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NISM SERIES VIII – EQUITY DERIVATIVES CERTIFICATION
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EXAM 1
LAST DAY REVISION EXAM
(b) FALSE
Question 2
The clearing corporation may utilize the client account margins deposited with it for
fulfilling the dues which a clearing member may owe to the clearing corporation for the
trades on the clearing members own account. State True or False ?
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Answer
Explanation An open interest is the total number of contracts outstanding (yet to be settled) for an underlying
asset.
Answer
Explanation Clients money cannot be used by the Clearing or Trading member for his trades .
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Correct Answer 3 25
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Answer In a short position, if the price increase their is a loss. So the mark to market margin will be
Explanation debited.
Answer The absolute amount of minimum capital adequacy requirement for derivative brokers/dealers has
Explanation to be much higher than for cash market. Further, if a broker/dealer is involved both in cash and
futures segments, or in several exchanges, the capital adequacy requirement should be satisfied for
each exchange/segment separately.
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Question 7 Change in option premium for a unit change in ________ is known as Rho.
(a) markett volatility
marke
(b) Price of the underlying asset
(c) Risk free interest rate
(d) liquidity
Answer
Explanation Rho is the change in option price given a one percentage point change in the risk-free interest rate.
Answer BID ASK price means Buyer and Seller price - eg Rs 100 - 101
Explanation So Ask price is the price at which the trader is prepared to sell the share.
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Question 9 In India, futures and options on individual stocks are allowed on_______
on__________.
___.
(a) A few selected stocks only
(b) All stocks listed on any of the exchanges
(c) All stocks with stock price of more than Rs.100 or Rs 50 in A and B group resp.
(d) Only those stocks which are simultaneously listed on all the stock exchange in India
Answer Only those stocks are included to be traded in the derivatives segment which meet the SEBI /
Explanation Exchange criteria for derivatives trading ,
Answer If the price of a stock is very volatile, the risk of losses increases. So the Stock Exchanges collect
Explanation higher initial margins in such cases .
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Question 11 In a derivativ
derivativee exchange, the net worth require
requirement
ment for a cleari
clearing
ng member is higher than
that of a non-clearing member.
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
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Question 13 All active members of the Exchange are required to make initial contrib
contribution
ution towards Trade
Guarantee Fund of the Exchange - State True or False ?
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Answer High interest rates means high cost of capital and this will result in an increase in the value of a
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Question 16 Mr. Hitesh is a trading member. One of his clients has purchased 12 contracts of March
series index futures and another client as has sold 10 contracts of March series index futures.
The exposure of Mr. Hitesh as trading member is ________.
(a) grossed up at 22 contracts
(b) netted out at 2 contracts
Answer Trade off basically means- an exchange where you give up one thing in order to get something
Explanation else. In a forward contract for eg - the farmers sells his crop two months hence in exchange of
some amount of money.
Answer The open position of all the clients of a trading member are grossed up to arrive at the total
Explanation exposure of the trading member .
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Question 17 In case of Call options, if the market price is less than the exercis
exercisee (strike) price, the option
will __________.
Answer If market price is below strike price, the option expires worthless as the buyer will incur the
Explanation maximum loss of his premium paid and the seller will earn the premium received.
Answer The Option premium is a combination of intrinsic value and time value and other factors.
Explanation The Intrinsic value is difference between Spot and Exercise Price (Strike Price).
Exercise price remains constant whereas the Spot price fluctuates.
So the option premium will fluctuate as per the movement in Spot price.
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Question 19 A high initial margin level improves solvency & financial capability of the clearing
corporation - True or False ?
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Question 20 An America
American n put option gives the buyer the right but not the oblig
obligations
ations to sell to the writer
an underlying asset at a specified price on or before the expiry date - State whether True or
False ?
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Answer Higher intial margin collection from trading members reduces the chances of their defaults thus
Explanation improving the solvency & financial capability of the clearing corporation.
Answer The owner of American option can exercise his right at any time on or before the expiry date/day
Explanation of the contract.
