Winter 2015

Explain the following terms:

1) Market orders 2) Hedging effectiveness 3) Stop-loss Orders 4) Interest rate risk
5) Arbitrager 6) Good-till-day orders 7) Swap
In an emerging market like India Role of regulatory is very crucial In light of
that explain role of SEBI and RBI in derivative market.
Explain difference between forward and future contracts.
Buyer of option has limited losses while writer has unlimited losses in light of the
above statement explain why an option writer is required to post margin while
buyer of option normally is not.
Explain in detail Factors affecting Option prices
What is commodity future? Benefits of commodity futures?
Write note on advantages of exchange traded currency futures contracts over
OTC currency forward contracts.
What are Interest Rate Swaps and Currency Swaps? Write note on need of swap
intermediary the swap dealer / bank.
Explain Butterfly spread with hypothetical values of S&P CNX Nifty.
What is perfect hedge and imperfect hedge? Give the reasons of imperfect hedge.
What is Convergence? Explain principles of Convergence in normal Market and
inverted Market.
Write short note on trading, clearing and settlement system of derivative market
in India.

Summer2015
What do you understand by risks and what are different ways of classifying and
managing them?
Who are the principal users of the derivatives market? What are their motives
and how do they reduce their risk?
Explain the principles of put-call parity with suitable example.
Explain features/specifications of stock/index futures. Explain applications of
index futures.
What is derivative? Explain features of derivatives. Bring out the differences
between the forward, future and options contracts in detail.
What is a commodity future? How farmers can hedge with the help of commodity
futures? Illustrate with example.
Explain Black Scholes model (BSM) for option pricing. Explain assumptions of
BSM.
Explain two ways in which a Bull spread can be created. Include the payoff table
for the strategy.
Discuss the meaning of Cost to carry and convenience Yield, and establish relation
between Future Price, Spot Price, Cost of Carry and Convenience Yield.
Explain the Straddle and Strangles Combination Strategy. Also discuss the
difference between them.
Differentiate between call and put options. What are the rights and obligations of
the holders of long and short positions in them?
The gamma of a portfolio of options on an underlying asset is the rate of change
of the portfolios delta with respect to the price of underlying asset. Explain.
Discuss Initial margin, Maintenance margin and Margin call with the help of an
example.

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