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UNIT 3
OPTIONS
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Introduction
Exchange traded equity options, are “physical delivery” options. This means that there is a physical delivery of the underlying stock to or from your brokerage account if the option is exercised
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Recap
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Exchange traded
The owner of an equity option can exercise the contract at any time prior to the exercise deadline set by the investors brokerage firm
Generally, this deadline occurs on the option’s last day of trading
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5. Contract specifications
Every financial option is a contract between the two counterparties with the terms of the option specified in a term sheet.
Option contracts may be quite complicated t
They usually contain the following specifications:
whether the option holder has the right to buy (a call option) or the right to sell (a put option) the quantity and class of the underlying asset(s) (e.g., 100 shares of XYZ Co. B stock)
The strike price, also known as the exercise price, which is the price at which the underlying transaction will occur upon exercise.
The expiration date, or expiry, which is the last date the option can be exercised
The settlement terms, for instance whether the writer must deliver the actual asset on exercise, or may simply tender the equivalent cash amount
the terms by which the option is quoted in the market to convert the quoted price into the actual premium – the total amount paid by the holder to the writer
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Bank Nifty Options Contract Specifications
Ticker Symbol
BANKNIFTY
Contract Size
40 units.
Tick Size
0.05
Trading Hours
As in equity derivative segment
No. of strikes/strike intervals
Index Level
Strike Interval
No of Strikes
≤ 2000 50
8/1/2008
> 2000 upto ≤ 3000
100
6/1/2006
> 3000 upto ≤ 4000
> 4000 upto ≤ 6000
12/1/2012
> 6000
Expiry Date
BANKNIFTY options contracts expire on the last Thursday of the expiry month. If the last Thursday is a trading holiday, the contracts expire on the previous trading day.
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Contract months
BANKNIFTY options contracts have a maximum of 3-month trading cycle - the near month , the next month and the far month. A new contract is introduced on the trading day following the expiry of the near month contract.
Option Type
The options contracts shall be European styled which can be exercised only on the expiration date
Daily Settlement Price
Daily premium settlement
Final Settlement Price
Final settlement price for an option contract shall be the closing price of the underlying index in the Normal Market of the Capital Market segment of National Stock Exchange on the last trading day of such futures contract.
Final Settlement Procedure
Final settlement will be Cash settled in INR based on final settlement price. long positions of in-the money contracts shall be assigned to open short positions in option contracts.
Final Settlement day
All open positions on expiry date shall be settled on the next working day of the expiry date (T+1)
Position Limits
The trading member/MF/FII position limits in BANKNIFTY options contracts shall be higher of Rs.500 crores or 15% of the total open interest in the market . This limit would be applicable on open positions in all options contracts on underlying index
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Intermission….
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Hypothetical case
An investor buys call option at a premium of Rs.50 per share. The spot price of the share is Rs.2900 and the strike price is Rs Suggest whether the investor will exercise or not..
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Conclusion
Specifications of option contract
How to make decision in option contract execution?
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