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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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Commodity options are structured like any other option on an index or stock in that the buyer has limited risk and the seller of the option has unlimited risk.

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Even when a broker claims that trading in futures and options is free of cost, it is not free. Even the low-cost brokerage houses make cash trading in delivery free of cost but brokerage on futures is charged.

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During the last week of every month, we tend to hear the words like derivatives settlement and derivatives expiry on all the business and news channels.

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There are numerous professional investors that earn almost all of their profits from Options trading.

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A Long Call Condor, similar to a long butterfly strategy, is a neutral market-view strategy that offers limited risk and profit.

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Just as you understand futures trading, it is also important to understand the future contract settlement and especially the future contract settlement process.

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A futures contract is a right and obligation to buy or sell a contract at a future date at a price that is determined and agreed upon today.

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To understand settlement of options you need to break up the buy side and the sell side of the option distinctly. When a person buys a call or put option, the maximum loss is the premium paid. Hence the settlement of options on buy side begins with premium settlement and then you are done till the position is closed or expires. However, options settlement for sell side is more complex.

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If you’re planning to become a successful trader, it’s important to learn how to spot sideways markets and find ways to make the most of them.

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

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