The global spurt in Trade and Foreign Investments has led to inter-connection of many national economies. This and the resulting fluctuations in exchange rates, has created a huge market to mitigate the risks as wells as for the forex rendering investors another exciting avenue for trading. We now offer all Resident Indians an investment opportunity to diversify their portfolio by trading in Currency Derivatives. By allowing trading in Currency Futures, the Government of India has opened up an alternative platform (other than the traditional Forwards offered by Banks & Ads) for Investors to hedge their Forex risk. Initially trading was enabled only in USD-INR Currency pair. Other pairs like Euro-INR, Yen-INR & GBP-INR pairs have been added. Investment in currency derivatives has a low correlation to stocks and bonds. Such investment could therefore help you to further diversify your portfolio beyond traditional asset classes The Forex market offers unmatched potential for profitable trading in any market condition or any stage of the business cycle.

Benefits
How will you benefit from Currency Derivatives?
The Currency Derivatives product is a bundle of opportunities for a number of players

  • It is a new asset class for diversification of investments for all Resident Indians
  • It gives hedging opportunities to:

  •     a).  Importers and exporters who can hedge their future payables and receivables
        b).  Borrowers, who can hedge foreign currency (FCY) loans for interest and principal payments
        c).  Resident Indians, who can hedge their offshore investments
  • It gives arbitrage opportunities.
  • It gives trading opportunities because of its volatility and multiplicity.
  • It provides highly transparent rates to traders as it is exchange-traded.

  • We are members of both NSE CD and MCX –SX exchanges. We provide trading in the currency segments of both the Exchanges.