Jade Lizard Options Strategy
How the jade lizard works, a worked example with no upside risk, the downside it keeps, how it compares with a short strangle, and when it fits.
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Value vs Growth Investing
Value vs growth investing explained: what each style looks for, the measures used, the traps on each side, how the styles take turns, and a sensible middle path.
IPO Grey Market Premium: What It Is and Why to Be Careful
What the IPO grey market premium is, how unofficial grey market deals work, why GMP is an unreliable guide to listing, and the particular risks of SME IPOs.
Call Option Explained, With an Example
A call option explained in plain language: what the buyer gets and the seller owes, a worked example with breakeven, outcomes at expiry, and before expiry.
Put Option Explained, With an Example
A put option explained in plain language: the buyer's right to sell, a worked example with breakeven, the seller's obligation, puts as protection, and pitfalls.
Iron Butterfly Strategy, Explained
How the iron butterfly works, a worked example with maximum loss and breakevens, why the attractive ratio comes with a lower chance of success, and management.
Investing in US Stocks From India
How Indian residents can invest in US stocks: direct investing under remittance rules, Indian funds that invest abroad, currency effects, costs and tax reporting.
Share Buybacks in India: How to Take Part
How share buybacks work in India, tender offer versus open market, record dates and acceptance ratios, the small shareholder category, and how to tender shares.
F&O Lot Size and Contract Value
What lot size and contract value mean in futures and options, why exchanges revise lot sizes, how they affect margin and small accounts, and freeze quantity.
How to Read an Option Payoff Diagram
How to read an option payoff diagram: the axes, breakevens, maximum profit and loss, the expiry line versus today's line, examples, and what the chart leaves out.
Volume vs Open Interest in F&O
The difference between volume and open interest in futures and options, how open interest changes, the four price and OI combinations, and their limits.
How to Analyse Bank Stocks
Why ordinary ratios mislead for banks, and the measures that matter instead: net interest margin, CASA, asset quality, provisions, capital adequacy and valuation.