses and has a distribution network of branches, franchisees,
representative offices and satellite offices across 300 cities and towns in India and
offices in New York, London, Dubai and Mauritius. The Group services around 2.2
million customer accounts.

Group Management
Mr. Uday Kotak
Mr. Shivaji Dam
Mr. C. Jayaram
Mr. Dipak Gupta

Executive Vice Chairman & Managing Director

The Kotak Mahindra Group was born in 1985 as Kotak Capital Management Finance
Limited. This company was promoted by Uday Kotak, Sidney A. A. Pinto and Kotak
& Company. Industrialists Harish Mahindra and Anand Mahindra took a stake in
1986, and that's when the company changed its name to Kotak Mahindra Finance
Limited.

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Since then it's been a steady and confident journey to growth and success.
1986
1987
1990
1991
1992
1995

1996

1998
2000
2001
2003
2004
2005
2006

Kotak Mahindra Finance Limited starts the activity of Bill Discounting

Kotak Mahindra Finance Limited enters the Lease and Hire Purchase market
The Auto Finance division is started
The Investment Banking Division is started. Takes over FICOM, one of India's
largest financial retail marketing networks
Enters the Funds Syndication sector
Brokerage and Distribution businesses incorporated into a separate company Kotak Securities. Investment Banking division incorporated into a separate
company - Kotak Mahindra Capital Company
The Auto Finance Business is hived off into a separate company - Kotak
Mahindra Prime Limited (formerly known as Kotak Mahindra Primus Limited).
Kotak Mahindra takes a significant stake in Ford Credit Kotak Mahindra
Limited, for financing Ford vehicles. The launch of Matrix Information Services
Limited marks the Group's entry into information distribution.
Enters the mutual fund market with the launch of Kotak Mahindra Asset
Management Company.
Kotak Mahindra ties up with Old Mutual plc. for the Life Insurance business.
Kotak
Securities
launches
its
on-line
broking
site
(now
www.kotaksecurities.com). Commencement of private equity activity through
setting up of Kotak Mahindra Venture Capital Fund.
Matrix
sold
to
Friday
Corporation
Launches Insurance Services
Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd. converts to a commercial bank - the first Indian
company to do so.
Launches India Growth Fund, a private equity fund.
Kotak Group realigns joint venture in Ford Credit; Buys Kotak Mahindra Prime
(formerly known as Kotak Mahindra Primus Limited) and sells Ford credit
Kotak
Mahindra.
Launches a real estate fund
Bought the 25% stake held by Goldman Sachs in Kotak Mahindra Capital
Company and Kotak Securities

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COMPANY PRODUCTS
Kotak Mahindra Bank
At Kotak Mahindra Bank, we address the entire spectrum of financial needs for
individuals and corporates. we have the products, the experience, the infrastructure
and most importantly the commitment to deliver pragmatic, end-to-end solutions that
really work.

Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance is a 76:24 joint venture between Kotak
Mahindra Bank Ltd. and Old Mutual plc. Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance
is one of the fastest growing insurance companies in India and has shown remarkable
growth since its inception in 2001.

Old Mutual, a company with 160 years experience in life insurance, is an international
financial services group listed on the London Stock Exchange and included in the
FTSE 100 list of companies, with assets under management worth $ 400 Billion as on
30th June, 2006. For customers, this joint venture translates into a company that
combines international expertise with the understanding of the local market

Car Finance
Kotak Mahindra Prime Limited (KMPL) is a subsidiary of Kotak Mahindra Bank
Limited formed to finance all passenger vehicles. The company is dedicated to
financing and supporting automotive and automotive related manufacturers, dealers
and retail customers.The Company offers car financing in the form of loans for the

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entire range of passenger cars and multi utility vehicles. The Company also offers
Inventory funding to car dealers and has entered into strategic arrangement with
various car manufacturers in India for being their preferred financier
Kotak Securities Ltd.
Kotak Securities Ltd. is India's leading stock broking house with a market share of
around 8.5 % as on 31st March. Kotak Securities Ltd. has been the largest in IPO
distribution.
The accolades that Kotak Securities has been graced with include:

Prime Ranking Award(2003-04)- Largest Distributor of IPO's

Finance Asia Award (2004)- India's best Equity House

Finance Asia Award (2005)-Best Broker In India

Euromoney Award (2005)-Best Equities House In India

Finance Asia Award (2006)- Best Broker In India

Euromoney Award (2006) - Best Provider of Portfolio Management : Equities

Kotak Securities Ltd - Institutional Equities

Kotak Securities, a subsidiary of Kotak Mahindra Bank, is the stock-broking and
distribution arm of the Kotak Mahindra Group. The institutional business division
primarily covers secondary market broking. It caters to the needs of foreign and
Indian institutional investors in Indian equities (both local shares and GDRs). The
division also has a comprehensive research cell with sectoral analysts covering all the
major areas of the Indian economy.
Kotak Mahindra Capital Company (KMCC)
Kotak Mahindra Capital Company (KMCC) helps leading Indian corporations, banks,

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financial institutions and government companies access domestic and international

capital markets.
It has been a leader in the capital markets, having consistently led the league tables for
lead management in the past five years, leading 16 of the 20 largest Indian offerings
between fiscal 2000 and 2006.
KMCC has the most current understanding of investor appetite, having been the
leading book runner/lead manager in public equity offerings in the period FY 2002-06

Kotak Mahindra International

Kotak has wholly-owned subsidiaries with offices in Mauritius, London, Dubai and
New York. These subsidiaries specialize in providing services to overseas investors
seeking to invest into India. Investors can access the asset management capability of
the international subsidiaries through funds domiciled in Mauritius.
The international subsidiaries offer brokerage and asset management services to
institutions and high net worth individuals based outside India through their range of
offshore India funds, as well as through specific advisory and discretionary
investment management mandates from institutional investors. The International
subsidiaries also provide lead management and underwriting services in conjuction
with Kotak Mahindra Capital Company with respect to the issuances of domestic
Indian securities in the international marketplace.
Offerings from the International subsidiaries
Kotak Indian Growth Fund The fund aims to achieve capital appreciation by being
invested in shares and equity-linked instruments of Indian companies.

