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8/11/2019 Questionnaire for Investors

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Questionnaire for Investors - EquityDerivatives Market in India

1. Name of the Investor2. Gender

Male Female

3. Age (in years)

18 25 Years

46 - 55 Years

26 - 35 Years

55 - 65 Years

36 - 45 Years

Above 65 Years

4.Place of Residence

5.State of Residence

6. Highest Education (please appropriate box)

10th Std

Post graduate

12th std

Doctorate

7. Experience in Equity Derivatives Market (please only one which isapplicable)

Zero days to 1 Year

More than 2 Years but less than 5Years

More than 10 Years

More than 1 Year but less than 2Years

More than 5 years but less than 10Years

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8. What kind of Category of investor would you fall inRetail

High Net-worth Individual (HNI -income above 25 lacs)

NRIs

Indian Corporates (Pvt Ltd Co, Ltd Coetc)

Foreign Institutions (FII, Sub-Account,OCBs)

MFs, Banks, Insurance Companies,Other Financial Institutions


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9. What is the Income Range you will fall in

Upto Rs. 1 lac

Rs. 10,00,001 - Rs. 15

lacs

Rs. 1,00,001 - Rs. 5lacs

Rs. 15,00,001 - Rs. 25lacs

Rs. 5,00,001 - Rs. 10lacs

Above Rs. 25 lacs*

10. Please enter the Occupation details

Service

Business

Professional

Agriculturist

Retired

Housewife11. Have you undergone any training in derivatives from NSE, BSE or

Broking Firms before starting trading in equity derivatives?

YES NO*

12. Do you think only investors who had undergone some training inderivatives should be allowed to trade in the derivatives market

YES NO

13. You invest in which Derivatives Markets (please tick all applicablebelow)

Equity Currency Commodity

14. Please provide your preference to the type product in EquityDerivatives (Tick the most preferred product type - only one tickmarkis accepted here)

Index Futures

Stock Futures

Index Options

Stock Options

15. What periodicity of contracts do you normally prefer to invest in?(Please tick only one most appropriate)

Contracts expiring in 1Month

Contracts expiring in 12Months

Contracts expiring in 1



Contracts expiring in 3



Do not invest due to


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to 3 Years

I do not invest inSecurities Market at all

to 5 Years

Do not invest since Iconsider investing inderivatives is risky

lack of knowledge ofderivatives

16. Which of the following characterizes your trading activity in theequity derivatives segment (you can slect more than one option here)

Hedging Speculation Arbitrage

17. Strategies used for such investments (tick one or more of thefollowing)

StraddleStrangle

Protective put buying

Protective call buying

General Equity Derivatives Trading(No specific Strategy used)

Covered call writingCollar

Covered put writing

Reverse Collar

More than one strategy used at somepoint or other

18. Minimum contract size value is Rs. 2 lacs. Do you think there

should be reduction in contract size for stock and index derivativescontracts to get larger participation?

YES NO

19. Today, minimum contract size value is Rs. 2 lacs. What range ofcontract size (in terms of contracts value) would be appropriate forfutures contracts?

Upto Rs. 10,000/-

Rs. 10,001/- to Rs. 50,000/-

Rs. 50,001/- to Rs. 1,00,000/-

1,00,001/- to 2,00,000/-

2,00,001/- to 4,00,000/-

Above Rs. 4,00,001/-

20. Which risk is of most concern in the equity derivative market toyou today?

Systematic risk

Market Risk/Price risk/Potential LossRisk

Liquidity Risk

Operational Risk

Legal Risk


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Settlement risk

Credit Risk/Counterparty Default risk

21. What do you think about the growth of the trading in EquityDerivatives Segment in India since its start in 2000

Grew at very fast pace

Growth was moderate

Growth was slow

Did not grow much

22. Do you think the margins charged in Indian Market are excessive

YES NO

23. Do you think market is ripe now for other complex products inderivatives like exotic derivatives, structured products, ETFderivatives, interest rate options etc

YES NO

24. Should these complex products be opened for participation frombanks, financial institutions, FIIS, sub-accounts, Mutual funds,

insurance companies etc. and not to retail clients?YES NO

25. Do you think both the exchanges should start the physicaldelivery settlement for equity derivatives?

YES NO

26. Any comments, suggestions and feedback

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