Questionnaire

SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE OF INVESTORS FOR  PERCEPTION TOWARDS INVESTMENT IN DERIVATIVE MARKET Sir/Ma’am,

This questionnaire is meant for educational purposes only. The information provided by you will be kept secure and confidential.

 NAME- ____________________ _______________________________ ______________________ ___________________  ________  CONTACT- ______________________________________________  GENDER-________________________________________________  OCCUPATION-_________________ OCCUPATION-____________________________ _______________________ _______________  ___ 

1. Educational Qualification Undergraduate

Graduate

Post Graduate

Professional Degree Holder 

2. Income Range: Below 1,50,000

1,50,000  – 3,00,000

3,00,000 – 5,00,000

Above 5,00,000

3. Normally what percentage of your monthly household income could be available for  investment? Between 5% to 10%

Between 11% to 15%

Between 16% to 20%

Between 21% to 25%

More than 25%

4. What is your primary investment purpose? Retirement Planning Building up a corpus for charity donations Supporting future education of your children Other (Specify) _____________________  5. What kind of risk do you perceive while investing in the stock market? Uncertainty of returns

Slump in stock market

Fear of being windup of company

Other (Specify) _________________ 

6. Why people do not invest in derivative market? (Rank your preference 1-4) Lack of knowledge and difficulty in understanding Increase speculation Very risky and highly leveraged instrument Counter party risk 

7. What is the purpose of investing in derivative market? To hedge their fund Risk control More stable Direct investment without buying and holding assets

8. You participate in derivative market as: Investor

Speculator 

Broker/Dealer

Hedger 

9. From where you prefer to take advice before investing in derivative mar ket? Brokerage houses

Research analyst

Websites

News Networks

Other (Specify) _________________ 

10. In which of the following would you like to participate? Stock Index Futures

Stock Index Options

Future on individual stock

Options on individual stock 

Currency futures

11. What contract maturity period would interest you for trading in? 1 month

2 month

3 month

6 month

9 month

12 month

12. How often do you invest in derivative market? 1-10 times in a year

11-50 times

More than 50 times

Regularly

13. Which of the following statements best describes your overall approach to invest as a mean of achieving your goals? Having a relative level of stability in my overall investment portfolio. Moderately increasing my investment value while minimizing potential for loss of   principal. Pursue investment growth, accepting moderate to high levels of risk and  principal fluctuation. Seek maximum long-term returns, accepting maximum risk with principal fluctuation.

14. What was the result of your investment? Great results Moderate but acceptable Disappointed