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Kotak Indian Mid-Cap Fund The fund aims to achieve capital appreciation by being
primarily invested in the shares and equity linked instruments of mid-capitalisation
companies in India.
Kotak Indian Life Sciences Fund The fund aims to achieve capital appreciation by
being invested in shares and equity-linked instruments of Indian companies in the life
sciences business.
Kotak Indian Shariah Fund Kotak Indian Shariah Fund, an Indian Equity fund which
endeavours to achieve capital appreciation by being invested in the shares and equitylinked instruments of companies which are Shariah compliant. Indian Equity Fund of
Funds .The Portfolio endeavours to achieve capital appreciation by being substantially
invested in the shares or units of Mutual Funds schemes, that are either:
i. Equity schemes investing predominantly in Indian equities.
ii. Equity fund of funds schemes investing predominantly in units of other
Mutual Fund schemes that invest mainly in Indian equities.

Kotak Liquid Fund the Kotak Liquid Fund endeavours to invest predominantly in
Debt and Money Market instruments of short maturity (less than 180 days) and other
funds which invest in such securities across geographies and currencies as applicable
under the prevailing laws. The fund may also invest in bank deposits.
Focused India Portfolio Focused India Portfolio seeks to capture the pan-India story
through specific bottom up investments across sectors and market capitalizations

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The Fund
Kotak Realty Fund, established in May 2005, is one of India's first private equity
funds with a focus on real estate and real estate intensive businesses. Kotak Realty
Fund operates as a venture capital fund, under the SEBI Venture Capital Fund
Regulations, 1996 in India. The fund's corpus has been contributed by leading banks,
domestic corporates, family offices and high net worth individuals. The fund is closed
ended and has a life of seven years.
Investment Formats
The fund would seek equity investments in development projects, enterprise level
investments in real estate operating companies, and in real estate intensive businesses
not limited to hotels, healthcare, retailing, education and property management.
Further, the fund would also be investing in non-performing loans with underlying
property collateral.

Asset Class
The fund would invest in all the main property asset classes such as residential
(townships, luxury residential, low cost housing, golf communities), hospitality
(hotels and serviced apartments), office (core and business parks), shopping centres
and alternative asset classes such as logistics and warehousing.
Geographical Locations
In order to achieve geographical diversity, the fund would invest in not just the Tier I
cities such as Mumbai, NCR and Bangalore but also in Tier II cities such as Pune,
Kolkotta, Hyderabad and Chennai) and other Tier III cities, examples of which are
Nagpur, Coimbotore, Mysore and Ludhiana)
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The Fund Manager believes that through diversification in geographies, asset class
and investment formats, the Fund should be well positioned to achieve superior risk
adjusted returns.
Fund Management Team
Kotak Realty Fund is managed by its investment team located in Mumbai, India and
supported by an organization in which thought leadership, contrarian play, due
diligence, communication and collaborative partnerships take precedence. The Fund
has a core team of professionals dedicated to sourcing, analyzing, executing and
managing the investments. This unique team brings together profiles combining real
estate corporate finance advisory, investment banking, venture capital, infrastructure
development and finance, and REITS valuation experience.

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company Limited (KMAMC)

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company Limited (KMAMC), a wholly owned
subsidiary of KMBL, is the Asset Manager for Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund
(KMMF). KMAMC started operations in December 1998 and has over 4 Lac
investors in various schemes. KMMF offers schemes catering to investors with
varying risk - return profiles and was the first fund house in the country to launch a
dedicated gilt scheme investing only in government securities.
We are sponsored by Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited, one of India's fastest growing
banks, with a pedigree of over twenty years in the Indian Financial Markets. Kotak
Mahindra Asset Management Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the bank, is our
Investment Manager.

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We made a humble beginning in the Mutual Fund space with the launch of our first
scheme in December, 1998. Today we offer a complete bouquet of products and
services suiting the diverse and varying needs and risk-return profiles of our investors.
We are committed to offering innovative investment solutions and world-class
services and conveniences to facilitate wealth creation for our investors.

DERIVATIVES:The emergence of the market for derivatives products, most notably forwards, futures and
options, can be tracked back to the willingness of risk-averse economic agents to guard
themselves against uncertainties arising out of fluctuations in asset prices. By their very
nature, the financial markets are marked by a very high degree of volatility. Through the
use of derivative products, it is possible to partially or fully transfer price risks by lockingin asset prices. As instruments of risk management, these generally do not influence the
fluctuations in the underlying asset prices. However, by locking-in asset prices, derivative
product minimizes the impact of fluctuations in asset prices on the profitability and cash
flow situation of risk-averse investors.

Derivatives are risk management instruments, which derive their value from an
underlying asset. The underlying asset can be bullion, index, share, bonds, currency,
interest, etc.. Banks, Securities firms, companies and investors to hedge risks, to gain
access to cheaper money and to make profit, use derivatives. Derivatives are likely to grow
even at a faster rate in future.

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DEFINITION
Derivative is a product whose value is derived from the value of an underlying asset in a
contractual manner. The underlying asset can be equity, forex, commodity or any other asset.
Securities Contracts (Regulation)Act, 1956 (SCR Act) defines derivative to secured or
unsecured, risk instrument or contract for differences or any other form of security. A contract
which derives its value from the prices, or index of prices, of underlying securities.
HISTORY OF DERIVATIVES
The history of derivatives is quite colorful and surprisingly a lot longer than most people
think. Days back I compiled a list of the events that I thought shaped the history of
derivatives. What follows here is a snapshot of the major events that I think form the
evolution of derivatives. I would like to first note that some of these stories are controversial.

Do they really involve derivatives? Or do the minds of people like myself and others see
derivatives everywhere?

To start we need to go back to the Bible. In Genesis Chapter 29, believed to be about the
year 1700 B.C., Jacob purchased an option costing him seven years of labor that granted him
the right to marry Laban's daughter Rachel. His prospective father-in-law, however, reneged,
perhaps making this not only the first derivative but the first default on a derivative. Laban
required Jacob to marry his older daughter Leah. Jacob married Leah, but because he
preferred Rachel, he purchased another option, requiring seven more years of labor, and
finally married Rachel, bigamy being allowed in those days. Some argue that Jacob really
had forward contracts, which obligated him to the marriages but that does not matter. Jacob
did derivatives, one-way or the other.

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The first exchange for trading derivatives appeared to be the Royal Exchange in
London, which permitted forward contracting. The celebrated Dutch Tulip bulb
mania, was characterized by forward contract on tulip bulbs around 1637.

The first "futures" contracts are generally traced to the Yodoya rice market in
Osaka, Japan around 1650. These were evidently standardized contracts, which
made them much like today's futures, although it is not known if the contracts were
marked to market daily or had credit guarantees.

Probably the next major event, and the most significant as far as the history of U. S.
futures markets, was the creation of the Chicago Board of Trade in 1848. Due to its
prime location on Lake Michigan, Chicago was developing as a major center for the
storage, sale, and distribution of Midwestern grain. Due to the seasonality of grain,
however, Chicago's storage facilities were unable to accommodate the enormous
increase in supply that occurred following the harvest. Similarly, its facilities were
underutilized in the spring.

