The impact of applying new settlement system (t + 2)‎ in the Saudi stock market and the possibility of applying financial derivative tools : a field study

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This study aims at finding the impact of the applying the new settlement system (T + 2) in the Saudi financial market, and possibility of applying the trading of financial derivative tools, to achieve the goals of the study the researcher designed a questionnaire commensurate with the subject of the study and its goals, and the descriptive analytical method was used to describe the study variables and test the hypotheses through Using the statistical program (SPSS) to analyze the data.

The study reached a set of results, the most important one is that application of the new settlement mechanism (T + 2) under consideration led to an increase in the efficiency and revitalization of the Saudi financial market, which helped launch the trading index for financial derivatives, especially futures and options contracts, which will depend on the MSCI.

Tadawul index 30) and MT30.

The study also found that short selling carries two main advantages for the investor are "the opportunity to speculate, in addition to hedging the positions of purchase and risk management, and that the description of short selling that is forbidden differs from the description of short selling announced by the financial market" Tadawul ", the study recommended to fulfill With the requirements of joining the international indicators in order for the Saudi financial market to be able to move from an emerging market to an advanced one.