Most people have no clarity regarding synthetics & are just too confused.
Let's begin understanding synthetics & how they can help us trade with a clear understanding!
In NSE, 99.6% of the trading is done in derivatives.
But most of those traders don't know how to lower costs and increase returns.
Here's a breakdown on Options Synthetics: 🧵
Collaborated with @niki_poojary
Most people have no clarity regarding synthetics & are just too confused.
Let's begin understanding synthetics & how they can help us trade with a clear understanding!
1. Calls
2. Puts
3. Futures/Stocks
You don't even need to touch futures/stocks. Whatever kind of payoff graph you want, you can get via options only.
Ft buy + Call sell = Put sell
Ft sell + Call buy = Put Buy
Ft sell + Put sell = Call sell
Ft buy = Call Buy + Put Sell
Fut sell = Put Buy + Call Sell
Know this very well as this is a must to know.
Also, we'll look at 3 problems and 4 myths about strategies.
Let's begin, by looking at the advantages:
Synthetics increases your leverage due to lower margins.
For eg, you want to buy a stock you have to pay a huge margin.
Instead of that you can buy an ATM call and sell an ATM put.
Vice versa for selling.
Margins are drastically lower via options.
There is a cost to trade in futures in the form of huge STT charges, brokerage etc.
Options charges are way lower, so from a charged viewpoint synthetics make more sense.
If you want to go long in July series now, can you go long in futures? No.
But you can sell puts and go long in July series now in options.
We cannot short stocks in India, we need to trade via futures. Some traders don't like to trade in futures as they trade via collateral and mtm loss needs to be paid daily.
Synthetics takes care of that as u only have to pay when booked.
1. Liquidity Issue - In stocks, there are liquidity issues when you try to use synthetics in ITM options.
2. Indian markets have low liquidity in contracts beyond the current month.
Covered call = Fut buy + 2600 call sell
Put sell via synthetics = 2600 Put Sell
Low liquidity here in the Put sold.
Options mtm losses can be adjusted against collateral till you don't "book" the loss.
Futures irrespective of if you book or don't book the loss, you still need to pay by cash daily.
1. Tripple Straddle has a huge advantage.
2. Inverted strangle has an advantage over strangles.
I couldn't have explained better than @SarangSood Sir this concept in his thread.
Read how he shows you how there is no advantage to both.
https://t.co/Gn6hjqIEzm
A THREAD
— Sarang Sood (@SarangSood) May 14, 2021
Topic: Why triple straddle has no real benefit.
A triple straddle is essentially an ATM Straddle & one or two step away straddle on either side. The position is almost neutral strategy just like any other neutral straddle or strangle.
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If you buy a call profit is unlimited, but if no movement occurs then the option will deteriorate in value.
If you buy fut and buy put, and if the stock doesn't move, the put goes to zero and fut doesn't give profit.
Both are the same.
1. Low probability of success
2. Constant theta decay.
These same traders when they trade futures are buying puts as "hedges" too which is the same as buying options.
This is totally illogical.
Can achieve the same via only selling puts.
When we buy fut and sell call to "hedge" we pay two margin requirements.
Selling a put requires only one margin.
Vice-versa for covered puts.
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12 TRADING SETUPS used by professional traders:🧵
Collaborated with @niki_poojary
Here's what you'll learn in this thread:
1. Capture Overnight Theta Decay
2. Trading Opening Range Breakouts
3. Reversal Trading Setups
4. Selling strangles and straddles in Bank Nifty
6. NR4 + IB
7. NR 21-Vwap Strategy
Let's dive in ↓
1/ STBT option Selling (Positional Setup):
The setup uses price action to sell options for overnight theta decay.
Check Bank Nifty at 3:15 everyday.
Sell directional credit spreads with capped
@jigspatel1988 2/ Selling Strangles in Bank Nifty based on Open Interest Data
Don't trade till 9:45 Am.
Identify the highest OI on puts and calls.
Check combined premium and put a stop on individual
@jigspatel1988 3/ Open Drive (Intraday)
This is an opening range breakout setup with a few conditions.
To be used when the market opens above yesterday's day high
or Below yesterday's day's
Collaborated with @niki_poojary
Here's what you'll learn in this thread:
1. Capture Overnight Theta Decay
2. Trading Opening Range Breakouts
3. Reversal Trading Setups
4. Selling strangles and straddles in Bank Nifty
6. NR4 + IB
7. NR 21-Vwap Strategy
Let's dive in ↓
1/ STBT option Selling (Positional Setup):
The setup uses price action to sell options for overnight theta decay.
