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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

5 years

Check out the Opstra Options Simulator. Let me know if you have any queries

Definedge

@Definedge

5 years

We are pleased to announce the release of Opsta Options Simulator using which you can visually backtest, learn, develop, practice and manage your options strategies. Youtube Link -

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

1 year

Hindenburg Research Vs Adani Group of Stocks so far

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

2 years

Finally, relocated to India after 14 years. Awaiting to meet many of you here. I was not able to answer DMs to many of you due to this. Will get to them soon.

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Raghunath

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3 years

I keep getting asked about what books to read to learn about Options. My compilation Beginners Options Books: 1) The Bible of Options Strategies - Guy Cohen 2) The Financial Times Guide to Options - Lenny Jordan 3) Simple Options Trading Formulas - Billy Williams

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@Raghunath_TL

6 years

All the information and tools needed for trading earnings results of #Nifty FNO stocks using #options Options Dashboard - Results Calendar - Previous Timings - Strategy Builder -

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@Raghunath_TL

6 years

Have been working on a new App - Options Algorithm. Its an App which calculates all best possible position combinations for each strategy and presents it as a table with Probability of Profit (POP) & Pay-off Graph. Will come soon once final touches are done.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

3 years

Have done a #Face2Face session with Mr. Vivek Bajaj, where I shared a risk defined options strategy & its management. Thanks to @vivbajaj & @elearnmarkets for the opportunity to share my experience with a wider audience.

Learner Vivek Bajaj

@vivbajaj

3 years

#face2face Trading Release Learn a very effective trading strategy from a super trader and developer of the lovely platform Opstra @Raghunath_TL

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Raghunath

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1 year

VIX is at 11.26 with IV Percentile (IVP) at a low of 1.19. The last we observed the same IVP was at the beginning of March 2023. Usually, Low VIX environments are followed by some kind of topping in the markets. But no one knows how many days it will take to reach that stage

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

Here is the new Options Strategy Builder - Opstra -Custom Build your Options Strategy -Share Strategies -Save Strategies -Portfolio level tracking of Multiple Trades, PNL & Options Greeks -More features coming -15m delayed data Feedback welcome. Link:

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

All the information required for trading the 2018-2019 Q2 earnings results Results Dates: Previous Results Timings: Options Dashboard: Options Strategy Builder:

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@Raghunath_TL

5 years

Announcement: Releasing a new Opstra Options Backtesting app for NSE #Nifty Index and Stock #Options . Its in beta phase. Existing users, please reload the opstra page for the app to appear. #opstra #optionsbacktesting

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

5 years

There was a report on @moneycontrolcom that SEBI might implement new margin requirements based on international standards. If this comes true, this how it will affect the margin requirements of certain risk-defined strategies using options spreads compared to now.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

4 years

Some new options traders see the options pay-off at expiry & take a trade & then get frustrated to see negative MTM despite being in profit zone as per the pay-off chart. This thread is to clear such misconceptions and talk about t+0 line and what is its significance

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

A sneak peek of a brand new Options Strategy Builder App. Will release next week. Features: *Futures included *Unlimited Positions *Position Adjustments *Quick preview of strategy adjustment *Share the Strategy or trade More features in next week release.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

New way of visualizing and analyzing #options data - #OptionsDashboard App. Filter #Nifty FNO stocks by high IV, upcoming earnings and options liquidity Inspired from OptionAlpha. Still in Beta. Feedback welcome. Link to App:

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

I'm opening up a beta version of the Options Algorithm App temporarily. Do let me know your feedback.

Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

Have been working on a new App - Options Algorithm. Its an App which calculates all best possible position combinations for each strategy and presents it as a table with Probability of Profit (POP) & Pay-off Graph. Will come soon once final touches are done.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

5 years

In this thread, I will talk about common options strategies and their advantages and disadvantages in the context of the Indian market. I will keep adding to the thread over time.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

A new version of Open Interest App is coming tomorrow. A nifty feature includes individual option greeks like delta, gamma etc.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

4 years

I have a 5 yrs old Laptop. Was in two minds to buy a new one or upgrade the exiting one and extend life by 1-2 yrs. Ended up upgrading it by replacing HDD with SSD and doubled the RAM to 16GB. Now faster than ever. SSD made huge difference.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

7 years

Here it is folks. Sorry for the delay "Study of Strangles and Straddles in Nifty and BankNifty" 5 years data

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

3 years

Probability Cone Charts to project one Standard Deviation & two Standard Deviation moves into the future Calculated using the implied volatility. Coming soon on Opstra Options Strategy Builder. @Definedge

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@Raghunath_TL

7 years

Portfolio Hedging App - coming tomorrow

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

3 years

Out on a Picnic after a long time.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

3 years

For the first time in the last 12 years, the net FII/DII yearly figure is Negative.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

3 years

A new bullish trend develops once weak hands are flushed out. See this chart of FII/Pro and Client Open Interest Analysis of % Net Long Index derivatives. Are we going to see another one now? Market will confirm it on Monday.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

Futures Buildup Screener - learn what's happening with your underlying of interest- Long buildup, short covering, long unwinding etc Analysis is based on Price action and Futures Open Interest #Nifty FNO Stocks & Indices

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

4 years

Found some 100% POP risk defined strategies using options algorithm. Caveat here is that you need to get those exact LTPs as your execution prices. Even if they are off by a bit, you could still get high POP low risk strategies. Added some examples.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

3 years

If you are looking for a strategy that works in all market conditions... Stop looking. None exists.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

Open Interest App is now live. You can visualize Open Interest, change in Open Interest and options greeks. Link to App: If you find this & my other apps useful then buy me a coffee via this link

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

3 years

After 6 years of service, my Lenovo Z51 is no longer keeping up with new processing requirements. Today, got Lenovo ThinkPad P15v —Intel i7 6 core 2.6GHz processor, 1TB SSD and 32GB Ram with WWAN. Hopefully it will keep up with future processing requirements as well.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

1 year

Over several years of reading books and articles, I have gathered several facts related to options that you may or may not be aware of. In this thread, I will write about Options Trivia - history, events, movies, trading, etc Let's roll the 🧵

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

3 years

New feature coming to Opstra - Implied Volatility Surface It tells you how the volatility of options strikes across the expiries. Will be helpful in structuring calendar and volatility strategies in #NIFTY & #BANKNIFTY

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

3 years

Another upcoming new feature in Opstra Overall Put & Call Open Interest, Change in Open Interest, PE-CE OI & PCR of NIFTY & BANKNIFTY weeklies & monthlies with 3-min updates.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

3 years

@vivbajaj @mystockedge Hi Vivek, Thanks for the compliments. We are working on Currencies and will be available soon.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

With earnings results start coming from next Monday,here are the tools useful for options traders FNO Results Calendar: Historical Results Declaration Times: And Finally Options Dashboard to track IVs:

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

5 years

If you see a sudden jump in Implied Volatility (higher options premiums) in some stocks due to an event, don't short the volatility right away, wait for it to cool down a bit and then go for short volatility strategies. Because you never know how high the IV can go up. Eg. INFY

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

3 years

Increase in VIX is predominantly due to put buying as hedge.

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@Raghunath_TL

3 years

If you are wondering, why Nifty call prices are going down while the NIFTY spot price is going up in the last 1 hour or so- then you are looking at the wrong instrument. Options pricing is linked to futures. The Nifty futures premium to spot spread went down from 110 to 80.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

4 years

Coronavirus struck a cluster of small towns some 50 kms from where I live in Italy. All those towns under lockdown. Schools and Colleges closed for 1 week. Instructions given to public how to handle the situation.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

4 years

Weekly options buyers taken to cleaners. Huge melt-down in premiums even in puts despite a 400 point fall in #Nifty . This is not getting reflected in VIX.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

