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Saturday, September 25, 2021

Comparison between long position vs. short position

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Trader's Perception in Futures and Options

All Futures and options trading strategies

LONG POSITION

SHORT POSITION

 

 

You make money when price goes up.

You make money when price goes down.

You buy an instrument at lower price, which you predict to go up. Then you sell at higher price, if you made expected profit.

You borrow an instrument from broker and sell it, which you predict to go down. Then buy the same instrument to clear/level the account with the broker.

Buy Futures of the Index, Buy Call (CE) options of the Index, Sell Put (PE) options of the Index

Sell Futures of the Index, Sell Call (CE) options of the Index, Buy Put (PE) options of the Index

Buy a stock, Buy Futures of the stock, Buy Call (CE) of the stock, or Sell Put (PE) of the stock

Sell a stock, Sell Futures of the stock, Sell Call (CE) of the stock, or Buy Put (PE) of the stock

You Buy the Futures, Buy Call (CE) options, and Sell PUT(PE) when price goes upwards in fast manner.

You Sell the Futures, Sell Call (CE) options, and Buy PUT(PE) when price goes downwards in fast manner.

When price do not change much, then Sell OTM Call (CE) in Options segment

When price do not change much, then Sell OTM Put (PE) in Options segment

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