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- The first question to ask in any option trade is how much of my capital could I lose in the worst case scenario not how much can I make.
- Long options are tools that can be used to create asymmetric trades with a built in downside and unlimited upside.
- Short options should only be sold when the probabilities are deeply in your favor that they will expire worthless, also a small hedge can pay for itself in the long run.
- Understand that in long options you have to overcome the time priced into the premium to be profitable even if you are right on the direction of the move.
- Long weekly deep-in-the-money options can be used like stock with much less out lay of capital.
- The reason that deeper in the money options have so little time and volatility priced in is becasue you are ensuring someones profits in that stock. That is where the risk is:intrinsic value, and that risk is on the buyer.
- When you buy out-of-the-money options understand that you must be right about direction, time period of move, and amount of move to make money. Also understand this is already priced in.
- When trading a high volatility event that price move will be priced into the option, after the event the option price will remove that volatility value and the option value will collapse. You can only make money through those events with options if the increase in intrinsic value increases enough to replace the vega value that comes out.
- Only trade in options with high volume so you do not lose a large amount of money on the bid/ask spread when entering and exiting trades.
- When used correctly options can be tools for managing risk, used incorrectly they can blow up your account. I suggest never risking more than 1% of your trading capital on any one option trade.
Revolutionary Trading Psychology
Everyone thinks the market is a game of numbers. We use complex models, umpteen oscillators or retracement calculations and even a fundamental analysis of supply and demand – all based in numbers and about numbers.
But in reality, the numbers of the market are but an illusion.
Markets are only the vacillating prices that other human beings, using the same mathematically based tools, are willing to pay. For example, what can be expensive one day can be very cheap the next if a trend has ensued.
It is only a matter of perspective. And perspective is a matter of the judgments you make.
Judgments on the other hand will be influenced by both impulsive feelings and by intuitive feelings – or pattern recognition. The trick is to have all the data on the table so you can tell the difference.
In order to do this, us market participants need to do a couple of things – give up the notion of a iron-clad trading plan based purely on historical probabilities and replace it with a trading plan based on historical probabilities (yes you read that right) AND a systematic way to leverage your judgment under uncertainty. This way you can make a decision about factors that may now be in play for the future probabilities. I mean who thought the VIX could stay over 30 for 6 months? … I am just askin.
Now in order to do this successfully, you have got to learn to optimize your judgments – which means spending more time focused on deciphering and understanding them than you spend on deciphering and understanding the charts.
This is revolutionary trading psychology – and it works.
Nifty VIX :Support at 24.24 -22.79
Yesterday VIX closed at 26.64.
Chart indicates Support exist at 24.24 ,22.79 level.
Yesterday formed a low of 26.40
Now suppose it crashed to 24.24 or 22.79 then rally will continue in Nifty.
If not breaks these levels ,Then SEE sharp rally in VIX in day or two…so it means crack in Nifty !!
-As I had already mentioned :Just watch 3& 7DEMA as your crucuial support levels.
Updated at 11:16/1st July/Baroda