• Aug
    22

    With a sharp rise in Nifty, some traders who used to write out-of-money call options whenever Nifty came closer to its immediate resistance level, were caught on the wrong foot.

  • Aug
    08

    The extreme range-bound movement in Nifty over the past couple of sessions has thrown day traders out of job. The trading range — both on overnight and intra-day basis

  • Aug
    01

    After ending the July series near the higher end of the trading range, the market witnessed a lacklustre start to Au­gust series in derivative segment. The volumes on the

  • Jul
    18

    After a phase of strong upward mo­vement, Nifty has been moving in an extremely narrow band of 40 points as far as intra-day movement is concerned. Such range-bound moves

  • Jul
    11

    As we get into the earnings season and volatility increases due to local and global factors, it is time for traders to trade through options rather than taking unhedged positions

  • Jun
    27

    With the June series of derivative contracts ending on a strong note the confidence of put writers is running high.
    As we are very close to the previous

  • Jun
    13

    With the market turning ext­remely volatile, life has become tough for option traders as ov­ernight developments turn out-of-the-mo­ney (OTM) options into in-the-money (ITM).
    The high volatility in option prices

  • Jun
    06

    With high volatility in the market option premiums have risen sh­arply over the past couple of da­ys. But it will be better for traders to avoid the temptation

  • May
    30

    Just two days before the expiry of the May series, the market suffered a major setback as the indices slipped more than 3 per cent in a single trading session.

  • May
    23

    With sharp declines in the indices last week call writers were lau­ghing all the way to the bank. But at the same time put writers were not