Chicago spot prices rose and fell drastically. A group of grain traders created the "toarrive" contract, which permitted farmers to lock in the price and deliver the grain
later. This allowed the farmer to store the grain either on the farm or at a storage
facility nearby and deliver it to Chicago months later. These to-arrive contracts Proved
useful as a device for hedging and speculating on price changes. Farmers and traders
soon realized that the sale and delivery of the grain itself was not nearly as important
as the ability to transfer the price risk associated with the grain. The grain could
always be sold and delivered anywhere else at any time. These contracts were

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eventually standardized around 1865, and in 1925 the first futures clearinghouse was
formed. From that point on, futures contracts were pretty much of the form we know
them today.

In 1874 the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's predecessor, the Chicago Produce

Exchange, was formed. It became the modern day Merc in 1919. Other exchanges had
been popping up around the country and continued to do so.

The early twentieth century was a dark period for derivatives trading as bucket shops
were rampant. Bucket shops are small operators in options and securities that
typically lure customers into transactions and then flee with the money, setting up
shop elsewhere. In 1922, the federal government made its first effort to regulate the
futures market with the Grain Futures Act.

In 1972 the Chicago Mercantile

Exchange, responding to the now-freely floating international currencies, created the

International Monetary Market, which allowed trading in currency futures. These
were the first futures contracts that were not on physical commodities.

In 1975 the Chicago Board of Trade created the first interest rate futures contract, one
based on Ginnie Mae (GNMA) mortgages. While the contract met with initial
success, it eventually died. In 1982 the CME created the Eurodollar contract, which
has now surpassed the T -bond contract to become the most actively traded of all
futures contracts. In 1982, the Kansas City Board of Trade launched the first stock
index futures, a contract on the Value Line Index. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange
quickly followed with their highly successful contract on the S&P 500 index.

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In 1973 marked the creation of both the Chicago Board Options Exchange and the
publication of perhaps the most famous formula in finance, the option pricing model
of Fischer Black and Myron Scholes. These events revolutionized the investment
world in ways no one could imagine at that time. The Black-Scholes model, as it came
to be known, set up a mathematical framework that formed the basis for an explosive
revolution in the use of derivatives.

In 1983, the Chicago Board Options Exchange decided to create an option on an

index of stocks. Though originally known as the CBOE 100 Index, it was soon turned
over to Standard and Poor's and became known as the S&P 100, which remains the
most actively traded exchange-listed option.

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the largest derivative exchange in the world,
was established in 1848 where forward contracts on various commodities were
standardised around 1865. From then on, futures contracts have remained more or less
in the same form, as we know them today. In recent years exchanges have
increasingly move from the open outcry system to electronic trading.

In 1994 the derivatives world was hit with a series of large losses on derivatives
trading announced by some well-known and highly experienced firms, such as Procter
and Gamble and Metallgesellschaft.

Derivatives have had a long presence in India. The commodity derivative market has
been functioning in India since the nineteenth century with organized trading in cotton
through the establishment of Cotton Trade Association in 1875. Since then contracts

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on various other commodities have been introduced as well. Exchange traded

financial derivatives were introduced in India in June 2000 at the two major stock
exchanges, NSE and BSE. There are various contracts currently traded on these
exchanges. National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX) started
its operations in December 2003, to provide a platform for commodities trading.The
derivatives market in India has grown exponentially, especially at NSE. Stock Futures
are the most highly traded contracts on NSE accounting for around 55% of the total
turnover of derivatives at NSE, as on April 13, 2005.

DEVELOPMENT OF DERIVATIVES MARKET :

The explosion of growth in Derivative markets coincide with the collapse of Bretton
Woods fixed exchange rate regime and the suspension of dollers convertibility into
gold. Exchange rates became much more volatile,and because interest rates affect and
are also affected by exchange rates, interest rates also became more volatile.A means
for managing risk was required. Derivatives are powerful risk management tools. This
need eventually resulted in the creation of the financial derivatives industry.

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YEAR
1971

DEVLOPMENTS
US announced an end to the
Bretton Woods System of
fixed exchange rates.

1972

End of Gold convertibility

1973

Managed floating rates

marked the creation of both

the Chicago Board Options
Exchange
and
the
publication of the most
famous formula in finance,
the option pricing model of
Fischer Black and Myron
Scholes.

1974

Commodity price swings

Growing
interest
commodity futures

1975

Volatile interest rates

Interest Rate Futures; the

Chicago Board of Trade
created the first interest rate
futures contract, one based
on Ginnie Mae (GNMA)
mortgages.

1976

1976 Recession

1977-78

Another attempt at exchange New

York
Mercantile
rate
stabilityJamaica Exchange Energy Futures
Accords

1978-79

European Monetary Systems

1979-80

INNOVATIONS
The Chicago Mercantile
Exchange, Creation of the
International
Monetary
Market, Currency Futures

in

Big Bang hits London

1980-81

Federal Reserve to target London

International
money and not interest rates Futures Exchange

1981-82

Reagan Recovery

Philadelphia
Exchange,
Currency Options, Currency
Swaps

DEVELOPMENT OF DERIVATIVES MARKET IN INDIA

The first step towards introduction of derivatives trading in India was the
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promulgation of the Securities Laws(Amendment) Ordinance, 1995, which withdrew

the prohibition on options in securities. The market for derivatives, however, did not
take off, as there was no regulatory framework to govern trading of derivatives. SEBI
set up a 24member committee under the Chairmanship of Dr.L.C.Gupta on
November 18, 1996 to develop appropriate regulatory framework for derivatives
trading in India. The committee submitted its report on March 17, 1998 prescribing
necessary preconditions for introduction of derivatives trading in India. The
committee recommended that derivatives should be declared as securities so that
regulatory framework applicable to trading of securities could also govern trading of
securities. SEBI also set up a group in June 1998 under the Chairmanship of
Prof.J.R.Varma, to recommend measures for risk containment in derivatives market in
India. The report, which was submitted in October 1998, worked out the operational
details of margining system, methodology for charging initial margins, broker net
worth, deposit requirement and realtime monitoring requirements.

