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A derivative is a financial instrument which derives its value from underlying entities. It has no intrinsic value in itself. Do you agree?

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Question added by Asif Umer , Accounting Manager , Garden College Ltd
Date Posted: 2013/08/06
Nazim Malik
by Nazim Malik , Account Manager , New Horizon CLC

Agree ...

Suhaib Haider
by Suhaib Haider , Call Center Executive ( Phone Banking) , MCB Bank Limited

i agree because you trade will not put any impact .

Udana Siriwardana
by Udana Siriwardana , Assistant Vice President - Debt , NDB Investment Bank Limited

It need not be a value derived from an underlying entity or an asset. A derivative could be even for an agreed event. For example, whether, occurring of war etc.,History reveals such instances.

However, I agree that it has no intrinsic value other than a derived value.

Ankit Jain
by Ankit Jain , Relationship Manager , HDFC Bank Ltd.

Disagree as the price of derivative consist of two things.

1.Intrinsic Value

2.Time Value of Money

 

Rest is well explained by my friend Muhammad Afaq .

Mohammad  HARB
by Mohammad HARB , treasurer , primegate for IT and telecommunications

agree  

Prince Ninan
by Prince Ninan , Audit Executive , Lewis & Pecker

Agree..its value depends upon the underlying financial asset

Kholoud Adham
by Kholoud Adham , customer care officer , OSN

totally disagree all derivatives must have a pay off which is the intrensic value some times it would be zero when the exercise price equals to the stock or the asset price but not all the way the inrinsic value is zeroand at the case of the options it has also time value due to the early exercise of the american options

Muhammad Afaq
by Muhammad Afaq , SENIOR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT , United Eddy Company (United Yousef M. Naghi Group)

Disagree.
because when option is In-The-Money, then it has positive intrinsic value.
Following situations represents when intrinsic value is positive.
For Call Option it is expressed as Max(0, S-X), that is S>X For Put Option it is defined as Max (0, X-S), that is S

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