NISM-Series-VIII: Equity Derivatives Certification Examination
Enhance the quality of services as rendered by the Depository Participants
Course Highlights
Earn a certificate after passing an exam from NISM
Overview
Skills you will learn!
Derivatives
Finance
Commodity Trading
Futures
Derivatives Trading
Trading
Risk Management
Commodities
Forwards
Name of Module: NISM-Series-V-A: Mutual Fund Distributors Certification Examination?
 • Duration 120 mins
 • Format Multiple Choice
 • Number of Questions 100 Questions
 • Validity of Certificate: 3 Years
 • Exam Language English
 • Pass Score 50%
 * No negative marks for incorrect answers.
 + Payment gateway charges extra.
 # Passing Certificate will be issued only to those candidates who have furnished/ updated their Income Tax
  Permanent Account Number (PAN) in their registration details.
Course Curriculum
1.1 Basics of Derivatives
1.2 Derivatives Market – History & Evolution
1.3 Indian Derivatives Market
1.4 Market Participants
1.5 Types of Derivatives market
1.6 Significance of Derivatives
1.7 Various risk faced by the participants in derivatives
2.1 Introduction to Index
2.2 Significance of Index
2.3 Types of Indices
2.4 Attributes of an Index
2.5 Index management
2.6 Major Indices in India
2.7 Applications of Indices
3.1 Introduction to Forwards and Future
Contracts
3.2 Payoff Charts for Futures contract
3.3 Futures pricing
3.4 Commodity, Equity & Index Futures
3.5 Uses of futures
4.1 Basics of options
4.2 Pay off Charts for Options
4.3 Basics of options pricing and
option Greeks
4.4 Uses of Options
5.1 Option spreads
5.2 Straddle
5.3 Strangle
5.4 Covered Call
5.5 Protective Put
5.6 Collar
5.7 Butterfly spread
6.1 Trading System
6.2 Selection criteria of Stock for trading
6.3 Selection criteria of Index for trading
6.4 Adjustments for Corporate Actions
6.5 Position Limits
6.6 Using daily newspapers to track
futures and options
7.1 Clearing Members
7.2 Clearing Mechanism
7.3 Settlement Mechanism
7.4 Risk Management
7.5 Margining and mark to market under SPAN
8.1 Securities Contract (Regulation) Act,
1956
8.2 Securities and Exchange Board of
India Act, 1992
8.3 Regulation in Trading
8.4 Regulation in Clearing & Settlement
and Risk Management
8.5 Major recommendations of Dr. L.C
Gupta Committee
8.6 Major recommendations of
Prof. J.R Verma Committee
9.1 Accounting
9.2 Taxation of Derivative
transaction in securities
10.1 Understanding risk profile of the client
10.2 Investors Grievance Mechanism
Certificate Benefits:
- Better Job Opportunities and Career Advancement in the Financial Sector
- Improved knowledge and understanding of mutual fund products, which can help you provide better advice and service to your clients.
- Stay up-to-date
About Course Provider
About NISM:
National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) is a public trust established in 2006 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the regulator of the securities markets in India. The institute carries out a wide range of capacity building activities at various levels aimed at enhancing the quality standards in securities markets.
The institute’s six schools of excellence work in synergy towards creating professionalized 25 SEBI-mandated and voluntary examinations on various product and functional domains of securities markets conducted across 250+ accredited test centres across the country.
About Empirical F&M Academy:
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