Understanding Hedging in Futures October 29, 2021Gaurav Heera - Asset Scholars Comment What is hedging? One of the most important uses of futures is hedging. Hedging means hedge in Hindi. Hedging is used to protect [...]
Understanding Futures Prices October 29, 2021October 29, 2021Gaurav Heera - Asset Scholars Comment Price Formula If you take any course in futures trading, then you will be first told about the formula for determining the price [...]
Understanding Index Futures – Nifty Futures October 29, 2021October 29, 2021Gaurav Heera - Asset Scholars Comment Fundamentals of Index Futures Nifty futures have a special place in the derivatives market of India. Nifty futures are the most traded in [...]
What is Short Sell – Shorting? October 29, 2021Gaurav Heera - Asset Scholars Comment Shorting (Short Selling) We had a small discussion in Module 1 about what shortening is. Now in this chapter, we will discuss in [...]
Margin Calculator Part2 October 29, 2021Gaurav Heera - Asset Scholars Comment Trade Deal Information We begin this chapter with an old question – why do you think margins are imposed? Now let us repeat [...]
What is Margin Calculator? Part1 October 29, 2021October 29, 2021Gaurav Heera - Asset Scholars Comment In the previous chapter, we talked about margins. Taking the same forward, we will now talk about the margin calculator. Along with this, [...]
Margin & Mark to Market – Futures Trading October 28, 2021Gaurav Heera - Asset Scholars Comment Margin plays the most important role in futures trading. In fact, margin is what makes futures trading different from spot trading as it [...]
Understanding Leverage & Payoff in Futures Trading October 28, 2021Gaurav Heera - Asset Scholars Comment In the previous chapter, with the example of TCS, we learned how futures trading works. In that example, we bought shares of TCS [...]
Introduction to Futures Trading October 28, 2021Gaurav Heera - Asset Scholars Comment In the previous chapter, we have understood some of the principles related to the futures market. Remember that the futures market is a [...]
Introduction to Futures Contract October 28, 2021Gaurav Heera - Asset Scholars Comment The previous chapter saw the example of several straight forward contracts, where two parties enter into an agreement with each other that in [...]