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What are Various risks and Significance of Derivatives Markets.

  Various risks faced by the participants in derivatives  What are Various risks and Significance of Derivatives Markets. Market Participants must understand that derivatives, being leveraged instruments,  have risks like counterparty risk (default by counterparty), price risk (loss on position  because  of  price  move),  liquidity  risk  (inability  to  exit  from  a  position),  legal  or  regulatory  risk  (enforceability  of  contracts),  operational  risk  (fraud,  inadequate  documentation, improper execution, etc.) and may not be an appropriate avenue for  someone of limited resources, trading experience and low risk tolerance.  A market  participant should therefore carefully consider whether such trading is suitable for  him/her based on these parameters. Market participants, who trade in derivatives are ...