Friday, 26 June 2020

Scheme of revival and rehabilitation

Sec 261 of the Companies Act 2013



 



(1) The company administrator shall prepare or cause to be
prepared a scheme of



revival and rehabilitation of the sick company after considering
the draft scheme filed along with the application under section 254.



 



(2) A scheme prepared in relation to any sick company under
sub-section (1) may



provide for any one or more of the following measures, namely:—



(a) the financial reconstruction of the sick company;



(b) the proper management of the sick company by any change
in, or by taking over, the management of such company;



(c) the amalgamation of—



(i) the sick company with any other company; or



(ii) any other company with the sick company;



(d) takeover of the sick company by a solvent company;



(e) the sale or lease of a part or whole of any asset or
business of the sick



company;



(f) the rationalisation of managerial personnel,
supervisory staff and workmen in accordance with law;



(g) such other preventive, ameliorative and remedial
measures as may be



appropriate;



(h) repayment or rescheduling or restructuring of the debts
or obligations of the sick company to any of its creditors or class of
creditors;



(i) such incidental, consequential or supplemental measures
as may be necessary or expedient in connection with or for the purposes of the
measures specified in clauses (a) to (h).



 


Appointment of interim administrator

Sec 256 of the Companies Act 2013



 



(1) On the receipt of an application under section 254, the
Tribunal shall, not later
 than seven days from such receipt,—



(a) fix a date for hearing not later than ninety days from
date of its receipt;



(b) appoint an interim administrator to convene a meeting
of creditors of the company in accordance with the provisions of section 257 to
be held not later than forty-five days from receipt of the order of the
Tribunal appointing him to consider whether on the basis of the particulars and
documents furnished with the application made under section 254, the draft
scheme, if any, filed along with such application or otherwise and any other
material available, it is possible to revive and rehabilitate the sick company
and such other matters, which the interim administrator may consider necessary
for the purpose and to submit his report to the Tribunal within sixty days from
the date of the order:



 



Provided that where no draft scheme is filed by the company and a declaration
has been made to that effect by the Board of Directors, the Tribunal may direct
the interim administrator to take over the management of the company; and



(c) issue such other directions to the interim
administrator as the Tribunal may consider necessary to protect and preserve
the assets of the sick company and for its proper management.



 



(2) Where an interim administrator has been directed to
take over the management of the company, the directors and the management of
the company shall extend all possible assistance and cooperation to the interim
administrator to manage the affairs of the company.



 


Wednesday, 29 January 2020

Companies (Winding up) rules 2020





Companies (Winding-up)
rules 2020


Part I


1. Short title commencement and
application


2. Definitions


Part II


Winding-up
by Tribunal


3&4. Petition for winding up&
statement of affairs


·        
for
the purpose of sec272(1) the said company is to be filed a petition of winding
up in Form WIN-1 or WIN-2 as the case may be, in
triplicate.


·        
Every
petition is to be verified by an affidavit made by petitioner or members
representing the body corporates in From WIN-3


·        
Statement
of affairs, as required to be filled in duplicate under sec 272(4)  or 274(1) shall be in form WIN 4and the information there shall
not be more than 30 days prior to the date of filling


·        
Statement
of affairs in duplicate duly verified by an affidavit and affidavit of the concurrence of the statement of affairs shall be in WIN 5





5. Admission of petition


·        
Upon
filing the petition it is to be posted before the tribunal for admission of
the petition and fixing a date for hearing thereof and for appropriate directions
as to the advertisements to be published. The petitioner shall bear all the
costs of the advertisement


6. Copy of petition:


·        
Every
contributory of the company is entitled to furnish with a copy of the petition with
in 24 hours of his requiring after paying Rs.5 per page.


7. Advertisement of the petition:


·        
Notice
of the petition shall be advertised in any daily newspaper in English and in a vernacular language where the registered office of the company is located
within not less than 14 days before the date fixed for hearing, subject to any directions of the tribunal. The advertisement
shall be in Form WIN-6.


