List of Derivatives Articles

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 […]

If you are an investor looking for short-term financial instruments, Options is a great option. It is a derivative contract that gives the owner the right to buy or sell securities at an agreed-upon price within a certain period.

A European option can be exercised only at the expiration date, whereas the American Option can be exercised at any time on or before the expiration date. The right of the option buyer is a lot more powerful in an American option.

Investors choose derivative trading for its high potential of diversification and limiting their exposure to the fall of a specific asset class.

Options trading involves various permutations and combinations of Call and Put options.

A bear call spread is a two-legged options trading technique that involves selling a call option with a lower strike price to collect an upfront premium and simultaneously buy a new call option with a higher strike price.

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.

Swaptions (Swap + options) is a derivative financial instrument with a swap as the underlying. One party called the writer or seller of the option gives another party called the holder or buyer of the option the right to exchange interest rates.

If the derivatives contract expire on the last Thursday of the month, then what happens after that? That is what is called the derivatives settlement cycle.

The Indian stock market is as simple as it gets: you buy stocks at a low price and sell them when the price is higher and make profits based on the price difference.

Are you a trader or investor who has been actively engaged in the commodity markets? If yes, you need to get an insight into the futures of crude oil trading. Crude oil is considered one of the most significant commodities to trade in the country due to its constant worldwide demands. The demand for crude oil globally makes it a top-notch commodity in India and […]

A Long Combo strategy is a well-known Bullish trading strategy. This options strategy is generally used when there is a degree of certainty about the rise of market prices.

Theta options are defined as an options greek that measures the rate at which the option loses its time value as the expiration date draws near.

Traders typically engage in investments with the expectation of a rising market, and occasionally, they make some investments hoping for a downward price movement. However, it’s common for prices to remain relatively stable. Wouldn’t it be appealing if you could generate profits even when the markets are not showing significant movement? Well, you can achieve this through options trading, particularly by employing the strategy known […]

A vertical spread also called a credit spread, involves buying and selling Options of the same class (Call or Put) but different strike prices. Vertical spreads can be bullish or bearish