Kotak Commodities Services

When can you square off position in commodity market?

The best option is take a delivery, pay the margin and hold the position. When there is a speculative rise and when there is a big move again you can square off the position, says Dharmesh Bhatia, Deputy Vice President-Research at Kotak Commodities Services.

How can you carry over positions from one contract?

when there is a market which is completely flat you have to take a delivery and hold for the market to give you a good return or a good speculative rally in the market, says Dharmesh Bhatia, Deputy Vice President-Research at Kotak Commodities Services.

Is keeping stop loss needed while investing in commodities

According to Dharmesh Bhatia, Deputy Vice President-Research of Kotak Commodities Services, commodity market in India it is only 8-9 years old. It is a very niche market and people have no clue about how to trade in the market.

Things to know before trading in commodity Futures

Whenever you want to invest in agri market I would suggest you to go with the contract specification, says Dharmesh Bhatia, Deputy Vice President-Research at Kotak Commodities Services.

Which commodity exchange is best suited for you?

According to Dharmesh Bhatia, Deputy Vice President-Research at Kotak Commodities Services, MCX has good volume in bullion commodities and NCDX has a good volume in agri commodities.

How can you hedge losses in commodities?

according to Dharmesh Bhatia, Deputy Vice President-Research of Kotak Commodities Services, we have to hedge our position into forex also. When you are doing import-export definitely when you are hedging something you have to take some amount of position, maybe 10-20 percent of your position into forex.

What are common strategies to get into commodities market?

The cross arbitrage means first month-second month contract. It is called a spread contract where you can take a big position and you will play the gaps between the two months contract, says Dharmesh Bhatia, Deputy Vice President-Research at Kotak Commodities Services.

Can small investor trade between 2-3 exchanges?

According to Dharmesh Bhatia, Deputy Vice President-Research of Kotak Commodities Services, a small investor investing Rs 5 lakh to take a delivery and hold the position, especially the bullion market.

How do I know about delivery system of brokers?

According to Dharmesh Bhatia, Deputy Vice President-Research of Kotak Commodities Services, agricultural commodities has a delivery contract of every 20th of every month. So on every 10th there will be a call from the broker.

What are risks involved in any investment?

According to Dharmesh Bhatia, Deputy Vice President-Research of Kotak Commodities Services, whenever you want to take a delivery, I would suggest you to go for a contract note specification.

Is investing in gold always a good idea?

According to Dharmesh Bhatia, Deputy Vice President-Research of Kotak Commodities Services, one should invest 40-60 percent in bullion markets especially gold.

How much money should be invested to stay secured?

According to Dharmesh Bhatia, Deputy Vice President-Research of Kotak Commodities Services, the nationalized broker takes 2-3 percent extra margin for safeguarding the client and suggests investing in gold.

How to plan before entering commodity market?

According to Dharmesh Bhatia, Deputy Vice President-Research of Kotak Commodities Services, as of now the amount of margin which we would like to invest in commodity market is not less Rs 3-5 lakh. I would not suggest going below that amount.

Where can you get information about commodity market?

According to Dharmesh Bhatia, Deputy Vice President-Research at Kotak Commodities Services, there are certain commodities that have delivery and certain commodities that don't have delivery. Even though if there is a delivery contract you will get intimated by the broker itself.

Things to know while investing in commodity market

Dharmesh Bhatia, Deputy Vice President-Research at Kotak Commodities Services advises to keep an eye on factors like geopolitical tension, rupee fluctuation and any of the demand-supply changes who want to invest in commodity market.

How does one deal with commodities in volatile environment?

Dharmesh Bhatia, Deputy Vice President-Research at Kotak Commodities Services advises how to deal with commodities in volatile environment.

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