8. Application for leave to withdraw
petition:


·        
A
petition for winding up shall not be withdrawn after the presentation, without the
leave of the Tribunal subject to compliance with any order of the Tribunal,
including as to costs.


·        
An
application for leave to withdraw a petition for winding up which has been
advertised in accordance with the provisions of rule 7 shall not be heard at
any time before the date fixed in the advertisement for the hearing of the
petition.


9. Substitution for original
petitioner:


·        
Where
a petitioner


                                 
i.           
is
not entitled to present a petition or


                               
ii.           
fails
to advertise his petition within the time prescribed or


                             
iii.           
consents
to withdraw the petition or


                            
iv.           
to
allow it to be dismissed or


                              
v.           
fails
to appear in support of his petition when it is called on in tribunal on
original day fixed or adjourned for hearing 
or


                            
vi.           
if
appearing does not apply for an order in terms of the prayer of his petition or


·        
where
in the opinion of the tribunal


                                 
i.           
there
is other sufficient cause for an order being made under this rule,


                               
ii.           
the
Tribunal may, upon such terms as it may think just, substitute as petitioner
any other person who in the opinion of the tribunal would have a right to
present a petition, and who is desirous of prosecuting the petition.


10. Procedure for substitution:


·        
if
the tribunal makes the substitution of the petitioner in a winding-up petition


                               
i.           
it
shall adjourn the hearing of the petition to the date fixed by the bench and


                             
ii.           
direct
such amendments of the petition as may be necessary


a.      such contributory shall within
7 days from making of the order amend the petition accordingly and


b.      File 2 legible and clean
copies thereof together with an affidavit in duplicate stating the grounds on
which he supports the petition.


·        
The
amended petition shall be treated as a petition for winding up of the company


·        
It
shall be deemed to have been presented on the date on which the original
petition was presented.


11. Affidavit-in-objection:


·        
Any
affidavit in objection of petition u/s 272(1) shall be filed within 30 days
from the date of order


·        
A
copy of the affidavit shall be served on the petitioner or his authorized
representative


·        
Affidavit
shall also be given to any contributory appearing in support of the petition that
require on paying Rs.5 per page within 3 working days.


12. Affidavit in reply:


·        
An
affidavit in reply to the affidavit in objection to the petition shall be filled
within 7 days before the day fixed for hearing of the petition.


·        
A
copy of the affidavit in reply shall be filled on the day of filling thereof to
the person affidavit in an objection was filled with his authorized representative.












Friday, 22 February 2019

BINARY OPTIONS






·         Digital options


·         Fixed return options


·         All or nothing options


For few years binary options are traded at OTC (over the counter). In 2008 securities exchange commission (SEC) in US approved listing of binary options with continuous quotation and now binary options also available to individual investors





ü  Predictions of directions of price of underlying asset (stock, commodity, index, currency) with in expiry time


ü  No purchase or sale of underlying asset.


ü  Two possible outcomes


1.       Fixed gain – if expires – In the money


2.       Fixed loss – if expires – out of the money


Binary options trade


1.       Choose expiry time. (Minutes, day, week).


2.       Choose call or put


Ø  If u think price goes up Buy/Call.


Ø  If u think price goes down Sell/Put.


3.       Wait for expiry.


Ø  If the expiry is in the money – profit


Ø  If the expiry is out of the money – loss





Decisions


ü  Decision on underlying asset


·         Selection of assets for trading from different financial markets


·         What asset to trade has to do with the opening hours of various world stock exchanges


Basic four classes of assets

·         Commodity:  gold, silver, wheat, coffee, oil, platinum, etc...
·         Stocks:  city (US), apple (US), Google (US), etc...
·         Forex (currencies): 24hrs a day. GBP/USD,  USD/JPY
·         Indices (indexes): dow, s&p500, NasdaQ (us),  dax (germany).