3 years

Never bought stocks in IPO. One can always buy it in the secondary market once a stock discovers its price. There will always be opportunities.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

4 years

My niece returned last week from UK to Hyderabad and self-isolated herself. In last 2 days, nurses and Iv guy came, checked her and then stamped on hand for home quarantine till April 3rd. Intelligence bureau is actively tracking all foreign returnees. Good to know.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

5 years

Some of you requested for Options Greeks and Open Interest on options charts. Here is a sneak-peek on something we are working on.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 months

I am proud to share my wife's @rpallavi13 research work published in Nature Communications magazine. Basically, she showed in this work that Caloric Restriction (70% of normal food intake) has anti-tumor activity initially, but later it increases the number of Cancer Stem

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

1 year

With the VIX low again. It's time for some calendars now to benefit from a likely expansion of volatility in the coming days. My favorite is a Put Calendar.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

4 years

Delta (denoted as ∆) is the Options Greek that tells us the sensitivity of options price in response to the rate of change in the underlying. More specifically, delta tells us about the options expected price change relative to a one-point change in the underlying. #delta

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

3 years

Showed another super simple Options Strategy Adjustment in #face2face Thanks to @vivbajaj and @mystockedge & @elearnmarkets team for the opportunity to share the experience with a wide audience

Learner Vivek Bajaj

@vivbajaj

3 years

#face2face announcement Learn the art of adjustments in options trading by Opstra superman @Raghunath_TL

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

5 years

People who think they are saving the planet by going electric should know that they are simply moving the source of pollution from the vehicle to power generation site. Unless, your energy producers are using clean and renewable energy, all this going electric is meaningless.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

5 years

Q1 Earnings results are going to start soon. Get all the upcoming results of FNO Stocks and theri previous results declaration timings in a new easy to use format. Bookmark this tweet or the links in it.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

The real bear market in Indian markets has been hidden by HDFC twins, Reliance, TCS and Infy. If not for them we would have seen 10% more correction in #Nifty by now.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

3 years

Great presentation by @saketreddy on how to use fundamental & technical analysis to find & invest in low volatility & high quality compounder stocks. @Definedge #EDECMA2021

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@Raghunath_TL

5 years

Here is ATM Option Decay of #NIFTY based on 64 expiries data. It takes almost 45 days for 50% decay in beginning and just 15 days at the back end for remaining 50% decay. Now you know what is the ideal time to buy or sell an ATM Nifty option.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

Get the previous results declaration times of all #Nifty FNO stocks in one place. Ideal for earnings based option strategies. Coming Tomorrow.

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@Raghunath_TL

6 years

All the info and tools needed for earnings results oriented options trading of #Nifty FNO Stocks Options Dashboard Results Calendar Historical Results Timings Strategy Builder

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@Raghunath_TL

3 years

When there is a breakout in any FNO stock, one never knows if its a real one or a fake-out. In such case, I always go with a vertical spread. It gives me time to wait for the breakout to work. If its a fake-out my loss is much lesser than a naked call.

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@Raghunath_TL

3 years

Recently met a local Italian friend who bought a big house couple of years ago. His mortgage rate is 0.5% per year, after 50% downpayment on house. Now, some companies are being offered negative interest rates. Take 2 million loan now and pay 1.9 million after 10 years.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

Upon request added 'Historical Volatility' to the Implied Volatility Charts. HV is annualized 21 days of 1-day log returns. You can get to IV Charts to any of the apps by clicking on the hyperlinked underlying names

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

New Implied Volatility & IV Percentile charts with results declaration days mapped & highlighted in a orange dotted line. Rollover the line for Date & Time. You can go to these charts via Options Dashboard or other apps on Opstra.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

3 years

Beach Time again. Clear Blue Beach at Mondello, Sicily. The Mondello Beach is sandwiched between two mountains on either side giving a scenic look.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

Here is NSE FNO stocks results calendar. Ideal for planning financial results oriented option strategies.

