Introduction Trading in the stock market is often portrayed as a shortcut to make a big money in shortest time. In today’s environment it is even more prominent due to social media posting images of successful traders. In this process a key component of trading success ‘trading psychology’ is ignored. … Read more
Introduction Volatility trading is not a special kind of trading. It is similar to any other trading activity. Here a trader ascertains the current volatility in the market and leverages that as a trading opportunity. Option traders generally focus on volatility trading mainly because it affects the option price or … Read more
Introduction An option chain is simply the list of all the available option contracts for a particular underlying stock or index with a specific expiry. It is often shown in a grid format on brokerage platforms. An option chain offers data for call and put options across multiple strike prices … Read more
Introduction to Option Greeks Option Greeks are financial risk metrics that help traders assess how sensitive an option’s price is to the price of the underlying or some other risk factor. Mastering the Option Greeks is crucial for achieving success in options trading. Options trading goes beyond merely predicting market trends … Read more
Introduction In the last few years, a major change has happened in the stock market due to algo trading. The full form of which is algorithmic trading. Algo trading evolved from automatic trade execution by large institutions such as hedge funds or investment banks and has now begun moving to … Read more
Introduction Along with the growth in Indian Stock market, option trading has become very popular within retail investors and traders. Over the period, Indian stock market is growing with participation from foreign investors as well as internal retail and institutional investors. We can expect further growth in coming days due … Read more
Introduction An option is a type of financial derivative. It gives the buyer of that option the privilege of buying or selling some underlying asset (like a stock or an index) at a pre-determined price, called the ‘strike price’, within a specified date, called the ‘expiry date’. There are mainly … Read more