Decision on amount to invest


Ø  The amounts you devote to trade should be dictated by risk management plan


Ø  Binary option brokers allow for low minimum investment





Deciding on the desired time frame

Ø  Binary options are short term investment instrument by definition
Ø  Time frame available is one minute to one week
Ø  Depending on trading plat form
Ø  Very small time frame one min and 5 mins
Ø  Possibly experiment a lot NOISE result of hedge funds activity
Ø  15 minute time frame is the best suggestion
Ø  This is the small enough to capture nice moves but big enough to eliminate the noise in the market and correctly the true trends
Ø  While preparing trading strategy it is best to experiment with various time frames
Ø  A trading strategy might work on larger time frame but not on small time frame “vice versa”













Deciding on types of trades


Major trading types
*      Above/ below
*      Buy / sell
*      Call / put








Touch up and touch down


Ø  Touch the high strike price or low price


Ø  If it touches that within the expiration time the option expires in the money


 RANGE


 Range options will have a predetermined upper and lower boundary when buying a range option the buyer has to predict ‘in ‘or ‘out’

If more volatile -out

No or less volatile -in




ADDITIONAL FEATURES

Close now - allows you to close an option before time of expiry if the option not performing as planned
Extend – roll over allow you to exercise to extend the time of expiry in order to increase the odds of being IN THE MONEY



ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF BINARY OPTIONS


Advantages  


Risk control –

Ø  initial investment is fixed from the beginning thus amount of possible profit and loss is well known
Ø  You will never lose more than what you expected can determine your risk as completely as is possible there is a limit on how much earned or lost
Ø  Short time trading – daily hourly
Ø  We can decide the expiry time of the option will be it can be END OF THE WEEK or END OF THE MONTH
Ø  However most trades would prefer shorter time frames
Ø  Low minimum amounts binary brokers have low investment minimum thus allowing you to start with small amounts
Ø  Can start trading with 10 dollars
Online trading – all you need is a computer with internet access
Simplicity – very simple and straight forward all you need is to decide o which directions the asset moving

The main disadvantage is fee its morethan a spread the brokers fee is embedded in the bussines model if a binary options brokerage














BINARY OPTION TRADING RISK MANAGMENT




·         Not to risk too much money on any given trade
·         Many traders trade without thinking about risk they take only about the potential rewards
·         To succeed take in to consideration the maximum % of total trading money that you should risk in any one trade
·         Actually your ability to limit your losses is equally critical as your success in managing winning trades

3 tips to minimise risk and increase payouts






1.       Don’t trade with money that you cannot afford to loose


2.       Never borrow money while trading trade only with your own money


3.       Set and stick to a budget write it ... if you hit that no. quit trading for the day


4.       When you enter a trade , no matter how great it may be, always ensure to only invest conservatively


5.       It mean that you should not use more than 5% of your capital on any single trade


6.       There is always a risk factor involved conservative investment strategy helps you to conserve your money when things go wrong


7.       Never put all the eggs in the same basket


8.       A good money management strategy requires diversification ( currency and commodity)


9.       Losses needs to be stepping stone instead of having it affect you


10.   Certainly do not fall for the emotions and commit your entire amounts right away on one trade


11.   Investing small amounts continually helps you to take a self disciplined approach


12.   Use the advantage of minimum capital for trade


13.   Trade in small amounts until you have the sense of the assets that you are trading


14.   This can gradually increase your self confidence levels helps to automatically be aware of indicators and be able to prepare your investing strategy and ultimately help reduce the losses


15.   There will be a thin line between gambling and trading.





WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCED IN BINARY OPTIONS


1.       Need to learn charts and how to read charts. charts are the main weapon in winning the binary options


2.       Any valid strategy involves reading and analysing charts they are  not hard to read and understand


3.       The most basic form of technical analysis would be look for SUPPORT and RESISTANCE levels charts in this way works best in moderately volatile market


4.       Another simple way of using charts is to look at moving averages such as the average price over 10 days


5.       It is better presentations of what the price is doing over a longer period of time


6.       Another simple pattern is RSI relative strength index


This highlights the situations where the market is


1.       Over bought


2.       Over sold


3.       Works potential reversal of trend





1.       RSI is the total points gained on up days divided by total points lost and gained multiplied by 100


2.       Pick a user friendly platform you will need a system that lets you back test strategies and program customised indicators and trading system without a lot of difficulty


3.       Pick a reputable company


4.       Select a provider which has superb customer service








SUPPORT

Support represents the level where buying pressure is powerful enough to absorb and overcome selling pressure

At support levels buyers move in to the market mopping up the imbalance between supplies (sellers)

And demand (buyers)

So that when it happens the price will stop fall and may probably rise.

