Derivatives Foundation case studies, worked step by step

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All topicsMargin, clearing and risk limits8Market making and trading scenarios8Option pricing and arbitrage checks8Option strategies and trade ideas10Hedging with futures8Forwards, futures and arbitrage8Volatility trading8Interest rate derivatives9Structured products and client solutions7Currency derivatives and corporate FX hedging9Credit derivatives and counterparty risk7Greeks and managing an options book10
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  1. 002A market maker faces order flow of which 20% comes from traders who know the price will move Rs 4 in their favour. What half-spread breaks even, and what happens when the informed share doubles?Market making and trading scenariosCoreMarket makingQuant trading
  2. 044Vairatgad Market Makers quotes one-month options on Chandoli Paper. An at-the-money option has vega of Rs 1.2 per vol point per share, fair volatility is uncertain by about 0.8 points, and hedging costs about Rs 0.10 a share. What is a minimum sensible bid-offer width, and what would make you widen it?Market making and trading scenariosCoreMarket makingVolatility trading
  3. 070A stock joins the Satpura 50 and index funds must buy about Rs 900 crore at the close on the effective date, against average daily trading of Rs 150 crore. A facilitation desk can pre-position or offer the funds a guaranteed close. Size the liquidity problem and the desk's risk, and say what happens if the stock falls 4% after inclusion.Market making and trading scenariosHardMizuhoHong Kong · 2024MizuhoHong Kong · 2024MizuhoHong Kong · 2024
  4. 071After selling calls to a client, your desk must buy 2 lakh shares to hedge delta. Mid is 500.5 and the offers are 20,000 at 501, 40,000 at 502, 60,000 at 503 and 80,000 at 505. What are the average fill and the slippage if you sweep the book, and what else could you do?Market making and trading scenariosCoreTower Research CapitalNew York · 2020
  5. 073A market maker quotes a stock's 500 call at 12.00 bid, 12.40 offered, lot 100. Over the day it buys 600 contracts on the bid and sells 400 on the offer; the option's delta is 0.5. What spread did it earn, what inventory is left, and how does it hedge it?Market making and trading scenariosWarm upSusquehanna International GroupBala Cynwyd · 2025
  6. 080A stock halts at 300 on a takeover rumour with a bid of 360 in the air. You are short 500 lots of one-month 320 calls. How do you quote at the reopen, and what do you stand to lose or make?Market making and trading scenariosHardOld Mission CapitalChicago · 2020
  7. 088A client buys Rs 25 crore notional of three-month 105% calls on a stock at 400. Mid volatility is 28% and the desk charges 1.5 points. Price the charge, set up the hedge, and work the P&L if realised volatility turns out to be 32%.Market making and trading scenariosCoreSell-side sales and tradingEquity derivatives
  8. 099In a group mock trading game, a contract settles at a company's September scooter sales in thousands. Your opening estimate is 80, range 70 to 90. Clues arrive: registrations running 8% above last year, then a three-day factory shutdown costing about 9,000 units. Set the market, update it after each clue, and manage a 50-lot limit.Market making and trading scenariosCoreDRWNew York · 2026Belvedere TradingChicago · 2022

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