The owner of European option can exercise his right only on the expiry date/day of the contract.
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(b) FALSE
Question 22 Mr A sold a put option of strike Rs.400 on PQR stock for a premium of Rs.32. The lot size is
500. On the expiry day, PQR stock closed at Rs. 350. What is your net profit or loss?
(a) -25000 (Loss)
(b) -9000 (Loss)
(c) 9000 (Profit)
(d) 25000 (Profit)
Answer A key characteristic of a futures contract that designates when the contract expires and when the
Explanation underlying asset must be delivered. The exchange on the futures contract is traded will also
establish a delivery location and a date within the delivery month when the delivery can take
place.
Not all futures
futures contracts require
require physical delivery
delivery of a commodity,
commodity, and many
many are settled in cash.
Delivery Month is also referred to as "contract month."
Answer Mr. A sold a PUT option, that means he has a bullish or neutral view on PQR stock.
Explanation However, PQR stock has fallen by Rs 50 ( 400 - 350 ).
Which means he has lost Rs 50.
Since he has sold a PUT, he will receive the premium which is Rs 32.
So his net loss will be Rs 50 (Loss) - Rs 32 (Premium Recd) = Rs 18
Total Loss = Rs 18 x 500 (lot size) = Rs. 9000
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Question 23 In an Index Futures contract, the tick size is 0.2 of an index point & the index multiple is Rs
50, then a tick is valued at_______.
(a) Rs 50
(b) Rs 100
(c) Rs 10
(d) Rs 2.50
Correct Answer 23 Rs 10
Answer As per Prof. J. R. Verma Committee recommendations the securities placed with the Clearing
Explanation Corporation shall be marked to market on a periodical basis (weekly).
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Answer Initial margin requirements are based on 99% value at risk over a one day time horizon.
Explanation
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(a) FALSE
(b) TRUE
Answer A default by a member in the derivatives segment will be treated as default in all segments of
Explanation that exchange and as default on all exchanges where he is a member.
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(b) No
Answer Cost components of futures transaction include margins, transaction costs (commissions), taxes
Explanation etc.
So higher the margins more expensive the trading.
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Correct Answer 34 strike price would be higher than the market price
Answer A put option is said to be In The Money when market price is lower than strike price.
Explanation
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Question 36 In an out-of-t
out-of-the
he money put option ____
(a) Strike price would be higher than the market price
(b) Exercise price would be equal to the market
(c) Strike price would be lower than the market price
(d) strike price would be zero
Answer Delta measures the sensitivity of the option value to a given small change in the price of the
Explanation underlying asset.
Correct Answer 36 Strike price would be lower than the market price
Answer A put option is said to be OTM when spot (market) price is higher than strike price.
Explanation A call option is said to be OTM, when spot (market) price is lower than strike price.
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(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Question 38 A trader sold on ABC Stock Futures Contract at Rs.354 & the lot size is 900. What is your
profit or loss if you purchase the contract back at Rs.341 ?
(a) Rs 11700
(b) - Rs 11700 (Loss)
(c) Rs 8300
(d) - Rs 8300 (Loss)
Answer He sold at Rs 354 and bought back at Rs 341 which means he has made a profit.
Explanation Rs 354 - Rs 341 = Rs 13
Rs 13 X 900 (Lot size) = Rs 11700 Profit
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Correct Answer 39 he square of this short position by buying the September future at lower price
Answer Profit can be made in a short position when the price falls and the same is bought back.
Explanation For eg - You sold a stock at Rs 100 ie. created a short position. When price falls to say Rs 80 and
you buy it back, you make a profit of Rs 20.
In case of futures, you have to square up in the same expiry month.
Answer Private Equity Funds are not connected to any index nor are they listed on a stock exchange.
Explanation
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(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Question 42 Time value and intrinsic value of a call option are always either positive or zero- True or
False ?
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Answer The buyer of an option has a right but not the obligation in the contract. Also his riskd are limited
Explanation to the extent of premium paid.
