Index Vs Stock Option

Index and stock options are known as unique investment opportunities for all men and women who want to make it big in the investment market. However, there are certain peculiarities between index and stock options. 
Index Option 
Index as a type of investment trading is simply a list of number of various stocks that are quite similar to one another. Index option signifies the composite value of all the stocks in question.  in the Indian Stock market, index option is used to evaluate the progress of the Indian economy.  It is also used in determining the general overview of the stock market in a given economy.
Stock Option
Stock option is usually referred to as a legal contract which grants the contract owner the right to purchase or sell stock of a specific quantity at a particular set price before a specific date. Stock option is usually has a standardized term. It has the ability to pull sellers and buyers together in a fantastic manner.  Stock option usually has two main varieties namely; the call option and the put option.  Call option grants the owner the right to buy the stock at a fixed price over a fixed period of time, while put option grants the owner the right to sell the stock at a fixed price over a specific period of time. 
Well, having seen both index and stock option, one can easily find out that both of them also belong to the same category in the capital investment market.  Really, the index option is usually well known by almost every ordinary human person.... 

COMPARISON BETWEEN CASH AND FUTURE TRADING

1.In the cash segment, one can pick up as many shares one wants starting from just one share but Futures, a trader cannot buy less than the lot size prescribed
2. From an investors point of he should invest in Cash Segment. Since Futures are a trading tool, the risk is also high to a large extent.
3. In Futures, a trader needs to pay 33% tax on the profit. In equity, it is a flat proportion of 10% (short term capital gains) if trading done is within a year and no tax if sold later a year (long term capital gains).............

HOW TO PICK GOOD STOCK

In India the volume of investments has somehow depleted in the past 3 years. This market situation leaves extremely fragile scope for any bloopers as far as the common private investor is concerned. The intermittent slowdowns have brought the stock market to a situation where there is always a danger of a double dip; something which small traders and investors can hardly afford at this juncture. Hence, it is absolutely necessary for them to strategies and plan their tactics before making any investment decisions. And this is possible only when they know how to pick good stocks, based on serious and factual knowledge of the market, its history and its current trends.

How to Pick Good Stocks: Strategies and Contours

• The most important thing to remember before making any kind of investment is the current financial scenario of the investment destination- whether it is bank accounts, fixed deposits or in our case; the stock market. These do not operate in a financial vacuum and are notorious for their illusive speculativeness and other malpractices. Reading, understanding, observing and internalizing market trends is an art- an art which can be perfected only after years of practice, patience and fortitude. It is no child’s play and small investors with no experience of stock trading can be easy target for frauds. Hence, it is extremely necessary that the investor keeps an eye on the share market, learns its operational norms, peculiar institutional behavior and uninsured risks. Only after the investor, with or without the help of professional advisors, executes this plan of action can he/she hope to make any headway in terms of profits.

HOW TO MAKE OR LOOSE MONEY IN FUTURE TRADING

In Future trading one can buy any number of shares. In Futures, the trader buys a lot. The lot magnitude is set for every futures contract and it varies from stock to stock & also from company to company.

Margin payment:-

Buying a Futures contract one need not pay the entire value of the contract but just the margin. This margin sum is defined by the exchange. Let’s assume one buys a 1000 Futures contract of a particular company each share costing 50 Rs. This will sum to Rs. 50000 (1000 X 50 Rs). The trader need to pay only about 15% to 20% of that sum and this sum is called the margin amount. Assuming 15% the trader need to pay Rs. 7500 & not Rs. 50000

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