DERIVATIVES MARKET

Derivatives market contents are outlined:
Introduction
Factors driving the growth of derivatives
The need for a derivatives market
participants in the derivatives markets
The types of derivative market
Over-the-counter market (OTC)
Exchange market / exchange traded derivatives (ETD)
Different types of derivatives risk
Derivatives types / products/instruments

Introduction to financial derivatives
Introduction
Forward contracts
Limitations of forward markets
Introduction to futures
Difference between forward contract and futures contract
Stock options
Factors affecting value of an option
Stock index future
Mechanics of futures trading
Using indexes to hedge portfolio risk
Main reasons to trade stock IDEX futures
The S&P CNX index futures
S&P CNX nifty 50 index
Option valuation techniques
Pricing of futures
Embedded derivatives
Index derivatives

Commodity derivatives market
Introduction
Commodity
Commodity market
Different types of commodities traded
National commodity and derivatives exchange limited (NCDEX)
Multi commodity exchange
National board of trade (NBOT)
National multi commodity exchange of India (NMCE)
Investing in commodity derivatives
Some of the advantages of commodity markets
Some of the advantages of commodity markets
Advantages of commodity futures
Commodity swaps
Types of commodity swaps
Valuing commodity swaps
Hedging with commodity derivatives