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-___________________________________________

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 market?

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