The Securities Contract Regulation Act (SCRA) was amended in December 1999 to
include derivatives within the ambit of securities and the regulatory framework was
developed for governing derivatives trading. The act also made it clear that
derivatives shall be legal and valid only if such contracts are traded on a recognized
stock exchange, thus precluding OTC derivatives. The government also rescinded in
March 2000, the three decade old notification, which prohibited forward trading in
securities. Derivatives trading commenced in India in June 2000 after SEBI granted
the final approval to this effect in May 2001. SEBI permitted the derivative segments
of two stock exchanges, NSE and BSE, and their clearing house/corporation to
commence trading and settlement in approved derivatives contracts. To begin with,

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SEBI approved trading in index futures contracts based on S&P CNX Nifty and BSE
30(Sensex) index. This was followed by approval for trading in options based on
these two indexes and options on individual securities. The trading in BSE Sensex
options commenced on June 4, 2001 and the trading in options on individual
securities commenced in July 2001. Futures contracts on individual stocks were
launched in November 2001. The derivatives trading on NSE commenced with S&P
CNX Nifty Index futures on June 12, 2000. The trading in index options commenced
on June 4, 2001 and trading in options on individual securities commenced on July 2,
2001. Single stock futures were launched on November 9, 2001. The index futures
and options contract on NSE are based on S&P CNX. Trading and settlement in
derivative contracts is done in accordance with the rules, byelaws, and regulations of
the respective exchanges and their clearing house/corporation duly approved by SEBI
and notified in the official gazette. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) are permitted
to trade in all Exchange traded derivative products.

Characteristics of derivatives
1.Their value is derived from an underlying asset/instrument
2.They are vehicles for transerfering risk
3.They are leveraged instruments

ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF DERIVATIVES

1. Higher liquidity
2. Avaliability of risk management products attracts more investors to the cash market.
3. Arbitrage between cash and futures markets fetches additional business to cash
market.

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4. Improvement in delivery based business.

5. Lesser volatility
6. Improved Price discovery

ARGUMENTS AGAINST DERIVATIVES

1

Speculation :It is felt that these instruments will increase the speculation in
the financial markets,which resembles far reaching consequences.

Market efficiency : It is felt that Indian markets are not mature and efficient
enough to introduce these kinds of new instruments.These instruments require
a well functioning & mature spot market.imperfection in the markets make
derivative market more difficult to function.

Volatility:The increased speculation & inefficient market will make the spot
market more volatile with the introduction of derivatives.

Counter party risk : most of the derivative instruments are not exchange
traded.so there is a counter party default risk in these instruments.

Liquidity risk :liquidity of market means the ease with which one can enter or get out of
the market. There is a continued debate about the Indian markets capability to provide
enough liquidity to derivative trader.

NEED FOR A DERIVATIVES MARKET

The derivatives market performs a number of economic functions:
1.They help in transferring risks from risk averse people to risk oriented people.
2.They help in discovery of futures as well as current prices
3.They catalyze entrepreneurial activity

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4.These markets increase volumes trading in market due to participation of risk averse
people.
5.They increase savings and investment in the longrun.

PARTICIPANTS:
The following three broad categories of participants in the derivatives market.
HEDGERS:
Hedgers face risk associated with the price of an asset. They use futures or options
markets to reduce or eliminate this risk.
SPECULATORS:
Speculators wish to bet on future movements in the price of an asset. Futures and
options contracts can give them an extra leverage; that is, they can increase both the
potential gains and potential losses in a speculative venture.
ARBITRAGEURS:
Arbitrageurs are in business to take of a discrepancy between prices in two different
markets, if, for, example, they see the futures price of an asset getting out of line with
the cash price, they will take offsetting position in the two markets to lock in a profit.
TYPES OF DERIVATIVES:

The following are the various types of derivatives. They are:

FORWARDS:
A forward contract is a customized contract between two entities, where settlement takes
place on a specific date in the future at todays pre-agreed price.
FUTURES:
A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a certain time

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in the at a certain price.

OPTIONS:
Options are of two types-calls and puts. Calls give the buyer the right but not the obligation
to buy a given quantity of the underlying asset, at a given price on or before a give future
date. Puts give the buyer the right, but not the obligation to sell a given quantity of the
underlying asset at a given price on or before a given date.
CALL OPTIONS:
A call options are the buyers options.They give the holder a right to buy a specific number of
underlying equity shares of a particular company at the strike price on or the before the
maturity.
Put options:
Put options are the sellers options.They give the holder a right to sell a specific number of
underlying equity shares of a particular company at the strike price on or the before the
maturity.
American options:
American options are options are options that can be exercised at any time upto the
expiration date. Most exchange-traded options are American.
European options:
European options are options that can be exercised only on the expiration date itself.
European options are easier to analyze than American options,and properties of an American
option are frequently deduced from those of its European counterpart.

SWAPS:
Swaps are private agreements between two parties to exchange cash floes in the future
according to a prearranged formula. They can be regarded as portfolios of forward contracts.

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The two commonly used Swaps are:

Interest rate Swaps:
These entail swapping only the related cash flows between the parties in the same currency.
Currency Swaps:
These entail swapping both principal and interest between the parties, with the cash flows in
on direction being in a different currency than those in the opposite direction.
SWAPTION:
Swaptions are options to buy or sell a swap that will become operative at the expiry of the
options. Thus a swaption is an option on a forward swap.
WARRANTS:
Options generally have lives of up to one year; the majority of options traded on options
exchanges having a maximum maturity of nine months. Longer-dated options are called
warrants and are generally traded over-the counter.
LEAPS:
The acronym LEAPS means long-term Equity Anticipation securities. These are options
having a maturity of up to three years.

BASKETS: Basket options are options on portfolios of underlying assets. The underlying
asset is usually a moving average of a basket of assets. Equity index options are a form of
basket options.

RATIONALE BEHIND THE DEVELOPMENT OF DERIVATIVES:

Holding portfolios of securities is associated with the risk of the possibility that the investor
may realize his returns, which would be much lesser than what he expected to get. There are

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various factors, which affect the returns:

1. Price or dividend (interest)
2. Some are internal to the firm like3. Industrial policy
4. Management capabilities
5. Consumers preference
6. Labor strike, etc.

These forces are to a large extent controllable and are termed as non systematic risks. An
investor can easily manage such non-systematic by having a well-diversified portfolio spread
across the companies, industries and groups so that a loss in one may easily be compensated
with a gain in other.
There are yet other of influence which are external to the firm, cannot be controlled and
affect large number of securities. They are termed as systematic risk.
They are:
1.Economic
2.Political
3. Sociological changes are sources of systematic risk.
For instance, inflation, interest rate, etc. their effect is to cause prices of nearly all-individual
stocks to move together in the same manner. We therefore quite often find stock prices falling
from time to time in spite of companys earning rising and vice versa.
Rational Behind the development of derivatives market is to manage this systematic risk,
liquidity in the sense of being able to buy and sell relatively large amounts quickly without
substantial price concession.
In debt market, a large position of the total risk of securities is systematic. Debt

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instruments are also finite life securities with limited marketability due to their small size
relative to many common stocks. Those factors favor for the purpose of both portfolio
hedging and speculation, the introduction of a derivatives securities that is on some broader
market rather than an individual security.