Resistance opposite to support levels

Where volume of selling (supply)exceeds

Wher volume of buying (demand)

Simple moving average

It calculates the average price over a specific moving time period

Ex: 50 days SMA (simple moving average ) = avg mean price of last 50 days.



























Friday, 5 October 2018

Hedging strategies using features and options


4.1 Basic Strategies Using Futures

While the use of short and long hedges can reduce (or eliminate in some cases

- as below) both downside and upside risk. The reduction of upside risk is

certaintly a limation of using futures to hedge.

4.1.1 Short Hedges

A short hedge is one where a short position is taken on a futures contract. It

is typically appropriate for a hedger to use when an asset is expected to be sold

in the future. Alternatively, it can be used by a speculator who anticipates that

the price of a contract will decrease.

1. For example, assume a cattle rancher plans to sell a pen of feeder cattle

in March based on the spot prices at that time. The rancher can hedge in

the following manner. Currently,

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• A March futures contract is purchases for a price of $150 • For simplicity, assume the rancher antipates (and does sell) selling 50,000 pounds (1 contract)

• Spot prices are currently $155 • What happens when the spot price is March decreases to $140? – Rancher loses $10 per 100 pounds on the sale from the decreased

price

– Rancher gains $10 by selling the futures contract for $150 and

immediately buying (to close out) for $140

– Effective price of the sale is $150

• What happens when the spot price is March increases to $160? – Rancher gains $10 per 100 pounds on the sale from the increased

price

– Rancher loses $10 by buying the futures contract for $150 and

immediately selling (to close out) for $160

– Effective price of the sale is $150

• The seller has effectively locked in on the price prior to the sale by offsetting gains/losses

2. Now assume the same for a speculator who takes a short position on a

March futures contract at $150

• If the price falls to $140, the speculator sells for $150 and immediately buys for $140, leading to a gain of $10 per 100 pounds [$5,000 gain

in value for one contract]

• If the price increases to $160, the speculator loses $5,000

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4.1.2 Long Hedges

A long hedge is one where a long position is taken on a futures contract. It is

typically appropriate for a hedger to use when an asset is expected to be bought

in the future. Alternatively, it can be used by a speculator who anticipates that

the price of a contract will increase.

1. For example, assume an oil producer plans on purchasing 2,000 barrels of

crude oil in August for a price equal to the spot price at the time. The

producer can hedge in the following manner by using crude oil futures

from the NYMEX. Currently,

• An August oil futures contract is purchases for a price of $59 per barrel

• Spot prices are currently $60 • What happens when the spot price in August decreases to $55? – Producer gains $4 per barrel on the purchase from the decreased

price

– Producer loses $4 by buying the futures contract for $59 and

immediately selling (to close out) for $55

– Effective price of the sale is $59

• What happens when the spot price in August increases to $65? – Producer loses $6 per barrel on the purchase from the increased

price

– Producer gains $6 by selling the futures contract for $59 and

immediately buying (to close out) for $65

– Effective price of the sale is $59

• The producer has effectively locked in on the price prior to the sale by offsetting gains/losses

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2. Now assume the same for a speculator who takes a long position on a

March futures contract at $59

• If the price increases to $65, the speculator sells for $59 and immediately buys for $65, leading to a gain of $6 per barrel [$12,000 gain

in value for five contracts]