The writer/seller of an option is one who receives the option premium and is thereby obliged to
sell/buy the asset if the buyer of option exercises his right. His risks are unlimited.
Thus Option contracts are not symmetrical as the buyers and sellers have different obligations and
risk factors.
On the other hand obligations and returns in Futures are symmetrical for both buyer and sellers.
Answer Only in-the-money options have intrinsic value whereas at-the-money and out-of-the-money
Explanation options have zero intrinsic value. The intrinsic value of an option can never be negative.
Time value also can never be negative.
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Question 43 The gain or loss is realized on daily basis due to mark to market mechanism in which of the
following contracts ?
Answer As per Dr. L. C. Gupta Committee all clients should pay margins. Brokers should not fund
Explanation margins of clients.
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Answer Position limits are the maximum exposure levels which the entire market can go up to and each
Explanation Clearing Member / Trading member or investor can go up to.
Thus no investor can take an extra ordinary large position and influence the direction of a scrip /
market.
Answer The seller of PUT option is either bearish or neutral. He gains the premium received if the
Explanation underlying increases or remains flat.
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(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Question 48 Mr A buys a call option with lower strike price and sells another call option with higher
strike price both on the same underlying share and same expiration date, the strategy is
called______
(a) Bull Spread
(b) Bear Spread
(c) Butterfly Spread
(d) Calendar Spread
Answer Higher the number of stocks, better the diversification and lower the risks.
Explanation
Answer A bull call spread is constructed by buying a call option with a low strike price, and selling another
Explanation call option with a higher strike price.
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Question 49 Futures trading is considered more risky than equity trading due to ________
_________.
_.
(a) high leverage
(b) High pressure
(c) high volatility
(d) high liquidity
Question 50 Institutio nal investors pay higher margins than the individ
Institutional individual
ual investors for derivativ
derivatives
es
trading - State True or False ?
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
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(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Question 52 You have bought a futures contract and the price drops, you will _________.
(a) Make a profit
(b) Make a loss
(c) given information is incomplete to arrive at a conclusion
(d) none of the above
Answer The derivatives exchange/segment has a separate governing council and no common members are
Explanation allowed between the Cash segment Governing Board and the Derivatives segment Governing
Council of the exchange.
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Question 54 A naked call option means that the writer does not currently owns the underlying - State
True or False ?
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Answer Stock price or Spot price means the current market price of that stock in the cash market.
Explanation
Answer An options strategy in which an investor writes (sells) call options on the open market without
Explanation owning the underlying security.
This strategy is sometimes referred to as an "uncovered call" or a "short call".
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Question 56 When ordinary cash dividends are declared, put option values will decrease - State True or
False ?
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Answer Cash dividends issued by stocks have big impact on their option prices. This is because the
Explanation underlying stock price is expected to drop by the dividend amount on the ex-dividend date.
Put options gets more expensive due to the fact that stock price always drop by the dividend
amount after ex-dividend date.
In case of call options, they can get discounted by as much as the dividend amount.
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Question 58 The daily settlement prices of equity derivatives are decided by _________.
(a) Clearing Corporation
(b) SEBI
(c) Brokers Association
(d) RBI
Answer The writer of an option is one who receives the option premium and is thereby obliged to sell/buy
Explanation the asset if the buyer of option exercises his right.
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Question 60 If a Cleari
Clearing
ng members defaults, the margin paid on his own account only is allowed to be
used by the clearing corporation for realizing its dues from the member. The clients margin
remain unaffected - State True or False ?
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Answer The difference between American and European options is relating to the time of exercising the
Explanation contract. Profit potential in both of them is same,
Answer In case of Clearing Member default, margins paid by the Clearing Member on his own account
Explanation alone would be used to settle his dues.
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Question 61 A future contract is a very standardized contract that leaves very little (except the price)
open to negotiation - State True or False ?
(a) FALSE
(b) TRUE
Question 62 Shorter the time to maturity of the call option, higher will be the time value - State whether
True or False ?
