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Option Pricing and the VIX: MV Chronicle

In the latest MarketVision Chronicle (Needs free registration) we speak of Option Pricing and the VIX: On popular demand, we bring in an introduction to option ...

SEBI Standardizes F&O Contract Lot Sizes

SEBI has now specified new lot size standards for all futures/options contracts: Price Band (Rs.) Contract Size Lot Size (No. of units of underlying) Value ...

NSE changes lot sizes for 144 stocks

After the sudden upmove, a number of stocks have gone so far north that their lot sizes, which are usually calibrated to about 2 lakhs worth contracts each, ...

SEBI Group Recommendations for Derivatives

A thought provoking set of recommendations for derivatives has been released by a SEBI working group. Mini contracts on equity futures, apart from the Mini ...

F&O Course: Has to be Dec 13

Due to some unscheduled laziness the Futures and Options course has had to be moved to December 13. I wanted to do it tomorrow but for this WiZiQ will have to ...

Strangle Trades: Very interesting results

I have been looking at Nifty strangles for a while and the results seem to be very encouraging. Essentially it’s about buying an option strangle – ...

Another Strangle: 38% this time

Continuing a strangle strategy: A strangle bought two days ago – when the index was near 4100, a figure too close to comfort from the 4210 closing last ...

A 5 day holiday and some performance updates

I’m taking a break till next Tuesday for an outstation holiday. I wanted to post a quick message about my momentum moves. Two weeks ago, I decided the ...

Option action shifts: Market likely to move fast

Nifty Put options, which were the most heavily traded till the 10th of this month, have slipped; the most action now seems to be in the 4500 and 4600 calls, ...

A story about trading options

Nifty closed at 4412 today. I’d mentioned to a friend on Monday, when the market was around 4300 or so, that the options data seemed to suggest that the ...