Thursday 3 September 2015

How to Trade Options in Bear Market

A bear market is defined as a drop of 20% or more in a market average over a one-year period, measured from the closing low to the closing high. Generally, these market types occur during economic recessions or depressions, when pessimism prevails .Bear markets reflect slowing economic growth and corporate financial problems. Fearful traders panic and dump their holdings at a loss, which pushes stock prices down further and ignites a fresh round of selling. Investors can use several bear-option strategies to profit from a market-wide selling frenzy
Step 1
Buying put options is a straightforward bear strategy with low risk/high reward potential. The goal is for the stock price to drop below the put option strike price so the option is in the money prior to expiration. The amount of risk is limited to the option price plus the commission.
Step 2

Tuesday 1 September 2015

Reasons Why Sensex, Nifty are Sinking

1. Lower-than-expected GDP data
one of the main reasons behind today's sharp fall in Sensex was the lower-than-expected GDP growth figure.

Data released by the Central Statistics Office ( CSO) on Monday showed the Indian economy grew by 7% in the June quarter, slower than the previous quarter's 7.5% expansion. Growth in the June quarter of 2014-15 was 6.7%.
While the 7% growth rate matches the June quarter growth of China and still places India in the league of fastest growing economies in the world, economists said more measures are needed to step up the acceleration.
2. Foreign investors sell record amount of Indian shares in August

Foreign investors sold a record amount of Indian shares in August, offloading even more than in the midst of the global financial crisis, as turbulent markets in China led many funds to reduce their holdings in riskier emerging markets.
Foreign institutional investors sold a net 168.77 billion rupees ($2.55 billion) in Indian shares in August, more than the previous monthly record of 153.47 billion rupees in October 2008, according to data from National Securities Depository Limited.
The sales helped push the Nifty down 6.6 per cent in August, its worst monthly performance since November 2011.
Analysts said the sales were largely a result of the overweight positions in India by foreign investors, who have been heavy buyers since 2012.
Foreign investors had been net buyers as early as July when India was seen as benefiting from outflows from China. They remain net buyers of 275.2 billion rupees this year.
3. Rate cut by HDFC

Banking and financial stocks led the decline after reports of HDFC Bank's steep base rate cut on Monday sparked fears that other lenders will be able to match it only at the cost of margins.
HDFC Bank cut its base rate by 35 basis points to 9.35 per cent from September 1 in a move to capture wider market share, according to media reports on Monday.
The move stoked fears that pricing pressure would lead to other banks taking a hit on their net interest margins as most banks would have a base rate of 35-65 basis points higher than that of HDFC Bank.

Monday 31 August 2015

HDIL OPTION STRATEGY

Buy HDIL 70 CALL @ 3
Buy HDIL 50 PUT @ 2.2
COST=5.2
TOTAL RISK  = 10400
RETURN = UNLIMITED
UPPER BREAK GIVEN POINT=75.2
LOWER BREAK GIVEN POINT=44.8
Pay off table:

Friday 21 August 2015

Long Call Butterfly


Long Call Butterfly is one of the sideway strategies employed in a low volatile stock. It usually involves buying one lower strike call, selling two middle strike calls and buying one higher strike call options of the same expiration date. Typically the distance between each strike prices are equal for this strategy.
Combining two short calls at a middle strike and one long call each at a lower and upper strike creates a long call butterfly. The upper and lower strikes (wings) must both be equidistant from the middle strike (body), and all the options must have the same expiration date.
You may also execute the Long Butterfly strategy using all puts options. When all puts options are used, it is referred to as the Long Put Butterfly strategy. As to whether a butterfly strategy should be executed using all calls or all put options depend on the relative price of the option. The premium of both puts and calls option should be taken into consideration to achieve the optimum trade
Market Outlook
 Neutral around Strike

Summary
This strategy generally profits if the underlying stock is at the body of the butterfly at expiration.
Breakeven:

· Upside Breakeven = Higher Strike less Net Premium Paid

· Downside Breakeven = Lower Strike add Net Premium Paid.


Advantages and Disadvantages
 
Advantages:

·         Ability to make profit from a range bound stock with relatively lower cost outlay.

·         Limited risk exposure compare to Short Straddle strategy when the underlying stock moved beyond the breakeven point on expiration date.

Disadvantages:

·         The profit potential only come from the narrow range between the 2 wing strikes.

·         Bid/Ask spread from the various option legs may adversely affect the profit potential of the strategy




Wednesday 12 August 2015

Saturday 8 August 2015

TATAMOTORS STRANGLE STRATEGY :410 CALL BOOKED

TATAMOTORS 410 CALL BOOKED FULL PROFIT @ 10 PROFIT IS 2550 @ 1 LOT
CONTINUE TO HOLD 350 PUT
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Friday 7 August 2015

OPTION STRATEGY UPDATE :BOOK PROFIT IN CALL

 OPTION STRATEGY GIVEN YESTERDAY  (06-08-15)
TATAMOTORS   410 CALL BOOK PROFIT NEAR 9.8-10

Thursday 6 August 2015

TATAMOTORS STRANGLE STRATEGY FOR AUGUST 2015

BUY 1 LOT TATAMOTORS 350 PUT @ 4.7
BUY 1 LOT TATAMOTORS  410 CALL @ 4.9
COST=9.6
TOTAL RISK  = 4800
RETURN = UNLIMITED
UPPER BREAK GIVEN POINT=414.9
LOWER BREAK GIVEN POINT=346.3
Pay off table: