Put Options

Seasoned traders say the number of traders looking to make a quick buck on expiry day has been steadily rising over time. The NSE has weekly options contracts expiring on all days except Friday, and the BSE has a weekly options contract (Sensex) expiring on Friday.

'The Big Short' Take 2: Michael Burry’s $1.6 billion short bet against S&P 500, Nasdaq 100

Michael Burry’s Scion Asset Management held puts with a total contract value of $886 million against SPDR S&P 500 ETF shares, and another $739 million against Invesco QQQ Trust ETF, Reuters reported citing securities filings.

Time to turn slightly cautions after April rally; deploy ‘Bear Put Spread’ on Nifty

'Bear Put spread' is a moderately bearish strategy built by buying a Put close to the current market price of the underlying and selling the same expiry Put, but of a strike lower than the Put bought.

'Breach of 11,000-mark is quite likely; Granules, Dabur among top buys'

Market participants believe that the supply side shock is likely to get converted to demand destruction or deferment further pushing the economic recovery

Technical View: Nifty forms bullish candle; Bank Nifty holds key for further up move

On the downside 10,628 for Nifty is important critical support. Traders are advised to remain positively biased as long as Nifty trades above 10,700 on a closing basis

A morning walk down Dalal Street | Weakness likely to continue, Nifty may hit 10,500

The index has been making lower highs and lower lows which is not a strong sign for the bulls; hence, investors should tread cautiously in the next few days.

Nifty likely to head higher this week; Deploy low-risk ‘Bull Call’ spread

Bull Call Spread is a bullish strategy where we buy one lot of lower strike Call and sell 1 higher strike Call. It’s is a safe strategy to play long bias as maximum risk and reward are well defined.

With state election results announcement this week, investors can deploy ‘Bull Call’ in Bank Nifty

Some cool off in India VIX could be expected after the political outcome becomes apparent.

Options can help investors weather headwinds from Assembly Elections 2018

Every now and then we are faced with a situation where there is a firm possibility of headwinds created by a known event. Be it election outcomes, big trade agreements or major Monetary Regime change.

Here's how you can trade the volatile market ahead of state election results

Election results in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, where BJP is the incumbent, will be keenly watched by market participants.

3 simple rules to follow in expiry week while trading options

My last piece of investor advice would be to stay vigilant while at the same time remain disciplined. Reason being that while trading derivatives there is always a thin possibility of a very big loss.

F&O cues: Nifty 9600 Put adds 8.4 lakh shares in Open Interest

F&O cues: Nifty 9600 Put added 8.4 lakh shares in Open Interest and Nifty 9700 Put added 6.4 lakh shares in OI.

Trade Setup for Monday: Top 10 things you should know before Opening Bell

The bias still remains on the upside as the index closed above its crucial resistance level of 9,100; however, if it closes below 9,000 this week, the bias might shift towards the downside, suggests experts.

Trade Setup for Thursday: Top 10 things you should know before Opening Bell

The Nifty50 reclaimed its crucial resistance level of 9,133 and closed above its crucial 10-days exponential moving average (DEMA) placed at 9,104. The index formed a small bullish candle which resembles spinning top kind of pattern on daily charts.

Trade Setup for Wednesday: Top 10 things you should know before Opening Bell

Investors can create long positions on dips for a target of 9,218-9,250, which was its recent record high.

Mind The GAAP4: Financial Instruments (1)

Mind The GAAP4: Financial Instruments (1)

Nifty to touch 9,000 on expiry?

It is a start of a truncated expiry week and it is a market which can make absolute mockery of the levels in expiry week. Anuj Singhal of CNBC-TV18 has more details.

Global telecom cos looking to enter Indian market: KPMG

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Romal Shetty, ED and National Head, KPMG said that if norms are in place, it will ease entry of foreign flows in India. He believes global telecom companies are looking to enter India and there must be a safeguard to protect the Indian company‘s interest in the industry.

Bank Nifty may outperform Nifty in September series: Bhamre

One can trade the September series with a positive bias and advised buying Options because the 8200-8300 Call Options are attracting lot of buying interest from stronger hands, said Siddharth Bhamre of Angel Broking

DIIs giving mkt cold shoulder; hold shorts: Angel Broking

Siddharth Bhamre, Angel Broking believes that this market is going down because there are no domestic buyers and not because elections might be held earlier.

See resistance at 5750-5800; sell on rise: Angel Broking

In an interview to CNBC-TV18 Siddharth Bhamre of Angel Broking shared outlook on the Futures and Options segment and stocks across various sectors.

Square-off longs, short Nifty between 5950-6000: Bhamre

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Siddharth Bhamre, Angel Broking says that from here onwards they will be cautious on the market. He suggests squaring off long positions and buying some Put Options.

Nifty could see support at around 6,000: Analysts

The Nifty could see support at around 6,000 points, analysts say based on a rise in put options at that level.

Learn basics of option contracts: Microsec

The previous two sessions on “Knowledge Center: Learning Derivatives” explained the concepts of Future & Option contracts. This session elaborates further on Option contracts. An option contract is a contract which gives one party the right to buy or sell the underlying asset on a future date at a pre-determined price (called the strike price).

What is Speculation/Hedging/Arbitrage?

In “Knowledge Center: Learning Derivatives - Session I”, we gave a brief introduction of derivative contracts. What are forward and future contracts? What is the difference between the two? How they can be used for hedging and speculative purposes? What are Call and Put Options and how they permit non-linear payoffs… and so on.