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Derivatives and Risk Management, 1st Edition
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Derivatives and Risk Management, 1st Edition

by Sundaram Janakiramanan
May 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
542 pages
27h 26m
English
Pearson India
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 Derivatives and Risk Management
7.14 Speculation Using Index Futures
If you believe that the market is going to do very well (or poorly) in the near future, you can use this
information to make speculative prots through index futures. If you believe that the market would do
better so that the index value would increase by the expiry date of the futures, you would take a long posi-
tion in the index futures. If your belief is that the market would fare poorly so that the index value would
decrease by the maturity date, you would take a short position in index futures.
Suppose the S&P CNX Niy index value is 4,958 ...
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