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    Options Query

    Hi, I am new to Derivatives..I have a query on Options. It is aabout Married Put. I want to know if we have stop loss in our trading system then y should we use married Put, as it acts as same way...just that it might be little more in loss making. Example.. Suppose I buy stocks of XYZ...
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    Need help with AFL to buy/sell options

    I need some help for writing an AFL related to options. I wish to refer to different symbol (programmatically) from AFL. For example, based upon value of underlying I wish to buy/sell various strike price options. Options naming (e.g. Nifty25May5500CE) again needs to be worked out with...
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    Analysing Open Interest of Options !

    Hi all. I am new here. I have just started trading in Nifty Options. I want to know how one can know whether call/put is being written and not bought after increase in Open Interest of Call/Put. How to analyse 'addition of Open Interest' as short term trend change. Thanks.
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    Options Square Off

    Dear All, I am Amit Jog, recently started trading in options. I have a question on options here it goes... Can I square off my Bought Call Option position before expiry with different strike price. I do not want to enter into assignment or Exercise situation. I take a sample case here...
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    Trading Nifty Options?

    HI , i am new to intraday trading , i wanted to know how much money do i require to buy a lot in options ?? like the NIFTY CALL 5900 is at Rs. 51 and the market lot is of 50 , so all i need is Rs 2550(+ brokerage) to trade ??? and if it goes to 75 i earn a 50% on my investment ??
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    Best F&O Broker for browser-based trading

    Hi all, First of all, thanks to everyone who's contributing to this forum. It's a gold mine for wannabe traders. I am a total newbie to trading (any sort)...just began this month with an a/c in ICICIDirect. skipped cash segment and jumped straight to F&O :) dealt in minimum lot sizes on...
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    Trades of a newbie !!

    Hi friends, Though i am new to traderji(.. greatly useful forum !), I trade since 4 yrs on my own good bad technical knowledge. Here in this I will post my own trades here mainly intraday and options, I hope this may prove helpfull to me and some more NEWBIEs. As my nickname suggest i...
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    Intraday Limit ????

    I do trading frm RK global. It provides intraday limit 6 times agains cash. I would like to know is there any broker wich provides good limit say 10 times in cash and some limit in options also against cash for offline trades?????
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    Futures and Options - Help required

    can anyone pls tell what is futures and options..how it works ..how to trade in that..I trade in only BSE Equity and nothing else..I am planning to start trading in commodity now... But I would like to know how to trade in futures and Options.I do not know anything about that nor I know anyone...
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    A beginner's doubt on arbitrage in options

    Dear traderji members, I know about arbitrage. But I want to know whether is there any possibility that we can do arbitrage in 1 lot of mini nifty. Because , even for farther month options in mini nifty there is not even a single option type in mini nifty whose best bidder...
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    Pre-market calls for 3 August 2010

    For Gap up opening Short TCS @ 841 cover 830 sl 849 cmp 838,For gap Down Buy Tata steel @ 544 trgt 554 sl 537 cmp 547 For longs Buy GAIL @ 446 trgt 457 sl 439 For Shorts sell Voltas @ 210 cover 203 sl 214 Midcap mania buy Zigma soft. @ 6.90 For short term Buy Karuturi global @ 21.40...
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    Writing options need help

    Dear Traders, I am new to options, I need help on how to write a option. For writing a option, for e.g Nifty with a strike price of 5500 and expiry 26 Aug 2010, what should I do, should I select that nifty option, enter the lot size and give just sell (like short selling of stocks though I...
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    Options contract enabled/disabled for trading by brokers.

    I am with ICICIDirect(I know its sad!). They say "contracts are enabled based on liquidity". For example. MTNL 50 strike July put is disabled by ICICI. I can see their is liquidity in it on NSE's website. Why has ICICI disabled it? Is it enabled by any other brothers? If contracts...
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    Nifty tradint for week 21st june onwards...

    [font="arial black"]dear friends, it was nice to see positive trend in nifty levels from last week... And it was finding resistance in crossing 5250 level.... so be ready to see market in downward trend for week 21st june till expiry!!! market may see 5140-5100 level from monday to...
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    need help on icicidirect call options

    Hi All, Greetings. I am a newbee and need some help with Futures and Options. I use icicidirect. I have bought a call option for for ICICIBAN with strike price 820 and paid premium of 18 Rs/- for 350 shares with expiry date on 24,june Now ICICIBAN is trading at 880+ in the...
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    Pre-market calls for 15 June 2010

    For Gap up opening Short Educomp solu. @ 552 cover 540 sl 561 cmp 551,For gap Down Buy Sterlite inds.@ 650 trgt 667 sl 640 cmp 653 For longs Buy Tata steel @ 481 trgt 488 sl 477 For Shorts sell Allahbad bank. @ 163 cover 160 sl 165 Midcap mania buy Anil sp. steels @ 22.20 For short...
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    Pre-market calls for 11 June 2010

    For Gap up opening Short Grasim @ 1774 cover 1755 sl 1793 cmp 1769,For gap Down Buy Tata motrs @ 750 trgt 771 sl 738 cmp 759 For longs Buy Jindal saw @ 189 trgt 193 sl 186 For Shorts sell BPCL @ 551 cover 536 sl 558 Midcap mania buy Vinyl chemicals @ 13.45 For short term Buy T V.18 @...
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    Pair Trading with Nifty Options

    Dear Friends, I need help to find out software or utility to back-test Nifty options pair trading. For example, One start of fresh series, I wish to Step 1: buy Nifty Put & Call (depending upon earlier day's Nifty closing) Step 2: Define range (based upon Nifty closing) & hold on...
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    Hi-I am New here, guidance needed

    Hi everyone just to tell you all that I am new here and a colleague told me that this is a very good site. and yes, after going thru' this site I have registered. Regarding me- well I was in active business and slowly diverted into stocks trading online for last several years- never...
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    Question about open interest and volumes

    I am confused by my concept of volumes and open interest. I had read that Open Interest is the total number of outstanding contracts that are held by market participants at the end of each day. For example, if both parties to the trade are initiating a new position ( one new buyer and one new...