• If the price increases to $55, the speculator loses $12,000

4.2 Basis Risk

In practice, hedges are often not as straightforward as has been assumed in this

course due to the following reasons

1. The asset to be hedged might not be exactly the same as the asset under

lying the futures contract

• actual commodity, weight, quality, or amount might differ

2. The hedger might not be exactly certain of the when the asset will be

bought or sold

3. Futures contract might need to be closed out before its delivery month

• many commodities do not have 12 deliery months

Basis is the difference between the cash price for the asset to be hedged and

the futures price. If the hedged asset is identical to the commodity underlying

the futures contract, the cash price and futures price should converge as delivery

nears. Changes in basis price do not impact the futures contract but do impact

the sales price for the producted to be hedged.

Below is a figure of the basis prices associated with Montana beef cows.

Notice the following:

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Ͳ$10

Ͳ$5

$0

$5

$10

$15

$20

$25

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Average Monthly Basis, By Cwt Steers, Billings 2000 to 2010

500Ͳ600 lbs 600Ͳ700 lbs 700Ͳ800 lbs

• Basis prices have strong seasonal patterns • Basis prices are not known and provide an additional layer of risk above and beyond price in the futures market

• Basis risk is often be hedged through the use of forward contracts • Basis volatility is relatively small compared to price volatility

4.3 Cross-Hedging

In the case when an asset is looking to be hedged and there is not an exact

replication in the futures/options market, cross hedging can be employed.

For example, if an airline is concerned with hedging against the price of jef

fuel, but jet fuel futures are not actively traded, they might consider the use of

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heating oil futures contracts.

• Hedge ratio - The ratio of the size of a position in a hedging instrument to the size of the position being hedged.

– When an asset to be hedged is exactly the same as the asset under

lying the futures contract, the hedge ratio is equal to 1.0

– The existence of basis risk often prevents this from happening

– It is not always optimal to cross hedge (not is it usually possible) to

hedge such that the hedge ratio equals 1.0

• Mimimum Variance Hedge ratio - The hedge ratio where the variance of the value of the hedged position is minimized

– For example, in the case of using heating oil futures (HOF) to hedge

jet fuel prices (JFP)

– The optimal hedge ratio (h∗) can be computed as

h∗ = ρ σJFP σHOF

(4.1)

where

ρ = corr(ΔHOF,ΔJFP) (4.2)

σJFP = stdev(ΔJFP) (4.3)

σHOF = stdev(ΔHOF) (4.4) ΔJFP = JFPt −JFPt−1 (4.5) ΔHOF = HOFt −HOFt−1 (4.6)

∗ What is the MVHR when ρ =0 .928, σJFP =0 .0263, σHOF = 0.0313? 0.778

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∗ This implies that the airline should hedge by taking a position in heating oil futures that corresponds to 77.8% of its exposure.

– The Optimal number of contracts (N∗)can be computed as

N∗ = h∗ QJFP QHOF

(4.7)

where QJFP=size of position being heged (Jet Fuel Prices) and QHOF=size

of futures contract (Heating oil futures).

∗ heating oil contracts on NYMEX include 42,000 gallons ∗ assume the airline has exposure on 2 Million gallons of jet fuel. ∗ What is N∗? 37.03

4.4 An Aside on Statistics

For these statistical measures, assume we have two variables where x1 = (5 ,7,5,4,9,6)

and x2 = 420,630,330,380,800,500)

• Mean

¯ x1 =

1 n x1i = 16(5 + 7 + 5 + 4 + 9 + 6) = 6 (4.8) In excel, use AVERAGE function

• Standard Deviation σx1 = x1i − ¯ x12 n−1

= 1+1+1+4+9+0 5

=1 .789 (4.9)

In excel, use STDEV function

• Correlation

ρ = (x1i − ¯ x1)(x2i − ¯ x2) (x1i − ¯ x1)2 (x2i − ¯ x2)2

=0 .962 (4.10)

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In excel, use CORREL function

• Linear Regression To determine the intercept (a) and slope (b) in y = a + bx, use INTER

CEPT and SLOPE functions in excel. Note: R2 from the regression is

equal to the correlation, ρ.

