What is Volatility? Volatility in the context of stock markets is the amount of price change which a stock experiences over a given period of time (i.e. breadth or the difference between high-low). Put differently, if the price stays relatively stable, the stock has...
What markets do day to day is overwhelmingly driven by random chance. Ascribing explanations to short term moves is like trying to explain lottery numbers. It’s no secret that in the short term – investor sentiment is arguably the only driver of stock prices. Their...
Before I begin – Remember that while algorithms can enable high frequency trading, the scope for algorithmic trading is much wider. While all high frequency trading will use some form of computer programming, all algorithms are not written to execute only high...
Let’s assume that many countries become self sufficient for their crude oil requirements. In such a situation crude oil will become like any other domestic commodity (think of cotton or sugar) and its market price will be determined by similar various domestic and...
Arbitrage involves buying and selling the same asset simultaneously across two different markets to profit from the price difference. In the stock markets, arbitrage opportunity exists across the cash (delivery) and the derivative (F&O) market. In the most basic...
When to use: Put Backspread Option Strategy is used when the investor is bearish on the stock (i.e. when the investor expects the stock price to fall in the near future). How it works: In the put backspread strategy the investor sells 1 in-the-money put option; and...
