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Multi Commodity Exchange of India platform launches India’s first options contract on copper futures

May 22, 2018

The Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (MCX) has launched the India’s first options contract on copper futures on May 21, 2018. The option contract will provide physical market participants an additional instrument to hedge their risk. Currently, June, August and November 2018 option contracts are available for trading, with one MCX copper futures contract ..

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What are Commodity Funds?

January 14, 2018

Funds which are usually invested in commodities like gold, oil and livestock are known as commodity funds. They are also invested in commodity futures, options, stocks of companies, gold funds etc. Many products are covered by the commodity markets like oil, agro products etc. Also, prices of the commodities are affected by the forces of ..

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What is Black-Scholes Model?

December 23, 2017

Black-Scholes model is used to find the theoretical value of a call or put option on the basis of the following, namely volatility, option type, underlying stock price, risk-free rate, strike price, time etc.  All possibilities of arbitrage are completely wiped out as there is less speculation and proper pricing of options as compared to ..

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MCX launches India’s first commodity options in gold

October 18, 2017

The Multi-Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) has launched India’s first commodity options in gold and gave stakeholders a new set of financial instruments to hedge their price risks. It is launched by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi on October 17, 2017. MCX has currently launched a Gold Option contract, with Gold ..

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