Nifty has corrected sharply in the last couple of weeks led by weakness in the global markets. The index registered high around 18100 and has now sneaked below the 17000 mark. The correction has been mainly led by the Banking and Financial spac

The Indian rupee has hit a fresh record low against the US dollar, after the US Federal Reserve hiked interest rates by 75 basis points and as Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to escalate the Ukraine war. The rupee on Thursday fel

The Indian rupee had been static around Rs.73/$ for a long time. In the last two days i.e. 07 Sep and 08 Sep, the rupee has sharply weakened to Rs.73.58/$. That is a rather sharp weakening in less than two days. Here are some factors that drove th

Options strategies combine different stock market positions with a view to managing risk or enhancing returns. Why are options unique? Unlike futures, options are asymmetric. For example, when one person buys futures and another sells futures, the ri

Before getting into the finer aspects of futures contracts, let us look at a simple futures contract; that most of you would have seen on the NSE. Here is a snapshot of a Reliance Futures Contract. Data Source: NSE The above snapshot is of

Of the various investment and trading options available to you, the one option we focus least on is currencies trading or forex trading. For a long time, currency trading was out of bounds for most retail investors. With the introduction of currency

If you have an online trading account with your broker, you don’t need any additional permission to do currency trading. Any trader can buy and sell currency pairs on the NSE or the BSE currency segment. The Currency futures trading were introduced

table{padding:0px !important;} td{padding:0px !important;} What is a Bear Call Spread Option strategy? A Bear Call Spread is a bearish option strategy. It is also called as a Credit Call Spread because it creates net upfront cre

table{padding:0px !important;} td{padding:0px !important;} .my_blog_table{font-family:'montserratlight' !important;font-size: 1.8rem;} A Short Call Ladder is the extension of Bear Call spread; the only difference is of

What is short put option strategy? A short put is the opposite of buy put option. With this option trading strategy, you are obliged to buy the underlying security at a fixed price in the future. This option trading strategy has a low profit poten

table{padding:0px !important;} td{padding:0px !important;} Short Call Strategy: What is Short Call strategy? A Short Call means selling of a call option where you are obliged to buy the underlying asset at a

table{padding:0px !important;} td{padding:0px !important;} What is Put Ratio Spread? The Put Ratio Spread is a premium neutral strategy that involves buying options at higher strike and selling more options at lower strike of th