This is the continuation of the series “How to be a better trader?”. Click here to start from Part 1 There are no points for valor in trading. Taking stupidly big bets is not courage. There is no glory in losing money. In the last post, we looked at the right attitude towards money. In … Continue reading Be a better trader. Part 3. Avoid big risks
This is the continuation of the series “How to be a better trader?”. Click here to start from Part 1 “How much money should I trade with?” Every single trader who started trading has asked someone this question. But before we get into the answer, we need to know this: It is very important to … Continue reading Be A Better Trader. Part 2. Trading Capital
Let me get to the point straight away. Stage 1 of becoming a better trader is easy. Avoid making BAD mistakes. No, I am not talking about mistakes where you lose a bit of money here or there. I am talking about mistakes which blow up your account. And believe me, most traders make big … Continue reading Be a better trader. Part 1. Avoid Mistakes
Everyone who knows anything about options will tell you this. Trying to get rich buying options is like building that caste in the air. I have no idea what that woman is doing staring at the castle though. “Option buying is better than options selling. At least the losses are limited” For years, people have been … Continue reading Buying options — The myth of limited losses
The fundamental reason why retail investor loses money in Options trading is this: Retail investors are buying options most of the times instead selling options. Surprised? Well, yes, as surprising as it sounds, that is the number 1 reason. So if you want to dramatically improve your trading fortune, just do one thing: Decrease buying … Continue reading This one change can make you a profitable trader
Sensibull is a few days away from the launch. We do not want to keep you waiting for the launch, so we thought we will give you a small part of Sensibull which is useful to you. A super-simplified, user-friendly, no-nonsense Option Trade Analyser. This helps you compare Buy Call Option, Sell Put Option, Buy … Continue reading Announcing, Option Trade Analyser
The last and final part of What Affects Option Prices. In this webinar we look at volatility You can see the Implied volatility of all the Options listed on NSE here: NSE Option Chain by Sensibull Options Screener by Sensibull — Options Central
NIFTY opened like a 300 point gap down two weeks back. Here is how you could have made (or lost) 15k with just 50 k capital in 10 minutes! Here is Balajee Ramachandran, our front end engineer and an Options Trading enthusiast, with his real life Options Trading Experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FLzxdRP3Kw The moral of this story … Continue reading How to (NOT) Trade Options in market crashes
Here is a video attempt to answer the most important question for options traders. We hope you enjoy this! https://youtu.be/tr-tJlz9RAw If you would like to find out the best option to trade for your view, from a list of thousands of complex strategies like calls, puts, call spreads, put spreads, straddles, strangles, iron condors, iron … Continue reading Which Strike to Choose for an Options Trade?
The rules of STT in options work this way: Exercise of Options: Option exercise happens when you buy an option, do not square it off and it makes money on expiry. In this case, STT is charged on the underlying NIFTY price — which is around 10500 for NIFTY as of Dec 2017. The buyer of the … Continue reading Just how bad is STT?
