Sellers selling OTM get lured by higher premiums and sell near ATM or more than they usually do, this will burn your hand as High premiums also mean that you will end up giving higher premium back than usual as soom as it spikes.
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Sellers selling OTM get lured by higher premiums and sell near ATM or more than they usually do, this will burn your hand as High premiums also mean that you will end up giving higher premium back than usual as soom as it spikes.
Hope drives a man crazy and this is true for trading the most, hoping for a reversal to cut the pain. Humans have a tendency to avoid the pain and one does not accept the pain by not booking a loss
Tom Hougaard explains this well below.
https://t.co/zDbDT2hdej
You cannot make money long term if you don’t have a set of rules or adjustments in place already if you are trading long term. Make a plan or a system so that you always know how to survive. Your Position is non D not the market.
Many people think they are supreme because they are selling options much likely because of the Trend on Twitter in the community,
You are a trader think like one and remain one trading a certain way does not make you better.
I see people come in and Trade Straddles and Strangles just 50-100 points away on expiry to chase profits by the end, I’ve seen this happen because of low capital, please avoid it as Gamma Kills a seller
Option buyers ke kapde bikte hai
Sellers ke Ghar bikte hai
If you are not hedged properly or position size isn’t there you are one event away from going Bank corrupt or worse in Debt. ₹2 takes no time to turn into ₹500 :)
When selling Straddles or strangles Selling will give you a higher Probability of Profit than a good Risk:Reward and you have to adjust R:R with that
Loose one Gain 2 or 3,
doesn’t work here,
Loose 3 gain 1 does work.
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Could be the following psychology.
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Iron fly strategy
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One of those strategies which I like is Iron Fly\u2708\ufe0f
Few important points on Iron fly stategy
Calenders strategy to give you consistent
Here is the detailed information of about strategy,
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Entry time : 9.30 - 10
Exit : Upto you
Strategy :
Sell weekly ATM CE & PE at almost equal price
For ex : Sell Nifty 17250 CE at 50 and Nifty 17250 PE at 48 so it will become short straddle
Compounding is
If it takes 15 Long Years (180+ months) to Build the First Crore Rupees, the Second will take a Few Years Lesser. The Third will be Effortless & The Fourth Happens Seamlessly.
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One of those strategies which I like is Iron Fly✈️
Few important points on Iron fly stategy
This is fixed loss🔴 defined stategy ,so you are aware of your losses . You know your risk ⚠️and breakeven points to exit the positions.
Risk is defined , so at psychological🧠 level you are at peace🙋♀️
How to implement
1. Should be done on Tuesday or Wednesday for next week expiry after 1-2 pm
2. Take view of the market ,looking at daily chart
3. Then do weekly iron fly.
4. No need to hold this till expiry day .
5.Exit it one day before expiry or when you see more than 2% within the week.
5. High vix is preferred for iron fly
6. Can be executed with less capital of 3-5 lakhs .
https://t.co/MYDgWkjYo8 have R:2R so over all it should be good.
8. If you are able to get 6% return monthly ,it means close to 100% return on your capital per annum.