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[11 Mar 2010 | 8 Comments | 405 views]
Nifty Options Price Change Tracker

And Now we could track Price Vs Open Interest, Price Vs Open Interest Change Relationship easily. No need to read or listen to TV anymore. The picture of Open Interest, Open Interest Change, Price Change Tracker will tell you the actual happenings of the market.

[11 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 230 views]
Nifty Open Interest Change Tracker

Here is an another simple OI Change Tracking Chart for you to give a more broader picture to understand what is happening in the Index Option market.Nifty Options OI Change tracker will track the change in open interest for a particular day

[7 Mar 2010 | One Comment | 456 views]
Earning Profits with the Use of Non Directional Trading Strategies -2

Let me clarify few things about options to help your trade options better.
Try to gain fundamentals knowledge of options, trading strategies, etc and after ensuring that you have complete knowledge start trading options. Never trade without learning completely about options.
Almost all option strategies involve some degree of risk, decide your risk level and then trade options. Please avoid taking naked option position such as sell call or sell put

[5 Mar 2010 | 2 Comments | 462 views]
Change in Nifty OI Scenario

Change in Open Interest Scenario today. 5100 Calls having higher open interest builtup which inturn indicates heavy call writing in 5100. It is suggested to long nifty only if sustains above 5100

[3 Mar 2010 | 7 Comments | 613 views]
Earning Profits with the Use of Non Directional Trading Strategies -1

“There are two kinds of investors, be they large or small: those who don’t know where the market is headed, and those who don’t know that they don’t know. Then again, there is a third type of investor – the investment professional, who indeed knows that he or she doesn’t know, but whose livelihood depends upon appearing to know.”

[2 Mar 2010 | One Comment | 330 views]
Zero Cost Collar Options strategy – Insurance for your stocks

Zero cost collar or zero cost option is an option technique to safeguard the gains obtained on holding stocks. This is very simple option strategy which can be used safely to protect the profit accrued on holding stocks. This can be used by investors who do not wish to trade intraday or positional trades and invest in blue-chip stocks for long-term gain. Most of us buy insurance for our life but fail to buy insurance for stocks which we hold for long-term investment. In case if you own a stock that has increased considerably in value since you bought it?

[2 Mar 2010 | One Comment | 311 views]
OI Sentiment for March Series

Anyone who continuously observing the March Series could tell that 4800 PE March series is being written from the day one of the start of march series. Also the high open interest in the march 4800PE indicates the same. But equally there is  a significant huge OI addition in 5100 CE series also which indicates the possibility of writing 5100CE

[1 Mar 2010 | 8 Comments | 443 views]
Trading in Cash market versus Options

Most retail investor trade in cash market and very few of them participate in trading options. There is lack of clarity about options trading in India. First and foremost reason is that most brokers do not allow their clients taking short position in options

[26 Feb 2010 | 8 Comments | 542 views]
Options Strategy for Volatile market.

Over the last two years, NIFTY has shown high degree of volatility. Nifty fell very sharply in 2009 touching as low as 2539 and then rebound back to 5310 level. This continued setting of uncertainty is posing discomfort for every style of investor. Being right is already difficult enough, but the cost of being wrong can be so much higher with high degree of volatility in the market.

[26 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 895 views]
Options Trading Without Predicting Market Direction

Many retail traders do NIFTY trading by predicting market directions, For instance, some retail traders are bullish on NIFTY and expecting NIFTY to rally after budget, others are bearish and predict NIFTY to touch 4600.  These are directional trades and are very risky if done without hedge. Never trade NIFTY future without hedging as you may incur huge loss if NIFTY does not move as per your prediction. What is the solution for this problem? Can NIFTY be traded without knowing market direction? Yes, you can trade NIFTY options without …