This is an investment strategy which allows the client to earn potentially higher returns on investments. In this structure, the client sells an option (call option or put option) at a pre-agreed strike rate. The client may receive the principal and interest amount in either the base currency invested in, or the alternate currency of the currency pair depending on fixing rate of the underlying currency at expiry vis-à-vis the strike on the FX option.

Under this structure, the client’s return is linked and directly proportional to a particular index. If the index increases, the client gets a higher rate of interest, and if the index decreases, the client gets a lower rate of interest subject to the minimum floor rate.