Check Bank Nifty at 3:15 everyday.
Sell directional credit spreads with capped
A thread about STBT options selling,
— Jig's Patel (@jigspatel1988) July 17, 2021
The purpose is simple to capture overnight theta decay,
Generally, ppl sell ATM straddle with hedge or sell naked options,
But I am using Today\u2019s price action for selling options in STBT,
(1/n)
@jigspatel1988 2/ Selling Strangles in Bank Nifty based on Open Interest Data
Don't trade till 9:45 Am.
Identify the highest OI on puts and calls.
Check combined premium and put a stop on individual
Thread on
— Jig's Patel (@jigspatel1988) July 4, 2021
"Intraday Banknifty Strangle based on OI data"
(System already shared, today just share few examples)
(1/n)
@jigspatel1988 3/ Open Drive (Intraday)
This is an opening range breakout setup with a few conditions.
To be used when the market opens above yesterday's day high
or Below yesterday's day's
#OpenDrive#intradaySetup
— Pathik (@Pathik_Trader) April 16, 2019
Sharing one high probability trending setup for intraday.
Few conditions needs to be met
1. Opening should be above/below previous day high/low for buy/sell setup.
2. Open=low (for buy)
Open=high (for sell)
(1/n)
Curated tweets of @sourabhsiso19
Found awesome content: ⏬
1. Moneycontrol
2. Bank nifty Strangles/Straddles
3. Learnings
4. Expiry Trading
5. Directional trading
6. Long Term Investing
7. Pivot system
8. DHS pattern
9. Multiple trade management threads/ways.
Moneycontrol article on @sourabhsiso19
What Sourabh does and how to trade like him?
Why trade multiple systems? ⏬
1. Keeps drawdown at minimum.
2. Strong money management can be applied.
3. Better psychology.
Thread on how options allow you to change your positions in a dynamic manner.
Found awesome content: ⏬
1. Moneycontrol
2. Bank nifty Strangles/Straddles
3. Learnings
4. Expiry Trading
5. Directional trading
6. Long Term Investing
7. Pivot system
8. DHS pattern
9. Multiple trade management threads/ways.
Moneycontrol article on @sourabhsiso19
@moneycontrolcom did a detailed story on my trading journey.
— Sourabh Sisodiya, CFA (@sourabhsiso19) May 26, 2020
But many couldn\u2019t read it as it needed a pro-subscription.
So here\u2019s a blog on the same :https://t.co/dwN2xieUKd#trading #journey #quant #options #algotrading #markets #OptionsTrading
What Sourabh does and how to trade like him?
Getting many DM\u2019s on how I can learn and trade like you.
— Sourabh Sisodiya, CFA (@sourabhsiso19) January 10, 2020
To be a succesful trader one needs an edge
My edge:
1)focus on selected instruments (Banknifty majorly and few stocks)
2) backtested my strategies historically (for past 10years)
(1)
Why trade multiple systems? ⏬
1. Keeps drawdown at minimum.
2. Strong money management can be applied.
3. Better psychology.
Do I trade only BNF ?
— Sourabh Sisodiya, CFA (@sourabhsiso19) March 4, 2020
Other than BNF intraday , I run few other systems too.
1) Intraday Momentum
2) Positional systems
3) Vol Crush Trade etc
Goal of system trading is to run few non-correlated strategies together so that system drawdown is at the minimum.#trading #systems pic.twitter.com/mS8jFEaLUW
Thread on how options allow you to change your positions in a dynamic manner.
Options Thread
— Sourabh Sisodiya, CFA (@sourabhsiso19) December 7, 2019
How options allows to change and adjust view dynamically.
Let\u2019s understand with a live example.
Example : Nifty is at 11921 and you are bullish on Nifty.
1) Buy Naked 11900 CE(call) at 167
Breakeven : 12068
Max Loss : Rs 12555
Max Profit : Unlimited pic.twitter.com/TXMhh5HWsd
Curated tweets on How to Sell Straddles
Everything covered in this thread.
1. Management
2. How to initiate
3. When to exit straddles
4. Examples
5. Videos on Straddles
Share if you find this knowledgeable for the benefit of others.
