ETMarkets Smart Talk: Rahul Ghose explains options trading strategy in Adani stocks

ETMarkets Smart Talk: Rahul Ghose explains options trading strategy in Adani stocks

The only way to play Adani group stocks right now is to do a long strangle in them for next month expiries. These stocks are too volatile and will move more on news flow rather than valuation drivers and technical parameters,” said Rahul Ghose, Founder & CEO – Hedged. Edited excerpts from an interview:Nifty lost … Read more

5 common mistakes retail traders make while buying options

5 common mistakes retail traders make while buying options

SEBI published a report recently on how the options trading has grown multifolds in the last few years and retail participation has grown tremendously. According to the report, 89% traders ended up losing money in the last fiscal year. Most active retail traders stick to options buying because of lesser capital. Here are 5 common … Read more

Bleeding red! 5 reasons why every 9 out of 10 F&O traders lose money

Bleeding red! 5 reasons why every 9 out of 10 F&O traders lose money

NEW DELHI: Despite the mushrooming of option trading gurus on Twitter, Telegram and YouTube, who offer everything from coaching classes, advisory services, algos and even tips, 9 out of 10 individual futures and options (F&O) traders end up losing their capital. While the number of F&O traders on Dalal Street has jumped exponentially over 500% … Read more

ETMarkets Trade Talk: What’s common between art & Nifty Bank charts? Ask this Pune options trader

ETMarkets Trade Talk: What’s common between art & Nifty Bank charts? Ask this Pune options trader

Terminologies like stop loss, positional trading and option scalping don’t belong to the dictionary of arts but then the stock market does attract people from all kinds of backgrounds. When Pune-based art designer Pranav Daure started trading to get some extra income, he knew he wasn’t trained to decipher data and take quick buy and … Read more

ETMarkets Trade Talk | NRI techie doubling money every year by selling Nifty Bank options

ETMarkets Trade Talk | NRI techie doubling money every year by selling Nifty Bank options

After a gruelling day at work at an IT MNC in Sydney, Kavita’s daily routine takes a sharp turn in the second half of the day when the techie turns into a Nifty Bank option seller. Taking advantage of the 5:30 hour time difference between India and Australia, she dons the hat of a day … Read more

Weekly Options Strategy: As Nifty50 looks to consolidate, go for Bear Put spread

Weekly Options Strategy: As Nifty50 looks to consolidate, go for Bear Put spread

Strategy Positions: Buy Nifty August 17700 Put at 115 & sell August 17500 Put at 58, Total premium out-flow: 57; Target: 143; Stop loss: 12.5 (1 Lot Each). Rationale The Nifty closed marginally green last week despite profit taking seen on Friday amid continued FIIs inflows. Call writers remained under pressure throughout the week as … Read more

Weekly Options Strategy: Keep target at 16,000-16,200, go for bull call ladder

Weekly Options Strategy: Keep target at 16,000-16,200, go for bull call ladder

Strategy Positions Buy 7 July 15800 Call at 141; Sell 7 July 16000 Call at 64.5 and Sell 7 July 16200 Call at 20.5 (1 Lot Each). Rationale The Nifty remained muted last week despite being quarterly and monthly settlement and after testing series VWAP near 15900, it retraced below 15700 levels. Sell-off seen among … Read more

F&O: Nifty50 major trend positive; supports shift to 10,550-10,450 zone

F&O: Nifty50 major trend positive; supports shift to 10,550-10,450 zone

By Chandan Taparia Nifty opened positive near the 10,800 mark on Tuesday, but failed to hold at higher levels and drifted towards the 10,690 mark in first half of the session. However, the index witnessed a decent recovery of 100 points from lower levels as the bulls took the opportunity to buy the decline. The … Read more