Showing posts with label directional trading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label directional trading. Show all posts

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Afraid to Trade Options


I had interacted today with many option traders who apparently know nothing about the concept of Volatility. I shiver at the description of their trading strategy confined to directional option bets. Disregard or lack of understanding for Time Decay or Implied Volatility.



  1. Interesting post on Options

  2. What are the parameters to look for in deciding whether option is attractively priced ?

  3. Are we aware that Option is a non linear convex instrument unlike stocks or Futures ?

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