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The correct explanation is option (a), "short selling stock-index futures contracts".
What is short selling stock-index futures contracts?
When you buy a futures contract to "short sell," you are doing so with the intention of selling it later at a lower (ideally) price. Unlike the stock market, there is no requirement for financing.
The working of short selling stock-index future contracts is-
- The concept is to obtain anything you don't already own on loan, sell it, and then return it.
- Even though you will now receive the funds, you still owe the money you borrowed.
- You eventually have to return it.
- You make money if you can later purchase it for a lower price.
The future contract can be shorted by-
- By locking in a price through the directional hedge known as shorting the basis, any asset price changes are effectively eliminated until the futures contract expires.
- When shorting the basis, a long hedger prefers a narrowing in the basis.
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