Today's trade - will not be moving in closer than 17.6,17.8, likely the expiry range for the day
All CE moved down to 17.8, despite day low break the fear in the downside seems to be very low
1/3ed CE moved to 17750 with SL of 18
1/3ed CE moved back up to 17800
PE moved to 17650
Pe moved to 17.7, Sal on half calls 18 and rest 21
No more adjustments, not comfortable with moving closer or further from here, so 3PT Mtm SL. If it hits will sell 17850 and 17600 for whatever price ans have 2pt tsl on that
CE sl @ 19, moved to 17850
8.5 SL on either leg
Got sniped on CE SL perfectly at 19 and then on PE SL at 10, now trade is basically dead , can gain 7pt from this so mtm SL of 2pt
Plan is to take home 5 points today regardless of what happens, got blasted by the Gama expansion on Pe
Pe to 17550
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If brokers had an option for the following setting, it would save a lot of people from blowing up -
-> should be able to give standing instructions saying "If my account loses X% (1,2,3 whatever you define) in a day then cut all positions immediately and block all trades
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This should be preset and not reversible. Because psychology of retailers will always be "NOW THE OPPORTUNITY IS AMAZING" and that's when they lose multiple times more
As in, if preset to 2% and it locks my account, no matter what I do I shouldn't be able to unlock it that day
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People will say zerodha "kill switch" but this is actually useless, WHEN losing, no one will use it. Because rationality reduces in losses
The kill option needs to be pre-set so no thinking on the fly
In institutions RMS team is separate from trading team
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Master thread - because a lot gets lost in the clutter
My intraday trading video Playlist, the initial ones go into a lot of detail, the later ones are just for summarization, anyone who wants to see exactly how I trade with excruciating detail youtube.com/playlist?list=…
My P&L and monthly summarization, apart from the performance, gives a good insight into my mindset and apprpach at different periods, and how it varies from time to time youtube.com/playlist?list=…
Rbi events can be very profitable to trade short vol, naturally risk is also higher, few tips -
1) mostly there will be little to no decay overnight from the day prior
2) committing early is a bad idea, between 9:15 to 9:45 one might see options on both sides gain, can be 1/n
Very drastic, I remember a time where with 0 movement, 30,30 strangle became 40,40 giving 20rs loss with nothing happening
3) trade smaller if you don't want to increase risk appetite, else keep higher risk appetite (be ready to take atleast 2x your usual risk )
2/n
4) do not adjust too quickly as long as risk appetite is not met. There will be some random panic candles just before announcements, do not panic and adjust, because OTM that looses fast can gain just as fast
5) define MTM exit, IV can spike a lot more than you think, better to
The greatest asset a trader needs to protect is their confidence
When you look at seasoned traders you would think that they're never nervous or in self doubt, this couldn't be further from the truth
Someone might be profitable for years and at their peak equity high, and will
Still go through cycles of up and down state of confidence. This could be something external like being caught off guard by a market move (not necessarily taking a loss), or something internal like exhaustion or a sense of underperfomance to some set expectations. One can be down
About perhaps- the thought that their former self was able to do much better than their current self, literally anything can be the cause!
Fact is every trader, regardless of how good historically, WILL ask themselves periodically-"Am I fucking clueless and just kidding myself?"