Short Call Option Strategy
When to use: When you are Bearish and anticipate the stock / index to fall. How it works: Suppose, you are bearish on ITC Limited stock on 16th August 2013, when the share trades at Rs. 324. You sell a call option (also called writing a call option) for a premium of Rs. 20, expiring 26th September 2013 with a […]
Long Put Option Strategy
A basic and commonly implemented option strategy is the Long Put Option Strategy When to use: When you are Bearish and anticipate the stock / index to rise. How it works: Suppose, you are bearish on ICICI Bank stock on 16th August 2013, when the stock trades at Rs. 830. You buy a put option at a premium of Rs. […]
Short Put Option Strategy
When to use: When you are Bullish and anticipate the stock / index to fall. How it works: Suppose, you are Bullish on ONGC stock on 16th August 2013, when the stock trades at Rs. 265. You sell a put option (also called writing a put option) for a premium of Rs. 5, expiring 29th August 2013 with a Strike […]
Circular Trading in Stock Market
Circular trading in stock market refers to a fraudulent trading scheme where buy/sell orders are entered by a person or by persons acting in collusion with each other to operate the price of the underlying security. The person(s) buying or selling knows that the same number of shares at the same time and for the same price will […]
Earn From Swing Trading
Amongst the many styles of making money in the market, swing trading has delivered the best results over the last few months. This has been possible mainly because of volatility in stock prices. Swing trading is the practice of earning a profit by buying and selling a security including stocks at different price points with the goal […]
How Stop loss Orders Work on Hitting Trigger Price
Remember what happened when the news of irregular accounting in Satyam Computers hit the market or more recently when Ranbaxy’s drugs were banned by the USFDA. The stock prices in such scenarios correct at such extraordinary rates that nobody gets an opportunity to get out. A stop loss order works as a safety mechanism which gives […]
How Do Circuit Breakers Work in The Stock Markets?
In the simplest language possible – a circuit breaker or circuit filter signifies the maximum that a stock (or the market as a whole) could rise or fall before trading in that specific stock (or in the market as a whole) is halted for a certain duration of time. Once a circuit breaker is applied, […]
How Futures and Options Affect Share Prices?
Of course, the price of derivatives (including futures and options) has a major impact on the price of the underlying share (and vice versa). How can you as a trader benefit from this co-relation has been the subject of many books and much research work. While it is not important to trade on this basis, it is […]
Futures and Options Lot Size – Margin Amount and Number of Shares
In the stock markets, participants can trade in 2 segments: (i) Cash segment; and (ii) Futures and Options (Derivative) segment. Participants in the cash market can buy/sell any number of shares of a company (i.e. they can buy anything from a single share to thousands of shares). On the other hand, in the futures and options segment, participants […]
Psychological Traits of a Successful Stock Investor
The Successful Stock Investor Imagine a world where everyone was equally intelligent, with identical psychological traits and access to the same information. What purpose would the stock markets serve then? I’ll answer that – None. The business of stock Investing thrives on these 3 things – Intelligence, Psychology and Information. After closely observing many successful stock investors, I have realized that having […]