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Risk Management in Options Trading: Strategies to Protect Your Capital
Risk management in options trading helps limit losses using position sizing, stop-loss, hedging, and understanding Greeks, ensuring traders protect capital and remain consistent over the long run.
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Put Option vs. Call Option: A Quick Guide for Beginners
Call options profit from rising prices, while put options benefit from falling markets. Understanding their differences helps traders choose the right strategy and manage risk effectively.
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Speculation in Options
Speculation involves taking calculated risks to profit from anticipated market movements. In options trading, this means using contracts that derive their value from underlying assets to capitalise on expected price changes.
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At The Money Options (ATM)
At the money, the strike price of the underlying stock is equal to or very close to the option’s strike price. At the money option, contracts have no intrinsic value but only time value. At the money, the option can quickly move into profit or loss with small price changes.
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Bear Call Spread
A Bear Call Spread, also known as a Short Call Spread or Call Credit Spread, is an options strategy that profits when the underlying asset's price declines or remains below the short call's strike price.
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Bull Calendar Spread
A bull calendar spread is an options trading strategy that involves buying and selling call options with the same strike price but different expiration dates, where the longer-dated option is purchased, and the shorter-dated option is sold.
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Call Option
A call option is a financial contract that gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy an underlying asset such as a stock or index at a fixed price before a specified expiry date. Traders usually buy call options when they expect the price of the asset to rise.
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