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Answer Terms of the future contracts are standardized wrt. quantity, time period etc. Only price is decided
Explanation by the demand
demand supply and other
other market situations.
situations.
A forward contract on the other hand is not standardized.
Answer Other things being equal, options tend to lose time value each day throughout their life. This is due
Explanation to the fact that the uncertainty element in the price decreases.
Thus shorter the time to maturity, lower will be the time value.
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Question 65 Any person who wishes to open a Trading Account must be given the following documents
by his trading member –
Answer Model Risk Disclosure Document is issued by the members of Exchanges and contains important
Explanation information on trading in Equities and F&O Segments of exchanges.
Answer Bid and Ask price means the Buyer and Seller price.
Explanation For eg price of a stock as quoted on a stock market is Rs. 100 - 101.
So 100 is the Bid price and 101 is the Ask price.
The Ask will will always be higher tha Bid price.
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Both
WhatMr.
typeMohan and Mr.
of contract Soham have a right as well as an obligation under this contract.
is this?
(a) Options
(b) Forwards
(c) Futures
(d) Swaps
Answer Forward contract is an agreement made directly between two parties to buy or sell an asset on a
Explanation specific date in the future, at the terms decided today. There is no Stock Exchange, Commodity
Exchange etc. involved.
Answer
Explanation A closing purchase
offsetting transaction
orissale.
one that reduces or eliminates an existing position by an appropriate
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or False ?
(a) FALSE
(b) TRUE
Answer Clearing Members have to maintain a Minimum Deposit in Liquid Assets of Rs 50 lakhs with the
Explanation exchange or it’s Clearing Corporation.
Corporation.
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Question 72 As per Accounting Standards, the initial margin paid by an option seller is shown under
___________ in the
the balance sheet
(a) Bad Debts
(b) Fixed Assets
(c) Current Assets
(d) Current Liabilities
Answer The essential idea of entering into a forward is to fix the price and thereby avoid the price risk. By
Explanation entering into forwards, one is assured of the price at which one can buy/sell an underlying asset.
Thus Forward contracts are basically meant for hedgeing / managing the risks.
Answer The seller/ writer of the option is required to pay initial margin for entering into the option contract
Explanation and its should be debited to an appropriate account, say, "Equity Index/ Stock Option Margin
Account".
In the balance sheet, such account should be shown separately under the head "Current Assets".
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Question 75 A trader has taken a short position of one contract in Sept ABC futures (contrac
(contractt multiplier
50) at a price of Rs.1800. When he closed this position after a few days, he realized that he
has madethe
generate a profit a Rs.5000.
profit?( Whichbrokerage
Please ignore of the foll costs)
closing. actions would have enabled him to
Question 76 The option which gives the holder a right to buy the underlyi
underlying
ng asset on or before a
particular date for a certain price, is called as _________
(a) European
European put option
Answer To make a profit of Rs 5000, he has to earn Rs 100 per share ( 5000 / 50 (lot size) = 100 )
Explanation Since he has gone short, he will make a profit when the price falls and he buys at the reduced
price.
He has sold at Rs 1800, so when he buys back at Rs 1700 he make Rs 100 profit per share.
Rs 100 X 50 ( Lot size ) = Rs 5000 profit.
Answer In case of American options, buyers can exercise their option any time before the maturity of
Explanation contract.
In case of European options, owner of such option can exercise his right only on the expiry
date/day of the contract.
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Question 77 A call option gives the holder a right to buy how much of the underlying from the writer of
the option?
Question 78 Which of the following is closest to the forward price of a share if cash price is Rs 425,
forward contract maturity=12 months from date, market interest rate 12%
(a) 425
(b) 482
(c) 476
(d) 437
Answer Only the specified quantity as per the lot size of the option contract.
Explanation
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view?
(a) sell the shares of those specific companies and also sell index futures
(b) sell the shares of those specific companies and buy index futures
(c) buy the shares
shares of those specific
specific companies
companies and sell
sell index futures.
futures.