REGULATORY FRAMEWORK:
The trading of derivatives is governed by the provisions contained in the SC R A, the SEBI
Act, and the regulations framed there under the rules and byelaws of stock exchanges.
Regulation for Derivative Trading:
SEBI set up a 24 member committed under Chairmanship of Dr. L. C. Gupta develop the
appropriate regulatory framework for derivative trading in India. The committee submitted its
report in March 1998. On May 11, 1998 SEBI accepted the recommendations of the
committee and approved the phased introduction of derivatives trading in India beginning
with stock index Futures. SEBI also approved he suggestive bye-laws recommended by the
committee for regulation and control of trading and settlement of Derivative contract.
The provision in the SCR Act governs the trading in the securities. The amendment of the
SCR Act to include DERIVATIVES within the ambit of securities in the SCR Act made
trading in Derivatives possible with in the framework of the Act.
Eligibility criteria as prescribed in the L. C. Gupta committee report may apply to SEBI for
grant of recognition under section 4 of the SCR Act, 1956 to start Derivatives Trading. The
derivative exchange/segment should have a separate governing council and representation of
trading/clearing member shall be limited to maximum 40% of the total members of the
governing council. The exchange shall regulate the sales practices of its members and will
obtain approval of SEBI before start of Trading in any derivative contract.
The exchange shall have minimum 50 members.

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The members of an existing segment of the exchange will not automatically become the
members of the derivatives segment. The members of the derivatives segment need to fulfill
the eligibility conditions as lay down by the L. C. Gupta committee.
The clearing and settlement of derivatives trades shall be through a SEBI approved clearing
corporation/clearing house. Clearing Corporation/Clearing House complying with the
eligibility conditions as lay down by the committee have to apply to SEBI for grant of
approval.

Derivatives broker/dealers and Clearing members are required to seek registration from
SEBI.

The Minimum contract value shall not be less than Rs.2 Lakh. Exchange should also submit
details of the futures contract they purpose to introduce.

The trading members are required to have qualified approved user and sales persons who
have passed a certification programme approved by SEBI

FUTURES CONTRACT:
A futures contract is a standardized contract, traded on a futures exchange, to
buy or sell a certain underlying instrument at a certain date in the future, at a

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pre-set price. The future date is called the delivery date or final settlement
date. The pre-set price is called the futures price. The price of the underlying asset on
the delivery date is called the settlement price. The futures price, naturally, converges
towards the settlement price on the delivery date. A futures contract gives the holder
the right and the obligation to buy or sell. Contrast this with an options contract,
which gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, and the writer (seller) the
obligation, but not the right. In other words, an option buyer can choose not to
exercise when it would be uneconomical for him/her. The holder of a futures contract
and the writer of an option, do not have a choice. To exit the commitment, the holder
of a futures position has to sell his long position or buy back his short position,
effectively closing the position. Futures contracts are exchange traded derivatives.
The exchange acts as counterparty on all contracts, sets margin requirements, etc.

DEFINITION: A Futures contract is an agreement two parties to buy or sell an asset a

certain time in the future at a certain price. To facilitate liquidity in the futures contract, the
exchange specifies certain standard features of the contract. The standardized items on a
futures contract are:
1

Quantity of the underlying

Quality of the underlying

The date and the month of delivery

The units of price quotations and minimum price change

Location of settlement

FEATURES OF FUTURES:
1

Futures are highly standardized.

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The contracting parties need not pay any down payments.

Hedging of price risks.

They have secondary markets to.

TYPES OF FUTURES:
On the basis of the underlying asset they derive, the futures are divided into two types:
1

Stock futures:

Index futures:

Parties in the futures contract:

There are two parties in a future contract, the buyer and the seller. The buyer of the futures
contract is one who is LONG on the futures contract and the seller of the futures contract is
who is SHORT on the futures contract.

The pay off for the buyer and the seller of the futures of the contracts are as follows:

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Chapter - 4
DATA ANALYSIS

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PAY-OFF FOR A BUYER OF FUTURES:

Iilustration: Suppose ABC buys a February 2008 stock futures contract of Reliance
industries(RIF) ON February 4,2008 at rs 538.40 from XYZ .Lets assume that transaction
cost are brokerage @0.1%,transaction tax at 0.01% of futures, service tax at 10% of
brokerage amount. Hence, after consieringthe transaction costs the cost of acquisition for
ABC is Rs 539.05 and net sales realization for XYZ is Rs 537.75,which wil be their
respective break even price.If price of RIF goes above 539.05,ABC gains and XYZ loses. If
price remain in the range between RS 537.75 and Rs 539.05,only the broker and government
gains and both ABC and XYZ loses. The lot size of RIF is 600

The pay off matrix for ABC and XYZ for different prices of reliance industries futures will be
as per table

Price Of RIF

525

530

535

540

545

550

555

ABC pay off

-8430

-5430

-2430

570

3570

6570

9570

XYZ pay off

7650

4650

1650

-1350

-4350

-7350

-10350

For ABC
Payoff=539.05-525=14.05(per share)
=14.05*600=-8430(total loss)
For XYZ
Payoff=537.75-525=12.75(per share)

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=12.75*600=7650(total profit)

15000 10000 5000 0

525

530

535

540

545

550

555

-1500010000 - 5000-

CASE 1:-The buyer bought the futures contract at (538.40); if the future price goes to 555
then the buyer gets the profit of (9570).
CASE 2:-The buyer gets loss when the future price goes less then (540), if the future price
goes to 525 then the buyer gets the loss of (10350).

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PAY-OFF FOR A SELLER OF FUTURES:

Iilustration:The investor sold futures when the index was at 2220

Profit

2220
0
Loss

The Index stands At 2220.The underlying asset is in this case is the nifty portfolio.
When the index moves up, the long future position starts making profit, and when
index moves down it starts making losses.

MARGINS:
Margins are the deposits which reduce counter party risk, arise in a futures contract. These
margins are collect in order to eliminate the counter party risk. There are three types of
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margins:
Initial Margins:
Whenever a futures contract is signed, both buyer and seller are required to post initial
margins. Both buyer and seller are required to make security deposits that are intended to
guarantee that they will infact be able to fulfill their obligation. These deposits are initial
margins and they are often referred as purchase price of futures contract.
Marking to market margins:
The process of adjusting the equity in an investors account in order to reflect the change in
the settlement price of futures contract is known as MTM margin.

