Options: Buying vs. Selling - A Comprehensive GuideExploring the realm of options trading unveils two key players: Buyers and Sellers.
Each wields unique strategies with its mix of risks and rewards.
Let's break it down in simple terms.
# Option Buyers: Riding on Possibilities
Chances of Making Money (PoP):
Buyers aim for good market moves, counting on accurate predictions within a specific time.
Risk:
For buyers, risks are limited. Losses only go as far as the premium paid.
Time Pressure:
Buyers fight against time. Being right means aligning predictions with a set timeframe.
Volatility Impact:
Buyers gain when things get more uncertain, making their options potentially more valuable.
Market Moves Matter:
Buyers thrive when the market goes up or down; they bet on a specific direction.
Skill Needed:
While simpler than selling, buyers need a good sense of market trends.
# Option Sellers: Crafting Strategies with Care
Chances of Making Money (PoP):
Sellers prefer stable or slightly tricky markets, benefitting from time passing by.
Risk Check:
Sellers face unlimited risks if the market moves too much against them.
Time on Their Side:
Sellers like time passing; it works in their favor.
Volatility Impact:
Less drama is better for sellers; it makes their options lose less value.
Direction Doesn’t Matter Much:
Sellers can make money in quieter markets; they have more room to move.
Skill Level:
Selling needs more skill, involving clever strategies and calculations.
# What Decides Success: A Mix of Factors
Winning in the options game is about reading the market, knowing your risk appetite, and being smart with strategies.
- Chances of Making Money: Buyers look for clear market trends, while sellers like it stable.
- Risk Game: Buyers have limits on losses; sellers need to watch out for big market moves.
- Time’s Effect: Buyers fight against time; sellers make time work for them.
- Cost and Volatility: Buyers pay more, and gain from more drama. Sellers earn from premiums and like calm markets.
Succeeding in options trading is about thinking smart, adapting to what the market gives, and keeping your skills sharp.
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When to adjust Options - 5 Guidelines to stop your lossesIn this video, I discuss 5 Options selling guidelines which you can use to exit your option trades when they go wrong.
Selling options come with the risk of unlimited losses . That's why, the main aim of adjusting options is to put a cap to the losses , reassess the situation and increase profitability.
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Basics of Option's Delta: With ExamplesOption's DELTA represents the change in price of an option with respect to change in price of an underlying.
Let's understand briefly with the help of Nifty example.
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In the above Nifty example,
17750 is an At the Money CE option.
Delta of ATM CE is near 0.5
Which means that if spot moves 10 points, 17750 CE will move 5 points.
Normally ATM options are highly volatile options.
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17700 is slightly In the Money CE.
Delta is 0.7, means if spot moves up 10 points, the CE option will move up by 7 points.
Volatility is fairly high in this one too but less compared to 17750.
⚡If you open the chart of the above options, you will see spikes with lot of wicks above and below the candles (if market stays around these levels). Also, there will be a lot of breakout/breakdown failures over the swing highs and lows in the intraday. This is due to highly volatile nature of ATM options.
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17650 and 17600 are deeper In the Money CE options.
You can see that the delta is around 0.9
It means that if index moves 10 points, these CE option will move 8-9 points also.
These options are less volatile compared to ATM options.
⚡The deeper the CE option, the higher would be the delta, but the value of Delta never exceeds 1.
You should note that deep ITM options just behave like the underlying Futures. Means a 1-point movement in the underlying equals 1 point move in the option.
So, if you don't want to trade futures for some reason, you can trade with deep ITM options.
⚡⚡Remember that Delta varies as the market moves.
Ex if market moves down by 100 points, in this example, then Delta of 17650 CE will become 0.5 as it will be ATM at that point.
This behavior along with higher Theta of ATM needs more attention.
⚡Needless to mention, the Delta of Out of the Money CE options remains less than 0.5 and it keeps on decreasing as we move deeper into OTM CE options.
Ex Delta of 17900 CE is 0.05 while publishing this post on the expiry day. This is the reason that an OTM CE will have bare minimum movement with respect to movement in the underlying.
Disclaimer: I don't call myself an option expert and I am not much into complex option strategies. But this is the least that one should know as an option trader.
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