1. Straddles explanation from the boss himself.
Everything covered in this thread.
1. Management
2. How to initiate
3. When to exit straddles
4. Examples
5. Videos on Straddles
Share if you find this knowledgeable for the benefit of others.
1. Straddles explanation from the boss himself.
How to sell option?
— Mitesh Patel (@Mitesh_Engr) January 30, 2021
Here let me explain through simple math.
Say BN at 30000
30000 straddle trading at combine premium 800 ( based on current volatility)
Put at 400
Call at 400
You don\u2019t know direction. Sold both.
If move will not come than both will decrease gradually.
Want to master Option Selling for free?
Here are the best resources.
A thread 🧵👇
Collaborated with @niki_poojary
1. Best book of knowledge for a beginner?
Zerodha Varsity from @Nithin0dha's team is the best book for a newcomer to read and increase his basic knowledge about options, especially for the Indian markets.
Link:
2. Best Youtube channel on Options Trading?
The @tastytrade financial network. It's a foreign channel that focuses mostly on selling options.
They teach all strategies for free with their backtests.
Big on Straddle/Strangles selling.
Links:
3. Top Indian YouTube Channel for Options?
Power of Stocks - Subhasish Pani
What you'll learn:
1. How to form a trading plan.
2. How to scale an account with risk-reward in option selling.
3. Technical analysis logics you can use daily.
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4. What are the preconditions to start option Selling:
You should know technical Analysis basics like:
- Support/Resistance
- Chart Patterns
- Candle Patterns
- Dow Theory (HH, LL)
This will help you start taking high-probability trades.
Here are the best resources.
A thread 🧵👇
Collaborated with @niki_poojary
1. Best book of knowledge for a beginner?
Zerodha Varsity from @Nithin0dha's team is the best book for a newcomer to read and increase his basic knowledge about options, especially for the Indian markets.
Link:
2. Best Youtube channel on Options Trading?
The @tastytrade financial network. It's a foreign channel that focuses mostly on selling options.
They teach all strategies for free with their backtests.
Big on Straddle/Strangles selling.
Links:
3. Top Indian YouTube Channel for Options?
Power of Stocks - Subhasish Pani
What you'll learn:
1. How to form a trading plan.
2. How to scale an account with risk-reward in option selling.
3. Technical analysis logics you can use daily.
15
15 Learnings from Power of Stocks: \U0001f9f5
— Aditya Todmal (@AdityaTodmal) January 23, 2022
Collaborated with @niki_poojary
4. What are the preconditions to start option Selling:
You should know technical Analysis basics like:
- Support/Resistance
- Chart Patterns
- Candle Patterns
- Dow Theory (HH, LL)
This will help you start taking high-probability trades.
I spent over 100 hours studying the best patterns in Technical Analysis taught to me by @niki_poojary.
Turns out, patterns trading is simple—if you follow these 8 Patterns:
Let's start: ↓
While studying her Twitter profile and with constant talks with her, I found these to be the most important patterns she focuses on always.
Then I wrote a small summary of what each pattern means.
Also attached are some examples from her tweets.
1/ Cup and handle Pattern
Happens during an uptrend.
The cup portion has a U-shaped appearance.
The bears are getting weaker as they are unable to drive the prices below the last low.
Subhasish Pani uses this a lot in stocks to spot bullish trades.
Eg
Eg
Turns out, patterns trading is simple—if you follow these 8 Patterns:
Let's start: ↓
While studying her Twitter profile and with constant talks with her, I found these to be the most important patterns she focuses on always.
Then I wrote a small summary of what each pattern means.
Also attached are some examples from her tweets.
1/ Cup and handle Pattern
Happens during an uptrend.
The cup portion has a U-shaped appearance.
The bears are getting weaker as they are unable to drive the prices below the last low.
Subhasish Pani uses this a lot in stocks to spot bullish trades.
Eg
5: When to play directional:
— Nikita Poojary (@niki_poojary) December 18, 2022
Whenever the index is moving in a single direction, its important to go with the trend.
A few weeks ago when BNF broke out of the cup and handle pattern, all we had to do was sell PEs.
Pls note: weekly TF chart is attached to just show the C&H BO pic.twitter.com/z0wgUzJW8t
Eg
#VOLTAS Another cup & handle pattern for cash positional pic.twitter.com/Jsc99xJfwY
— Nikita Poojary (@niki_poojary) October 23, 2019