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@Raghunath_TL

2 years

Venice

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

5 years

So, if your ITM option strike of say 11800 gets exercised on expiry with spot at 11900- at present you would have to pay STT of 11900*75*0.00125 -= Rs. 1,115 . But now it will be (11900-11800)*75*0.00125 = Rs 9.375 STT

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

It takes 5 days, on average, for Nifty to recover from a greater than 2% pull-back. Data from - 1994 to now

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

3 years

Very impressive session by @kapildhama where he showed how to make Iron-Fly and Debit Spread opitions strategies into 'zero-loss' strategies using some very unique adjustment techniques. #EDECNOCH2021

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

8 months

A very reliable positional indicator of the market for me for a long time has been the FII-Pro/Clients 'Net Longs'. When the FII/Pros and Client's 'Net Longs' are close to zero and continue hovering there, the bullish trend continues, and if the Client's 'Net longs' rise, it

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

A new options related App coming up next Monday. Not everyone may like it but options traders will like it. #teaser #nifty #app

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@Raghunath_TL

6 years

I'm not a big fan of books when it comes to options trading because it needs good imagination to explain which the books lack. I suggest videos by TastyTrade & Project Option. If you really like books then books by Sheldon Natenberg Dan Passarelli

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

Opstra App update - Added table view to Options Dashboard - Open Interest App is now moved to 1-min data @Definedge

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@Raghunath_TL

4 years

Not one negative net buy data by FIIs and not one positive net buy data by DIIs in last 30 days.

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@Raghunath_TL

6 years

Historical financial results declaration times of Nifty FNO stocks in one place. Ideal for option strategies focused on earnings trades. Feedback welcome

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

3 years

Now adding strategies on Opstra Strategy builder has becom easy

Definedge

@Definedge

3 years

Now you can add most commonly used 'ready-made' options strategies from the Opstra Strategy Builder. This will speed up the process of adding strategies. If you don't like the selected strikes, you can change them from the drop-down. More strategies coming soon.

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@Raghunath_TL

3 years

Lots of Non-directional strategies have worked so well in the past few months due to continued decrease in implied volatility and realized volatility. Now VIX at low levels and might continue for sometime. Be ready for some volatility explosion out of the blue.

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@Raghunath_TL

3 years

Open Interest Buildup in Options - expiry-wise. Color coded for easy reading of data. Coming soon on Opstra

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@Raghunath_TL

5 years

Added a all new Option Chain page in #Opstra . The #OptionChain includes Change in Open Interest, Open Interest, LTP, Price Change, Volume, IV and Option Greeks of all the strikes for NSE FNO Stocks and Indices.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

Volatility Skew App - It tells you the skew in the underlying options of stock/index. -A high positive VolSkew value (>5) tells you that there is a Reverse Skew -A high negative value (<-5) tells you that there is a Forward Skew -For more, see the Info on the App.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

Inspired from @mrechenthin IV vs IV Rank visualization chart, I made a similar chart for NSE FNO stocks. I made both IV vs IV Rank and IV vs IV Percentile Chart. The farther right and farther up the chart, the higher the premium in the options for that underlying.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

3 years

If you are 31 years old, you have spent 1 billion seconds on the earth.

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

4 years

In the last tweet thread, we talked about Option Greek Delta. In this thread, we will talk about Option Greek Gamma which is closely related to Delta (∆).

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@Raghunath_TL

3 years

Wonderful session by @asitbaran on intra-day based options buying strategy using a combination of Aliigator/Super-Trend/MACD indicators. #EDECNOCH2021

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

Now added #Nifty index &stock Futures Open Interest to the Opstra App. It was one of the top request. By default the chart will load the 'Combined Open Interest' of all 3 months. Current day price & open interest is a 1 min data update. Link:

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

3 years

Today, I will be live with @vivbajaj on #ELMLive at 6PM. Ask me anything related to Options & Options Strategies.

