The History of Future and Optiopns in India.

In India Derivative markets havebeen functioning Since the 19th Century with organaise Traing in cotton through the establishment of The cotton Trade association in 1875.

In June 2000 The NSE introduced the derivatives as exchange traded financial instrument.

In 2001 NSE introduced INDEX and STOCK options.

In 2011 NSE starts Currency Options in a seperate segments.

Option Trading

Option trading has many advantages over other investment vehicles. Trading in option contracts can give an investor the flexibility to place bets on very specific market outcomes.

For example, an option trader can make a bet that in 6 months time a stock will be trading either above a certain price or below a lower price - an each way bet if you will. If the stock trades between these two prices in 6 months, the trader will lose a predetermined amount. This type of option strategy is known as a Long Straddle or could also be a Long Strangle.

Option contracts also provide traders with an enormous amount of leverage. In the US, 1 option contract represents 100 underlying shares. In other countries, such as Australia, option contracts can be in multiplies of 1,000 times the underlying stock or commodity. So, with a relatively small amount of money an option trader can control a very large underlying stock position.

Because of this, option trading can also be a very risky venture for the inexperienced. Of course, option trading can make you very large returns in small amount of time, but trading options can also lose you the same amount if you are not careful.