Surge in option trading: Is it a systemic risk or price stability tool?

Surge in option trading: Is it a systemic risk or price stability tool?

There is increasing debate around the high volumes in the options segment, with many concerned that such high volumes may bring in market turmoil, but we believe that the rise in volumes will help ensure better price discovery, leading to price stability. The daily volume in the stock market is Rs 75,000 crore notional approx. … Read more

Learn with ETMarkets: Step-by-step guide on algo trading for small & medium retail traders

Learn with ETMarkets: Step-by-step guide on algo trading for small & medium retail traders

Algorithmic Trading (Algo-Trading) – I am sure, many traders and investors reading this article would have heard this word a few times in the recent past. It is arguably one of the trending topics for Indian retail traders. There are many definitions of it on the internet as well. In this article, we will learn … Read more

Learn With ETMarkets: Advanced options trading using Straddle and Strangles

Learn With ETMarkets: Advanced options trading using Straddle and Strangles

After discussing in detail option buying and option selling, we left you with a simple question, can we do both option buying and selling together? If yes, what will it look like? Let’s answer in detail today. We know that there are two types of options — call and put — and both are opposite … Read more

How rule-based strategies can help you from FOMO, revenge trading

How rule-based strategies can help you from FOMO, revenge trading

In the realm of stock market trading, every aspect of the process, including determining when to buy or sell an asset, placing new orders, closing positions, and liquidating holdings, is under your control. All trading decisions are made by you, relying on the information at hand and your own discretion. However, here lies a notable … Read more

ETMarkets Trade Talk: 3 principles that help Bangalore’s option trader Siva make money in 5 minutes

ETMarkets Trade Talk: 3 principles that help Bangalore’s option trader Siva make money in 5 minutes

Bangalore: Armed with all the latest tools, courses, mentors and chart reading techniques, around 90% of options traders in India end up losing money. So let us look at how one of the top traders in the elite 10% club has been minting money in the F&O segment. In this interview with ETMarkets on the … Read more

Is trading that easy? 5 key learnings from option traders at Traders Carnival

Is trading that easy? 5 key learnings from option traders at Traders Carnival

Bengaluru: The zero-to-hero stories of a handful of option traders in the last 2-3 years have made hundreds of others hopeful of replicating their success by moonlighting as a day trader. Some of these new star traders are not only willing to share their secrets but also mentor the new crop on Dalal Street. At … Read more

Big Movers on D-St: What should investors do with Eicher Motors, GSFC and HDFC Bank?

Big Movers on D-St: What should investors do with Eicher Motors, GSFC and HDFC Bank?

Indian market closed in the green for the sixth consecutive day on Friday tracking positive global cues. The S&P BSE Sensex reclaimed 56,000 while the Nifty50 closed above 16,700 levels. Sectorally, buying was seen in banks, finance, FMCG, and realty stocks, while selling was seen in power, utilities, IT, and telecom stocks. Stocks in focus … Read more

Guru Purnima: Top 10 stock market lessons for retail investors & traders

Guru Purnima: Top 10 stock market lessons for retail investors & traders

The market is the greatest & one of the best teachers in the world in the field of investing or trading. In trading, it is said the best book one can ever read is your trade log. The trade log requires a sincere trader to register his trades and lessons learned from it. After hundreds … Read more