4.5 Trading Strategies Using Options

Basic trading strategies include the use of the following:

• Take a position in the option and the underlying stock • Spread: Take a position in 2 or more options of the same type (bull, bear, box, butterfly, calendar, and diagonal)

• Combination: Position in a mixture of calls and puts (straddle, strips, and straps)

4.5.1 Trading Strategies Involving Options

• A long position in a futures contract plus a short postiion in a call option (covered call) (a)

The long position “covers” the investor from the payoff on writing the short

call that becomes necessary if prices increase. Downside risk remains if

prices drop.

• A short position in a futures contract plus a long postiion in a call option (b)

• A long position in a futures contract plus a long position in a put option (protective put) (c)

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• A short position in a put option witha short position in a futures contract (d)

The profits payoffs from these strategies is shown below.

Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets, 7th Ed, Ch 11, Copyright © John C. Hull 2010

Positions in an Option & the Underlying (Figure 11.1, page 250)

Profit

STK

Profit

ST

K

Profit

ST

K

Profit

STK

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

Notice the similarities with these plots and that of the simple put and call

strategies discussed in chapter 9. To illustrate, we define the put-call parity

according to the equation below:

p + S0 = c + K exp−rt +D (4.11)

where p is the price of a European put, S0 is the futures price, c is the price of

a European call, K is the strike price for the call and put, and r is the risk-free

interest rate, T is the time to maturity of both call and put, and D is the present

value of the divends anticipated during the life of the options.

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rl Price Range Total Payoff ST

4.5.2 Spreads

• Bull Spreads - Long and Short positions on a call option where strike price is higher on the short position (K2 >K 1).

– Investor collects when prices increase somewhere between K1 and K2

– This strartegy limits the investor’s upside and downside risk

– In return for giving up some upside risk, the investor sells a call

option

– Both options have the same expiration date

– The value of the option sold is always less than the value of

the option bought Note: Recall, a call price always decreases as

the strike price increases

– There are three types of bull spreads:

1. Both calls are initially out of the money (lowest cost, most ag

gressive)

2. Only One call is initially in the money

3. Both calls are intially in the money (highest cost, most conser

vative)

• Bear Spreads - An investor hoping that the price will decline may benefit from a bear spread. Basic strategy is to buy and put with strike price (K1)

and sell another put with strike price (K2), where K1 >K 2.

– In contrast, the strike price of the purchased put will cost more than

the option that is sold.

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Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets, 7th Ed, Ch 11, Copyright © John C. Hull 2010

Bull Spread Using Calls (Figure 11.2, page 251)

K1 K2

Profit

ST

– Limit upside protfit potential and downside risk

– Another type of bear spread involves buying a call with a high strike

price and selling a call with a lower strike price.

• Box Spreads - A combination of a bull call spread with strike pricesK1 and K2 and a bear put spread with the same two strike prices

– The total payoff is always K2−K1. The value of the spread is always the present value of that gap, (K2 −K1)e−rt – If there is a different value (not equal to the present value), then

there is an arbitrage opportunity

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4.5.3 Combinations

• Straddle - Involves buying a call and put with the same strike price and expiration date

– The bundle leads to a loss when the price is close to the strike price

– The bundle leads to a gain when the price moves sufficiently in either

direction

• Strips and Straps

– Both of these strategies reward prices that deviate far from the strike

price

– Strip - a long position in a call and two puts with teh same strike

price and expiration date

A strip is a bet on a big move where a decrease in price is more likely

– Strap - a long position in two calls and one put with teh same strike

price and expiration date

A strap is a bet on a big move where an increase in price is more

likely

• Strangles - A put and a call with the same expiration date and different strike prices, with put strike price K1 and a call strike price K2, where

K2 >K 1.

– Similar shape compared to straddle, however prices need to deviate

more in a strangle in order for gains to be found

– The farther apart the strike prices, the less the downside risk and the

farther the price has to move for a gain to be realized