Section 18A of the SCRA
The section that makes derivative contracts legal and valid, provided they are traded on a recognised stock exchange and settled on that exchange's clearing house.
This one is not written up yet
The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.
Written up from the same chapter
- Liquid Net WorthThe part of a merchant banker's net worth deployed in unencumbered liquid assets, counted after a prescribed haircut on each asset type — a second capital test that net worth alone cannot satisfy.
- Market Infrastructure InstitutionsThe institutions that form the plumbing of the securities market — stock exchanges, depositories and clearing corporations, and under SEBI's cyber framework also KRAs and QRTAs.
- Net worthEverything you own minus everything you owe — the one number that says where a household actually stands, and the starting point of any financial plan.
Where this is taught
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