Maintenance margin:
The investor must keep the futures account equity equal to or grater than certain percentage
of the amount deposited as initial margin. If the equity goes less than that percentage of
initial margin, then the investor receives a call for an additional deposit of cash known as
maintenance margin to bring the equity upto the initial margin.

Role of Margins:
The role of margins in the futures contract is explained in the following example.
S sold a satyam June futures contract to B at Rs.300; the following table shows the effect of
margins on the contract. The contract size of satyam is 1200. The initial margin amount is
say Rs.20000, the maintenance margin is 65%of initial margin.
Pricing the Futures:

The Fair value of the futures contract is derived from a model knows as the cost of carry

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model. This model gives the fair value of the contract.

Cost of Carry:
F=S (1+r-q) t
Where
F- Futures price
S- Spot price of the underlying
r- Cost of financing
q- Expected Dividend yield
t - Holding Period.
Futures terminology:
Spot price:
The price at which an asset trades in the spot market.
Futures price:
The price at which the futures contract trades in the futures market.
Contract cycle:
The period over which contract trades. The index futures contracts on the NSE have onemonth, two month and three-month expiry cycle which expire on the last Thursday of the
month. Thus a January expiration contract expires on the last Thursday of January and a
February expiration contract ceases trading on the last Thursday of February. On the Friday
following the last Thursday, a new contract having a three-month expiry is introduced for
trading.

Expiry date:
It is the date specifies in the futures contract. This is the last day on which the contract will be
traded, at the end of which it will cease to exist.

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Contract size:
The amount of asset that has to be delivered under one contract. For instance, the contract
size on NSEs futures market is 200 nifties.
Basis:
In the context of financial futures, basis can be defined as the futures price minus the spot
price. The will be a different basis for each delivery month for each contract, In a normal
market, basis will be positive. This reflects that futures prices normally exceed spot prices.
Cost carry:
The relationship between futures prices and spot prices can be summarized in terms of what
is known as the cost of carry. This measures the storage cost plus the interest that is paid to
finance the asset less the income earned on the asset.
Open Interest:
Total outstanding long or short position in the market at any specific time. As total long
positions in the market would be equal to short positions, for calculation of open interest,
only one side of the contract is counter.

OPTION:
Option is a type of contract between two persons where one grants the other the right to buy a
specific asset at a specific price within a specific time period. Alternatively the contract may
grant the other person the right to sell a specific asset at a specific price within a specific time

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period. In order to have this right. The option buyer has to pay the seller of the option
premium
The assets on which option can be derived are stocks, commodities, indexes etc. If the
underlying asset is the financial asset, then the option are financial option like stock options,
currency options, index options etc, and if options like commodity option.

PROPERTIES OF OPTION:
Options have several unique properties that set them apart from other securities.

The

following are the properties of option:

1 Limited Loss
2 High leverages potential
3 Limited Life

PARTIES IN AN OPTION CONTRACT:

1.

Buyer of the option:

The buyer of an option is one who by paying option premium buys the right but not the

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obligation to exercise his option on seller/writer.

2. Writer/seller of the option:
The writer of the call /put options is the one who receives the option premium and is their by
obligated to sell/buy the asset if the buyer exercises the option on him
TYPES OF OPTIONS:
The options are classified into various types on the basis of various variables. The following
are the various types of options.
On the basis of the underlying asset:
On the basis of the underlying asset the option are divided in to two types :
1

INDEX OPTIONS

The index options have the underlying asset as the index.

2

STOCK OPTIONS:

A stock option gives the buyer of the option the right to buy/sell stock at a specified price.
Stock option are options on the individual stocks, there are currently more than 50 stocks,
there are currently more than 50 stocks are trading in the segment.
On the basis of the market movements:
On the basis of the market movements the option are divided into two types. They are:
CALL OPTION:
A call option is bought by an investor when he seems that the stock price moves
upwards. A call option gives the holder of the option the right but not the obligation to buy
an asset by a certain date for a certain price

PUT OPTION:
A put option is bought by an investor when he seems that the stock price moves downwards.
A put options gives the holder of the option right but not the obligation to sell an asset by a

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certain date for a certain price.

On the basis of exercise of option:

On the basis of the exercising of the option, the options are classified into two categories.
AMERICAN OPTION:
American options are options that can be exercised at any time up to the expiration date, most
exchange-traded option are American.
EUOROPEAN OPTION:
European options are options that can be exercised only on the expiration date itself.
European options are easier to analyze than American options.

PAY-OFF PROFILE FOR BUYER OF A CALL OPTION:

The pay-off of a buyer options depends on a spot price of a underlying asset. The following
graph shows the pay-off of buyer of a call option.
Illustration: Suppose, ABC buys a February 2008 call of strike price Rs 80/- ABB electrical
switch from XYZ on February 22' 2008 at a premium of Rs 2/- per share when the ruling
market price of ABB is Rs 79.50 per share. The expiry date for February 2008 call option is
28th February 2008 being the last Thursday of the month. Hence he has 7 days left for the
expiry of call within which he has exercise to his options, if at all. Now, ABB call option has
a lot is 375 equity shares of ABB .

ABB Mkt Price

76

78

80

81

82

84

86

88

Pay off for ABC

-750

-750

-750

375

750

1500

2250

Pay off for XYZ

750

750

750

375

-750

-1500

-2250

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Strike price=80
Spot price=76
premium=2
Pay-off matrix=spot price-strike price
Pay-0ff matrix=76-80 = -4
Already Rs 2 premium received so net payoff will be 4-2=2*375=-750
It is loss for the buyer(ABC) and profit for the seller(XYZ)
S

SP -

Strike price

OTM

Premium/ Loss

ATM

- At the money

79.50 - Spot price

80
750 -

ITM

Out of the money

-

In the money

Spot price 2
Profit at spot price 79.50

CASE 1: (88 > 76)

As the spot price (88) of the underlying asset is more than strike price (76). the buyer gets
profit of (2250), if price increases more than E1 then profit also increase more than SR.
CASE 2: (76< 80)
As a spot price (76) of the underlying asset is less than strike price (s)
The buyer gets loss of (750), if price goes down less than 750 then also his loss is limited to
his premium (750)

PAY-OFF PROFILE FOR SELLER OF A CALL OPTION:

The pay-off of seller of the call option depends on the spot price of the underlying asset. The
following graph shows the pay-off of seller of a call option:
profit

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86.6
2250
Nifty

loss
The above figure shows profit/losses for the seller of a three month Nifty 2250 call option. As
the spot Nifty rises, the call option is i-the money and the seller starts making losses .If upon
expiration, Nifty closes above the strike price of 2250,the buyer would exercise his option on
the writer who would suffer a loss to the extent of the difference between the Nifty-close and
strike price. The loss that can be incurred by the seller of the option is potentially unlimited,
where has the maximum profit is limited to the extent of the upfront option premium of Rs
86.6 charged by him.