Learner Vivek Bajaj

@vivbajaj

3 years

Today 6pm at #elmlive we have @Raghunath_TL available to answer your queries related to options and ostra. Do join us at

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

7 years

Option Screener - A tool that screens for high probability option strategies from NSE FNO liquid stocks. Coming soon. Here is a sneak-peak

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@Raghunath_TL

3 years

VIX above 20 is Orange Light for non-directional trades. VIX above 25 is a red light.

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@Raghunath_TL

3 years

Due to high IV, its ideal to take directional positions as spreads instead of buying plain options. Otherwise, you will be paying for the volatility crush despite underlying moving in your direction.

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@Raghunath_TL

2 years

If ever there was a perfect stock for doing the covered call, the top spot would go to ITC. If anyone has been doing this on ITC for the past few years, I believe they must be holding it for free.

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@Raghunath_TL

6 years

If you thought the moves in #Nifty in past few days are brutal, then you have not seen it all. This was a common feature before 2016.

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@Raghunath_TL

4 years

Long-term investors, fund managers and value investors are all seen throwing in the towel today. You know what happens when everybody throws in the towel.

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@Raghunath_TL

6 years

INFY, TCS, HDFCBANK, ITC, KOTAKBANK, and RELIANCE - all heavy weights at or near 200DMA. On edge.

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@Raghunath_TL

4 years

I think India is doing a better lock-down than Italy or any other western nation. India has shutdown public transport, metro, taxis and offices. By limiting mobility, social distancing is also effectively increased and thus slowing transmission. 1/n

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5 years

In #opstra strategy builder, now you can change IV of individual position and see its effect on the pay-off of your options strategy. Its very useful for calendar trades and short-term trades dependent on volatility crush etc Reload page for the update.

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@Raghunath_TL

6 years

A @timesofindia journalist faked an interview with Mitchell Johnson and got called out by him Mitchell himself.

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@Raghunath_TL

7 years

Guys, how about a webinar on how to use Options Builder & Options Screener in your trading, this Thursday. Interested?.

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2 years

VIX above 20 is always a red signal for any kind of strategy due to high volatility. Both non-directional & directional strategies are taking a hit, especially if there are SLs in the system. Right now better to reduce position sizing & wait out the volatility.

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4 years

The most I miss where I live is Dosa, Idly and Vada. So whenever I go to any other european city, I always look up for Saravana Bhavan. They maintain the same quality wherever I go, be it Delhi, Paris or London.

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@Raghunath_TL

6 years

#OptionsAlgorithm Beta is open again. Earlier had to close due to heavy server load. Have done optimization of code and server for faster response. Let me know you feedback #Nifty #Options Link:

Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

I'm opening up a beta version of the Options Algorithm App temporarily. Do let me know your feedback.

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4 years

Huge!!! New margin system is here. Lower margins for risk-defined options strategies and hedged futures. Earlier SOM margin to be eliminated and reduced exposure margins for risk-defined strategies. Whole options trading regime changes with this.

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@Raghunath_TL

5 years

2020 Q1 Earnings results are starting from today. In this thread, I will post earnings trades using options based on triggers generated by options backtesting. All the trades are for purely educational and testing purpose.

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@Raghunath_TL

5 years

In this thread, I will post some interesting Options Backtesting results that have worked previously. Results are for last 1 year starting from 2018 on EOD options data. #optionsbacktesting #opstra

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

4 years

Free Webinar: Options Strategy Adjustments and Repair using Options Simulator 2nd Feb 11AM IST I will demonstrate how to do options strategy adjustments under different market conditions (even budget today) using Options Simulator. @KatariyaPran

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Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

Apologize for the delay of Options Strategy Builder. Taking time for this exciting 'Options Portfolio' Feature. Will be great for tracking trades, paper trading, sharing trades etc. Watch out this space this weekend.

Raghunath

@Raghunath_TL

6 years

A sneak peek of a brand new Options Strategy Builder App. Will release next week. Features: *Futures included *Unlimited Positions *Position Adjustments *Quick preview of strategy adjustment *Share the Strategy or trade More features in next week release.

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