Why is Market getting tough?
Monetary tightening has begun around the world. Central banks pulling out liquidity and looking for increasing interest rates.
This essentially means that easy money is going out of the system. Out of markets. (1/n)
This is actually the reason why FIIs have been relentlessly selling Indian equities. Once the next many months, finding capital is going to get tougher. And so the markets could see those animal spirits missing going forth.
(2/n)
Fundamentally good companies and good valuations would be spared to some extent. Bad fundamentals and rich valuations would not be.
We will be seeing a lot of fake breakouts and suddenly the success ratio of technical set ups would go down. (3/n)
Overwhelming response for the previous thread. However, I think people missed a crucial point there.
The calculation I have done is for staying profitable after taking a reasonable risk.
As humans, we donβt have the tendency to stop. Growth is life. And that is desired.
(1/n)
However, you first learn to crawl. And then walk. Then run.
If you are doing 25%+ p.a. on a consistent basis - atleast for 3 consecutive years, then you are free to explore higher horizon of returns. You have capital and skills, then target higher returns by all means. (2/n)
No one is going to stop you from doing that.
But how many twitter traders (or any trader for that matter) can truthfully claim that?
Half of them are low on capital and almost other half is low on skills. But all of us want to earn 50%+ p.a. (3/n)
Making βΉ5000 on a 10L account on weekly index expiries need 200 BankNifty points.
Do it with 4 lots and one just need to make 50 points per lot in a week - 10 points per lot per day.
52 Expiries in a year and without compounding you can make 26% on your capital in a year.
Staying profitable is that simple.
But problem is we want to make 50,000 per week on 10L or 10,000 per week on 1L ... yes thats how disproportionate and illogical our expectations are about trading income.
(2/n)
Trading is a game against people who themselves are using their wit to make profits by outsmarting other people. I outsmart you to make a living and vice versa. And only the real smarts survive. We are not fulfilling any basic need that has room to grow as population grows (3/n)
#BPCL : Have been running strategies on BPCL since Mid March.
Stock has been quite volatile as the news around its divestment has been volatile. But since it was certain that govt would not be selling it cheap as this is one of the better managed PSUs .. (1/n)
... And there would be several transactions to make it's structure simpler for a prospective buyer to evaluate. That would mean selling off few subsidiaries which would bring in cash and that cash would be distributed to the share holders.
(2/n)
So, I bought 1800 shares of BPCL in March and pledged them to generate margins.
Using a part of those margins sold a call to make some monthly income till the plan plays out.
(3/n)
1. Straddle vs Triple Straddle: Is there a benefit?
Data says, yes. Small benefit but there is some benefit. Especially when it comes to sharp moves on one side (Gap UP/Down) - Triple straddle stands better than a single straddle.
2. Single straddle at 32200 for May 20 expiry : 6Lots
Triple straddles at 32200, 32600 and 31700 : 2 Lots each.
At the center there is not much diff between the two. Similar Greeks (Theta & Vega mainly)
But look at the payoff profile. Triple straddle provides a much ...
3. ...Distributed profile which means the payout at expiry is not concentrated at one single point like a single straddle, but is spread over a range. Something like a strangle.
Psychologically, that gives comfort during a little extra volatility in the markets, ...