- Strike price

ITM

In the money

SP - Premium /profit

ATM

At the money

E1 - Spot price 1

OTM

E2 -

Spot price 2

SR -

Profit at spot price E1

Out of the money

CASE 1: (Spot price < Strike price)

As the spot price (E1) of the underlying is less than strike price (S). the seller gets the profit
of (SP), if the price decreases less than E1 then also profit of the seller does not exceed (SP).
CASE 2: (Spot price > Strike price)
As the spot price (E2) of the underlying asset is more than strike price (S) the seller gets loss
of (SR), if price goes more than E2 then the loss of the seller also increase more than (SR).
PAY-OFF PROFILE FOR BUYER OF A PUT OPTION:

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The pay-off of the buyer of the option depends on the spot price of the underlying asset. The
following Table and graph shows the pay-off of the buyer of a call option.

Iiustration:
ABC buys a February 2008 put optionof strike price Rs 350/ of sathyam computers from
vishal at a premium of Rs 9/- per share when the ruling Market price of sathyam share is Rs
351.35 per share. A sathyam put option has a lot size of 1200 equity shares sathyam
computers.

Sathyam mkt price

310

320

330

340

350

360

370

Pay-off for ABC

Pay-0ff for XYZ

37200
-37200

25200
-25200

13200
-13200

1200
-1200

-10800
10800

-10800
10800

-10800
10800

Pay-off for ABC:

PUT OPTION=STRIKE PRICE-SPOT PRICE
Pay-off=350-310=40(per share)
premium=Rs 9/- per share
=40-9=31*1200=37200(profit)
At the same time it is loss to the XYZ=37200(loss)
S

Strike price

ITM

In the money

SP -

Premium /profit

OTM

Out of the money

E1 -

Spot price 1

ATM -

E2 -

Spot price 2

SR -

Profit at spot price E1

At the money

50000 -40000 30000 -

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20000100000
310

320

330

340

350

360

370

-10000 -20000 -30000 -40000 -50000 -

CASE 1: If (310< 350)

As the spot price (310) of the underlying asset is less than strike price (350). the buyer gets
the profit (37200), if price decreases less than 310 then profit also increases more than
(37200).
CASE 2: (370 > 350)
As the spot price (370) of the underlying asset is more than strike price (350), the buyer gets
loss of (10800), if price goes more than 370 than the loss of the buyer is limited to his
premium (10800).
PAY-OFF PROFILE FOR SELLER OF A PUT OPTION:
The pay-off of a seller of the option depends on the spot price of the underlying asset.

profit

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2250
0

loss

The above example shows the profit/losses for the seller of a three month Nifty 2250 put
option. As the spot nifty falls, the put option is in the money and the writers starts making
losses .If upon expiration ,nifty closes below the strike price of 2250,the buyer would
exercise his option on the seller who would suffer a loss to the extent of difference between
the strike price and nifty-close.The loss that can incurred by the seller of the option is
maximum extent of the strike price (since the worst can happen if asset price can fall to zero)
where the maximum profit is limited to the extent of the front option premium of RS 61.70
Charged by him.
S

Strike price

ITM

In the money

SP -

Premium/ profit

ATM -

At the money

E1 -

Spot price 1

OTM -

E2 -

Spot price 2

SR -

Profit at spot price E1

Out of the money

CASE 1: (Spot price < Strike price)

As the spot price (E1) of the underlying asset is less than strike price (S), the seller gets the
loss of (SR), if price decreases less than E1 than the loss also increases more than (SR).
CASE 2: (Spot price > Strike price)
As the spot price (E2) of the underlying asset is more than strike price (S), the seller gets
profit of (SP), if price goes more than E2 than the profit of seller is limited to his premium
(SP).

Factors affecting the price of an option:

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The following are the various factors that affect the price of an option they are:
Stock price:
The pay off from a call option is a amount by which the stock price exceeds the strike price.
Call options therefore become more valuable as the stock price increases and vice versa. The
pay-off from a put option is the amount; by which the strike price exceeds the stock price. Put
options therefore become more valuable as the stock price increases and vice versa.
Strike price: In case of a call, as a strike price increases, the stock price has to make a larger
upward move for the option to go in-the-money. Therefore, for a call, as the strike price
increases option becomes less valuable and as strike price decreases, option become more
valuable.
Time to expiration: Both put and call American options become more valuable as a time to
expiration increases.
Volatility: The volatility of a stock price is measured of uncertain about future stock price
movements. As volatility increases, the chance that the stock will do very well or very poor
increases. The value of both calls and puts therefore increase as volatility increase.
Risk-free interest rate: The put option prices decline as the risk-free rate increases where as
the prices of call always increase as the risk-free interest rate increases.
Dividends: Dividends have the effect of reducing the stock price on the x- dividend rate.
This has an negative effect on the value of call options and a positive effect on the value of
put options.

PRICING OPTIONS
The black- scholes formula for the price of European calls and puts on a non-dividend paying
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stock are :

CALL OPTION:
C = SN(D1)-Xe-r t N(D2)
PUT OPTION
P = Xe-r t N(-D2)-SN(-D2)
Where
C = VALUE OF CALL OPTION
S = SPOT PRICE OF STOCK
N= NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
V= VOLATILITY
X = STRIKE PRICE
r = ANNUAL RISK FREE RETURN
t = CONTRACT CYCLE
d1 = Ln (S/X) + (r+ v2/2)t
v\/t
d2 = d1- v\/t
Options Terminology:
Strike price:
The price specified in the options contract is known as strike price or Exercise price.
Options premium:
Option premium is the price paid by the option buyer to the option seller.
Expiration Date:
The date specified in the options contract is known as expiration date.

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In-the-money option:
An In the money option is an option that would lead to positive cash inflow to the holder if it
exercised immediately.
At-the-money option:
An at the money option is an option that would lead to zero cash flow if it is exercised
immediately.
Out-of-the-money option:
An out-of-the-money option is an option that would lead to negative cash flow if it is
exercised immediately.
Intrinsic value of money:
The intrinsic value of an option is ITM, If option is ITM. If the option is OTM, its intrinsic
value is zero.
Time value of an option:
The time value of an option is the difference between its premium and its intrinsic value.

