Call writers vs Put writers : who is powerful ?The option market is always dominated by the writers, either the call writers or the put writers.
Understanding Writing an Option
Traders write an option by creating a new option contract that sells someone the right to buy or sell a stock at a specific price (strike price) on a specific date (expiration date). In other words, the writer of the option can be forced to buy or sell a stock at the strike price.
However, for that risk, the option writer receives a premium that the buyer of the option pays. The premium received when writing an option depends upon several factors, including the current price of the stock, when the option expires, and other factors such as the underlying asset’s volatility.
Benefits of Writing an Option
1.Some of the main benefits of writing an option include:
2.Premium received immediately: Options writers receive a premium as soon as they sell an option contract.
3.Options decline in value due to time decay, which reduces the option writer's risk and liability. Because the writer sold the option for a higher price and has already received a premium, they can buy it back for a lower price.
Call Writers vs Put Writers : who is powerful ?
During Intraday, we see the option chain and convert it's data into graph/bar charts, so that we can interpreted the data easily.
How to interpreted the graph ?
If the green line is above the red line: it means Call writers are greater than Put writers. Bearish Market
If the red line is above the green line: it means Put writers are greater than Call writers .Bullish Market
OI
Nifty Put/call Ratio Open Interest - Educational Series 5Hi All,
Let see today Nifty Put/Call Ratio open interest :
Following is the NSE link for Nifty Put/Call options Open interest :
www.nseindia.com
Now In Market the option (put/call) writers make money (most of time) i.e they say that's the smart money(Even though there is risk of unlimited loss and limited profits)
Can Any one share whats the logic that option writers make money most of time to be called as smart money ?
Coming to current month : In NSE link provided above , There is Call Open interest build up data on left side and put Open interest build up data on right side.
So if you see For FEB NIFTY series :
8800 Put has Open Interest (OI) of 61 lakh
9000 Calls has Open Interest(OI) of 71 lakh
i.e smart money is betting that market expiry will happen between 8800-9000
So if you are call /put buyer just take a note of it .
I knew a blog which used to publish this data in nice tabular fashion daily , but it has stopped doing it from last 3-4 months, If any one has the link to any site or blog which can give updates on this data daily please share.
Disclaimer : Educational purpose only ,Please consult your financial adviser before investing.