Derivatif

In the world of finance (finance), a derivative is a bilateral contract or payment exchange agreement whose value is derived, or derived from the product to be "reference point" or also called "derivative works" (the underlying product); than trade or exchange of a physical asset, market participants make a mutual agreement to exchange money, assets or a value disuatu future with reference to the assets that became the subject of reference.

Derivatives are used by investment management / portfolio management, corporate and financial institutions and individual investors to manage their positions against the risk of price movements of stocks and commodities, interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates "without" affecting the physical position of the reference product (underlying ).

There are many financial instruments that can be categorized in groups of derivatives but the options / futures and swap contracts are commonly known.

* Option

! Main article for this section are: Option (finance)

Options are contracts where one party agrees to pay a reward to the other party to a "right" (but not the obligation) to buy something or sell something to another party; like only someone who worry that the price of the stock will fall XXX before he could sell it, so he pays compensation to another person (called "vendors" selling the option / put option) that agree to buy the stock than the price specified in the (strike price). Buyers use this option to manage the risk of falling value of the stock selling XXX has, on the other side of the option buyer may use the transaction to acquire the option fee and may already have a picture that the sale price of XXX will not be down.
As opposed to selling the option is an option to buy, or so-called call option which the purchase option gives the buyer the option to option rights to purchase the reference assets (underlying asset) at a date agreed with the price determined or known as the option strike