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Definition of American Option

An American Option allows the contract holder to exercise the right any time before or on the expiry date. American style options contracts are not available in India.

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Margin Funding

Margin funding is a feature offered by brokers that allows users to borrow funds from the broker to increase purchasing power for trading or investing in financial markets. Margin funding is effectively a loan and as a result, there’s collateral to be pledged in the form of shares either already owned to about to be bought. Thus, margin funding amplifies profit and loss.

Gamma

Gamma is a mathematical formula used to measure the change in the delta of an options contract price.

Delta is the change in the price of an options contract in relation to the underlying asset’s price.

In simple terms, gamma can be called as the change of the change. The formula to calculate gamma of an options contract is: Γ = ∂2V/∂S2

Convertible Bonds

A convertible bond is a hybrid security that’s initially designed to be a debt instrument that pays a fixed interest rate in exchange for a loan. Once the loan’s tenure ends, the holder can decide to take one of either action:

  • Don’t convert bond: face value of the bond is transferred to the holder on maturity
  • Equity Options

    An equity option gives the holder the right but not the obligation to buy or sell the underyling shares at a pre-agreed price and date. Equity options are derivative contracts that derive value from underlying shares.

    Every equity option comes with a lot size that specifies the total number of underlying shares the contract contains. A trade who wants to start options trading can procure the derivative contract by paying a premium.

    Exponential Moving Average

    Exponential Moving Average (EMA) is a technical indicator used to follow price trends over a specific period of time. EMA assigns more weight to recent prices than older prices. The formula to calculate EMA is:

    Exponential Moving Average = (K x (CP - PP)) + PP

    C: Current Price of stock, currency, commodity, etc. P: The EMA of preceding periods K: Exponential smoothing constant

    A Simple Moving Average (SMA) is used to calculate the value of the first period. Furthermore, the EMA can be used to identify support and resistance areas. However, it may not be optimal for identifying precise entry and exit points.

    Deferred Tax

    The term deferred tax in a financial statement is used to refer to future tax payments in the case of temporary differences, a situation where an asset or liability on the balance sheet is realised but is taxable in the future.

    Common examples of deferred tax include line items such as employee bonus or PF contributions, depreciation of fixed assets, net losses, and others.



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