Govt brings commodity option trading, settlement at par with equities
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Commodity options can now be settled directly. The current practice is options devolve into futures first and then futures are settled.
This was not attracting enough hedging because of the complexities involved.
Now, brokers are hoping than once the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) implements the new norms, even hedging by farmers and small and medium units will increase.
Through a gazette notification making changes in Securities and Contract Regulations Act, the government has declared “a contract for purchase and sale of right to buy and sell or a right to buy and sell in future in notified underlying goods as derivative”.
So far options or purchase and sale of rights were not defined and hence when options were introduced by Sebi in commodities settlement, things were found to be complicated.
“Today, we have options on futures and not options on Goods. That is why options in commodity derivatives devolve on futures rather that the spot (price) of the underlying. With options on goods, options players can actually give or take delivery of the underlying without getting into the futures contract at the time of expiry. Secondly, in case of cash settled contracts, options can be settled on the spot of the underlying.
As this legal clarity has come now, Sebi will have to change existing regulations governing commodities options and allow options in goods. This also means that commodity options will now be settled in line with equities options and settlement price will be spot market price. On expiry of relevant contracts, options will not have to be converted in futures.
However, Sebi and exchanges will have to change rules. #casansaar (Source - SEBI, Business Standard)
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