Importance of Risk Management
(Real Life Examples)

1) On 21st Sept 2018, I had sold 330 PE overnight and YesBank opened 10% lower and closed the day at -33%. But I survived as I bought 320 put as protection.

If I had not bought 320 PE then would have lost 10 L

#risk #trading
2) MS. Nirmala Sitaraman Candle

On 21st Sept 2019, BankNifty rallied almost 10% intraday with huge IV spike in calls.

I had 27200 CE sold and booked loss in that at 220. The same option was trading at 2230 few hours later.

Would have lost heavily if I had not exited my calls
3)
- Demonetisation
- Flash Crash in March 19
- Lower Circuit on index in March 20

Have survived all these black swans without any major loss.

After making huge losses at the start of my career, I have realised that good trading is all about managing risk.

#risk
4) Rules I follow to manage Risk

- Never open any trade without knowing the initial risk ( R)

- Define PnL in terms of R

- Limit losses under 1 R and profits should be >1 R

#riskmanagement
5) Read this book

Van Tharp’s Definitive guide to position sizing

It’s a great book risk management & position sizing

amazon.com/Definitive-Gui…

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1) On Aug 2016, I had my highest ever loss of 18 L due to illiquidty risk. I had shorted JustDial 500 CE and was in profit at 3.19 pm but at 3.20 pm lost -18 L due to a risk I wasn’t aware at that time.

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Thread :

How I managed my today’s option selling trade inspite of spike on the call side

Overnight position :
I had carried overnight 23000 PE ( sell at 155) & 24200 CE (sell at 135)

In the morning I booked profit in 23000 PE and shifted to 23200 at 120

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24000 was a resistance for BNF and above that good spike was expected. So I kept SL in 24200 CE at 200 (as per system)

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Today was a testing day for option sellers & robustness of their systems.

Glad to have done reasonably good & ended in green😊

How did I end up in green via option selling inspite of the crazy fall and spike on put side premium ?

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Thread on trading lessons & mistakes:

I always keep my mistakes & lessons learnt in front of my screen while trading.
Bcz we as traders tend to commit the same mistakes everytime.

So seeing your learnt lessons everyday ensures that you avoid them.
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1) Basics :

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2) Quantitative Resources :

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quantifiedstrategies.com

quantstart.com

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Van Tharp Guide to Position Sizing

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Trading Systems by Emilio Tomasini

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