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The financial lives of every individual has become complex as there are multiple incomes and a number of expenses. Such scenario calls for the need to keep the finances in order so as to avoid challenges in future. Every individual has a unique set of financial goals and challenges, which needs customized personal financial planning.

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Currency derivatives are positions that obtain their value from the underlying currency.

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The bear put spread strategy or bear put spread is when an investor sells a put option while simultaneously buying another put option with the same underlying asset and the expiration date.

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The credit spread Options strategy is a simple yet popular trading strategy. It involves buying and selling Call or Put Options with the same underlying asset and expiration date.

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If you have opened the Nifty screen on the NSE website, you will find the link to an Option Chain at the top. Of course, this option chain is also available on your trading terminal, but the NSE Nifty option chain is available to everybody on a real-time basis on the website of NSE. Exactly what is Nifty option chain? It is the complete picture […]

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The stock markets permit you to buy and sell in equities, futures, options, etc. In all these trades, you take a view on the movement of the security in question and take a position. However, there is also another way of doing this, i.e. betting on the spread.

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Share derivatives priced between Rs201 to Rs400 would have a lot of 1,000 units; between Rs101 and Rs200 in lots of 2,000 units; Rs51 to Rs100 at 4,000 units and Rs25 to Rs50 in lots of 8,000.

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Almost all investors start their investing journey through the stock market. The idea is simple, you buy the shares at a low price and sell them when the prices are high, thereby making a profit.

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When you first begin investing, you realise that there are numerous terms you are required to learn to mitigate losses and ensure you are profitable. Although the wide range of financial instruments available for investing in the Indian market provides a plethora of profit-making opportunities, you can end up making losses if you are not well versed with each of them.

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One of the unique features of exchange traded futures in India is that they are standardized. One of the methods of standardizing futures and options contracts is through the prescription of minimum lot sizes.

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The difference between underlying securities current spot price and strike price represents the profit/loss that the trader makes upon sale or exercise of the option.

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when you hold naked options, you actually hold an option without holding the underlying security or the commodity.

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As you begin investing your funds to generate higher returns and derive profitability, it is best to know the options and instruments available for investing. Market knowledge is usually

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A Bear Call Ladder is a three-legged options strategy that is usually set up for a ‘net credit’ of premium.However, to understand the strategy, the first step is to understand some common jargon related to Options Trading.

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A legal agreement involving the sale and purchase of a certain commodity, asset, or security at a predetermined price at some point in the future is known as a future contract. To facilitate their trade on the futures exchange

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