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With my last running options trade closed, now I can focus on some serious restructuring that I had started earlier this month.
First thing I am throwing out is BHEL.
It’s a wonderful stock that rains dividends.
But, it has too high a debt.
It’s a PSU with a large gestation period.
I don’t want to hold it in the current multi-year down trend.
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Hindustan copper is not making sense.
I got the previous uptrend correctly. I got rewarded for it.
Global Copper prices are rising again. But stock is not rising.
My logic for that investment seems to be wrong.
So I am selling it.
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I am on two minds on IOC.
I bought it with the expectation that it will do well while giving good returns.
I am sure it will rise to pre covid levels.
But even then, it still won’t justify effective returns.
Again a PSU. There are better PSUs.
I was certain it is a good company. A lot of container traffic, and traffic only going to rise. It was doing well in the past.
I had got upto 20% notional returns. I had added to the stocks.
But now, it’s down a lot.
And I don’t see any recovery soon.
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NTPC I am not sure.
It’s giving me good dividends. If I had reinvested dividends, it might have done much better.
I think my holding in it was too small to effectively buy more with the dividends.
Price is still low enough.
I don’t know what to do with this.
Strangely, except for ITC everything under FMCG in my sector wise view is giving good results. (Good=better than inflation. Or better than 1yr SBI bank FD).
My revised strategy for continuing with learning #options.
Get a whole bunch of stocks with about 20% haircut. Pledge them for share as margins. I will continue getting the dividends as per the latest SEBI circular.
I already have liquidbees for some time of cash needs.
#notes
The idea is to learn #options well.
I have been using 75-80% probability trades only. So, I can easily make some extra money through options.
My problem so far is that the only management option I had was to sell at loss. That limited risk and hence the reward.
I have decided on the following exit conditions:
Sell:
ROCE falls below 10.
Dividend paying stocks reduce dividends.
Debt becomes unmanageable.
Assumptions change.
I can see a clear correction trend that lasts week(s).(profit booking)
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@economyninja explains what else is happening due to the delay in ship turn around times. Mind you, most Chinese exporters are smart. They don’t ship until they get full payment. And most buyers stupidly pay upfront!
The kind of stories we have been repeatedly seeing.
a) foreign companies are steadily leaving china.
b) some think they are too invested in China, and they are talking China plus one.
c) Japanese, Taiwanese and Korean companies are closing in large numbers, mostly kicked out.
d) there is huge imbalance in container traffic. Trade imbalances are affecting shipping.
e) the shipping delays are getting too worse. It’s choking inbound traffic in consumer states.
f) Fuck you, corona!
(I hope that covers all manpower disruptions due to Wuhan virus)
You all know how i love to bash China and Xi Jinping.
Now, a little bit without the excessive dramatisations.
2. #XiJinping is a rare leader that China has received. Providence has a way to feed the right medicine to someone that it wants to keep alive longer.
Jinping is just that.
3. The mess in China can be easily related. What we have is a large babudom state. The party politbureau is the only controlling authority, but it’s a collection of different ambitions, that just want to show good results on paper. The whole system relies on having good press.
I am not an economist, but this is what i feel is happening around us.
This is start of a rant.
Pandemic induced trade disruption is a reality.
It’s timing though is either miraculous or impeccable, based on which side of the conspiracy theory aisle you prefer.
Pre-pandemic, everything wasn’t really that rosy. And this is around the world.
3. Stuff like steel, oil, etc were already under some kind of pressure.
A lot of muck was getting stirred in China.
Global gdp growth data in pic. The last peak was the 4.3% in 2009. In 2019, it was a mere 2.3%. People were just hoping that 2020 would be better.
@chittukuruvi4
This is the video to broadly answer your evergrande question
@chittukuruvi4
This is a very interesting conversation. Ofc, none better than @_nirajshah to ask those relevant questions.
The key part: it’s not really about evergrande hitting us.
It’s about this huge india story. Key factor: India needs to go up 8-10% to meet pre-covid levels
@chittukuruvi4
Another key take away:
This guy is already talking about being selective. That’s very interesting.
It’s as if he is indicating that we are near the peak or we are a bit past it.
And, he expects a >5% correction.
I think earnings will adjust.
For a conservative, low margin money person(low money at hand), the best option in credit spreads is about 25-30 delta. You are looking for risk reward 1:0.5 to 1:0.25.
You can manage at 1:1 by being more active.
110. #Options#Notes
It’s better to have all spreads at 1/3rd the width of strike.
That gives us a 1:0.5 RR ratio. Ex: trade with max profit of ₹1k has max loss of ₹2k.
You can’t have a low probability trade unless you are damn sure about it.
If you are going to be directional, be directional.
I had tried both ATM bullish put spread and 35 delta put spread on SBIN. I got more out of former because i got the direction right and i used closer to 50 delta.
I believe what’s happening now is a disruption in the way we think of commutation.
The pandemic has shown us that an 8-hr office is not really necessary.
Of course, there are sectors where Work-From-Home doesn’t make sense.
But, vast majority of work can be done from home.
The reason: we have now digital connectivity substituting for physical or road connectivity.
This is an option we never had in the past.
Technically, we can employ people from home, with an occasaional face to face interaction for certain limited activities that require physical presence.