(d) do nothing
Correct Answer 79 sell the shares of those specific companies and buy index futures
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(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Question 82 Which of the following problem(s) that exist in the forward contracts are solved by the Futures
contracts ?
Answer The Professional clearing Member is required to bring in additional Interest free security deposit
Explanation of Rs. 2 Lakhs and Collateral security deposit of Rs. 8 Lakhs per trading member whose trades he
undertakes to clear and settle in the F&O segment.
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Answer Loss incurred on derivatives transactions which are carried out in a recognized stock exchange can
Explanation be carried forward for
for a period of 8 assessment
assessment years.
years.
Answer A short position in a CALL option can be closed out by taking a long position in a same CALL
Explanation option with same exercise date and exercise price.
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Question 86 Mr. Ravi purchases 10 call option on stock at Rs. 20 per call with strike price of Rs 350. If on
exercise date, stock price is Rs. 310, ignoring transaction cost, Mr. Ravi will
choose___________
(a) to exercise the option
(b) not to exercise the option
(c) may or may not exercise the option depending on whether he likes the company or not
(d) may or may not depending on whether he is in town or not
Answer Exchanges provide assistance if the complaints fall within the purview of the Exchange and are
Explanation related to trades that are executed on the Exchange Platform. Excess Brokerage charged by
Trading Member / Sub-broker comes under this assistance.
Answer Mr. Ravi has bought a Call Option assuming that the price will rise.
Explanation The price has fallen and he is in a loss. So he will not choose to exercise his option.
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Question 87 Trading members are required to possess a higher level of Capital Adequacy (as per balance
sheet) than clearing members- True or False ?
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Question 88 A trader sold a call option on a share of strike price Rs. 200 and receiv
received
ed a premium of Rs.
12 from the option buyer. What can be his maximum loss on this position.
(a) Rs 200
(b) Rs 188
(c) Rs 12
(d) Unlimited
Answer Clearing Members are permitted to settle their own trades as well as the trades of the other non-
Explanation clearing members known as Trading Members who have agreed to settle the trades through them.
Thus the Capital Adequacy requirement is higher for Clearing Members.
Answer
Explanation When
makes alosses
traderand
sells a Call option
theoretically he is
price canbearish
rise to/ any
neutral on -that
levels scrip.
so his But can
losses in case the price rises, he
be unlimited.
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Answer The Contract size (Lot size) is specified by the exchange. (minimum value of Rs 2,00,000).
Explanation
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Question 91 In Optio
Options
ns - the seller of an contrac
contractt pays an upfront premium at the time of enteri
entering
ng into
the contract - State whether True or False ?
(a) TRUE
(b) False as the premium is paid on maturity
(c) False as the premium is paid by the buyer and not the seller
(d) None of the above
Correct Answer 91 False as the premium is paid by the buyer and not the seller
Answer All types of Mark to Market margin debits are made on daily basis.
Explanation
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Question 95 Higher the interest rate, the higher the CALL option premiu
premiumm - State True or False ?
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
Answer High interest rates will result in an increase in the value of a call option and a decrease in the value
Explanation of a put option.
Answer A Call option gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation to buy the underlying at the strike
Explanation price.
A put option gives the buyer of the option the right, but not the obligation, to sell the underlying at
the strike price.
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Question 99 On the National Stock Exchange, for its index futures, what would be the opening day of its
April series?
(a) Last Friday of March month
(b) Last Friday of April month
(c) Last Friday of January month
(d) Last Friday of February month
Answer There are 3 series of index futures active all the time. A new series is introduced as the older series
Explanation expires.
Lets assume the Jan, Feb and March series are active currently.
So that next day ie. on the last Friday of Jan, the April series will be activated. This will be the
opening day for April series. Thus we will have three series active ie. Feb, March and April.
NISM SERIES VIII – EQUITY DERIVATIVES CERTIFICATION
V.IMP LAST DAY REVISION EXAM 1
NISM
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NISM SERIES VIII – EQUITY DERIVATIVES CERTIFICATION
V.IMP LAST DAY REVISION EXAM 1