Shubham Agarwal

we need to be mindful of the fact that where the implied volatility (IV) is before taking a trade so that we capitalize on the Blessings and Avoid the curse, said Shubham Agarwal

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.

F&O expiry week strategy: Deploy a protective hedge via Nifty Bear Put Spread

Bear Put spread is a moderately bearish strategy. The strategy is 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.

Make these three adjustments to your trade to improve risk-reward profile

As COVID-19 pandemic turns the entire market more headline-driven than driven by solid economic data. The moves upward or downward become vulnerable to reversals and respite.

'Can go slightly risk-averse; deploy Bank Nifty Modified Call Butterfly Spread'

Modified Call Butterfly is a 4-legged strategy where 1 lot of Call close to current underlying level is bought against that 2 lots of higher strike calls.

Handling volatility in options premiums while trading direction

The most talked-about India VIX index is often used as a proxy to the Implied Volatility of Nifty Options. Nifty went lower and VIX went higher and the other way round in the recent bounce.

'Keep trades limited and protected amid COVID-19; deploy Nifty Modified Put Butterfly spread'

Considering the unpredictability of the pandemic, it makes sense to keep the trades limited and protected. Hence, Modified Butterfly on monthly series options is advised.

Trading expensive options amid COVID-19 uncertainties - here’s what you need to know

The Back ratios are typically known for their pro-volatility characteristics. Here, we have a forecast that we could have a big move in a day or two.

What should investors do today? Avoid trading pandemic-driven uncertainties

Empirically such periods have ended in prolonged calmer times. Till such signs come into trade analytics with a drop in Implied Volatility, it would be wise to await an opportunity instead of venturing into a trade.

Hedge your trading positions by deploying ‘Bear Put Spread’ on Nifty: Shubham Agarwal

Trapped Option Writers may extrapolate weakness if any in the coming days. Hence, an index hedge is advised with bear Put spread on Nifty profiting from the extension of the ongoing meltdown.

Nifty down over 7% in a week: Time to go contra? Here are a few strategies

The best possible solution to go contra is to have a synthetic call in a place where one goes long on futures and buys a Put of a strike slightly lower than the current market price.

Nifty unlikely to run away from here; deploy ‘Bear Put Spread’ to hedge positions

The open interest (OI) activity all the while, when Nifty was rising, did not seem to have agreed with the argument of everything is fine, unlike the price action.

Use structured ‘Option Trading’ for steady returns; here are 3 factors to keep in mind

Options trading is more and more becoming an integral part of trading especially after benchmark indices topped global charts for highest Options Volumes.

'Investors should hedge Nifty positions by deploying Modified Put Butterfly'

Modified Put Butterfly is a 4-legged strategy where 1 lot of Put close to current underlying level is bought against that 2 lots of lower strike Puts are sold and 1 more lot of Put is bought but closer to the Put sold strike.

'Deploy Bank Nifty hedge via Bear Put Spread in the Budget week'

Bear Put spread is a moderately bearish strategy. The strategy is 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.

How OTM vertical spread can help investors save money in October series

In the case of weekly expiries, if we are mildly bullish or bearish it can be translated into trading action very easily by selling more Calls/ Puts against Calls/Puts bought

28,000 on Nifty Bank likely to act as resistance; deploy ‘Modified Call Butterfly’ strategy

The weekly increment of OI in the index was over 4 percent. On the other hand, Bank Nifty futures had long additions of almost 9 percent and an equal amount of short unwinding

By adding options to trading, investors can even make gyrations a profitable trade

The series of ups and downs in any direction makes trading worth

Market situations: Articulating lack of conviction against lack of confidence

Option bought and sold will take care of the fact that, no matter how long we stay in the trade, the time value is being funded to a certain extent.

Learn how to profit from an oscillating market strategy

It is always profitable to know this kind of market neutral strategies as well, as one is capable of trading other than just unidirectional moves

Safety first while trading! Cost of hedging wouldn’t go beyond 3-4% of your position

Most of the times the cost of hedging wouldn’t go beyond 3-4% even if the hedge is kept for a good 20+ sessions. I have always found prudence in choosing the strike close to the current market price.

Deploy 'Bull Call Spread' in Nifty to take advantage of bullish bias in market

The outcome of State election results might lead to uncertainty cropping up in the next 10 sessions which could result in the rise in open interest.

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.

Here are Shubham Agarwal & Gaurav Bissa's top trading bets

In an interview to CNBC-TV18's Ekta Batra & Anuj Singhal, Shubham Agarwal of Motilal Oswal Securities shared his readings and outlook on market and specific stocks and Gaurav Bissa of LKP Securities gave his outlook on Futures and Options (F&O) side of the market, specific stocks and sectors.

Here are some top trading tips from market experts

Watch the interview of Prakash Gaba of prakashgaba.com, Rajat Bose of rajatkbose.com, Shubham Agarwal of Motilal Oswal Securities, Siddarth Bhamre of Angel Broking and Prakash Diwan of prakashdiwan.in with Latha Venkatesh and Sonia Shenoy on CNBC-TV18.