Monday, December 9, 2013

understanding options further

astonishing observation

this morning nifty opens 100 points gap up.

a 160rupee put becomes 80 approx (fall of 50%)

whereas a 160rupee call goes up by a meagre 35points (just 20% instead of 100% rise which is reverse equivalent of 50% fall of put)

shocking, at the surface of it.

but, what does it mean?

does it mean

- that the call was very costly (super premium) which has just come down to realistic levels?

- does it mean that operators are bullish and going to take the market higher.

- they will eat put premiums big way and give nothing to the call buyers? eventually eating their premiums also as they reach sufficiently high?

- does it mean that if a pro trader was to guess the direction of the market rise, than selling/writing puts and calls of the boundaries of the estimated range can be a safe and lucrative bet?

2 comments:

Unknown said...

your helpful i like it keep the good work


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K J S Arora said...

Your observation is really astute.But why you have stopped writing on the subject for last 1-2 years.