Presentation
The objective of this analysis is to evaluate the profit/loss position futures and options. This
analysis is based on sample data taken of ABB electricals. This analysis considered the

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February contract of ABB. The lot size of ABB is 375, the time period in which this analysis
done is from 18.02.08 04.03.08

Date
18-02-2008
19-02-2008
20-02-2008
21-02-2008
22-02-2008
23-02-2008
25-02-2008
26-02-2008
27-02-2008
28-02-2008
29-02-2008
1-03-2008
3-03-2008
4-03-2008

Future price
1043.05
1026.7
1043.45.
1043.40
1047.50
1075.10
1064.65
1004.60
1015.00
1016.95
1024.25
1017.40
1009.65
1005.45

Market Price
1044.45
1020.25
1034.45
1040.45
1044.65
1062.33
1066.85
1023.95
1010.35
1019.40
1017.55
1017.15
1013.50
1009.00

The closing price of ABB at the end of the contract period is 1009.00and this is considered as
settlement price.

The following table explains the market price and premiums of calls.
1

The first column explains trading date

Second column explains the SPOT market price in cash segment on that date.

The third column explains call premiums amounting 1020,1050 &1080

Call Prices:

Date
18-02-2008
19-02-2008

Market price
1044.45
1020.25

1020
28.5
32.50

Premium
1050
0
19.00

1080
18.05
0
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20-02-2008
21-02-2008
22-02-2008
23-02-2008
25-02-2008
26-02.2008
27-02-2008
28-02-2008
29-02-2008
1-03-2008
3-03-2008
4-03-2008

1034.95
1040.45
1044.65
1062.33
1066.85
1023.95
1010.35
1019.40
1017.55
1017.15
1013.50
1008.00

43
0
0
25.00
30.25
19.75
14.50
12.50
09.85
20.00
0
03.70

28
22.05
25.75
0
18.40
10.75
07.50
09.50
13.00
05.00
07.90
01.00

15.85
13.00
14.05
11.00
10.50
06.35
05.75
0
0
0.80
02.90
0

OBSERVATIONS AND FINDINGS:

CALL OPTION: BUYER PAYS OFF
1

As brought 1 lot of ABB that is 375, those who buy for 1043.05 paid 28.50premium per
share.

Settlement price is 1009

Formula:

Pay off = spot strike

1009-1043.05 = -34.05
because it is negative it is out of the money contract hence buyer will lose only premium.
SELLER PAY OFF :
1

It is out of the money for the buyer so it is in the money for seller, hence His
profit is only premium i.e.., 375*28 =10500.

Put prices:

Date
1 8-02-2008
19-02-2008
20-02-2008
21-02-2008
22-02-2008
23-02-2008
25-02-2008
26-02.2008
27-02-2008

Market price
1044.45
1020.25
1034.95
1040.45
1044.65
1062.33
1066.85
1023.95
1010.35

Premium
1020.00
1050
0
40
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
22.00
0
0
0
0
14.00
0

1080
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

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28-02-2008
29-02-2008
1-03-2008
3-03-2008
4-03-2008

1019.40
1017.55
1017.15
1013.50
1008.00

0
13.00
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0

OBSERVATION AND FINDINGS:

PUT OPTION : BUYER PAY OFF:
1

Those who have purchase put option at a strike price of 1050, the premium payable is
40.00.

On the expiry date the spot market price enclosed at 961.05 the net pay off = 1050-1009
=41 and the premium already paid = 41-40.00 (paid per share)
1*375 =375
that is total profit=375
SELLER PAY OFF:

As seller is entitled only for premium if he is in profit but seller has to borne total loss.

Loss incurred is 1050 1009 = 41

Net loss 41-42*375=375

DATA OF ABB - THE FUTURES AND OPTIONS OF THE

FEBRUARY MONTH
Date
2-02-2008
4-02-2008
5-02-2008
6-02-2008
7-02-2008
8-02-2008

Future price
1043.05
1026.7
1043.45.
1043.40
1047.50
1075.10

Market Price
1044.45
1020.25
1034.45
1040.45
1044.65
1062.33
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9-02-2008
13-02-2008
14-02-2008
15-02-2008
16-02-2008
20-02-2008
21-02-2008
22-02-2008
23-02-2008
27-02-2008
28-02-2008

1064.65
1004.60
1015.00
1016.95
1024.25
1017.40
1009.65
1005.45
962.20
933.2
938.20

1066.85
1023.95
1010.35
1019.40
1017.55
1017.15
1013.50
1008.00
963.50
945.90
941.05

Chapter-5
Summary and Conclusions

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FINDINGS
1

The future price of ABB is moving along with the market price.

If the buy price of the future is less than the settlement price, than the buyer of a future gets
profit.

If the selling price of the future is less than the settlement price, than the seller incur losses.

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SUMMARY
1

Derivates market is an innovation to cash market. Approximately its daily turnover

reaches to the equal stage of cash market. The average daily turnover of the NSE derivative
segments

In cash market the profit/loss of the investor depend the market price of the underlying
asset. The investor may incur huge profits or he may incur huge profits or he may incur huge
loss. But in derivatives segment the investor the investor enjoys huge profits with limited
downside.

In cash market the investor has to pay the total money, but in derivatives the investor
has to pay premiums or margins, which are some percentage of total money.

Derivatives are mostly used for hedging purpose.

In derivative segment the profit/loss of the option writer is purely depend on the
fluctuations of the underlying asset.

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CONCLUSION
1

In bullish market the call option writer incurs more losses so the investor is suggested
to go for a call option to hold, where as the put option holder suffers in a bullish market, so
he is suggested to write a put option.

In bearish market the call option holder will incur more losses so the investor is
suggested to go for a call option to write, where as the put option writer will get more losses,
so he is suggested to hold a put option.

In the above analysis the market price of ABB is having low volatility, so the call
option writers enjoy more profits to holders.

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RECOMMENDATIONS
1

The derivative market is newly started in India and it is not known by every investor, so
SEBI has to take steps to create awareness among the investors about the derivative segment.

In order to increase the derivatives market in India, SEBI should revise some of their
regulations like contract size, participation of FII in the derivatives market.

Contract size should be minimized because small investors cannot afford this much of
huge premiums.

SEBI has to take further steps in the risk management mechanism.

SEBI has to take measures to use effectively the derivatives segment as a tool of
hedging.

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