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16.1 – Calculating Volatility on Excel In the previous chapter, we introduced the concept of standard deviation and how it can be used to evaluate ‘Risk or Volatility’ of a stock. Before we move ..

15.1 – Background Having understood Delta, Gamma, and Theta, we are now at all set to explore one of the most interesting Option Greeks – The Vega. Vega, as most of you might have guessed is the r ..

14.1 – Time is money Remember the adage “Time is money”, it seems like this adage about time is highly relevant when it comes to options trading. Forget all the Greek talk for now, we shall go b ..

The final chapter on taxation introduces and explains the different income tax forms and the importance of selecting the appropriate form. This chapter also walks us through the entire tax filing proc ..

This topic covers the differences between paying income tax and filing income tax and the various ITR forms for different categories of assesses. The chapter also addresses several relevant queries on ..

Here we take a detailed look at the two heads of business income (speculative and non speculative) and their tax treatment. We also studied key terms such as BTST, Advance tax and Tax loss harvesting. ..

This topic explains how long term and short term capital gains/losses are determined based on the holding period of the investment and their applicable tax rates. We also studied how one can reduce LT ..

Here we study in detail the four heads of income for a trader/investor and their meaning and relevance. The rules for computation of tax under each head is clearly outlined. We also study the advanta ..

The first chapter aims to reassure the reader that taxation is not something to be feared and can actually be interesting when looked at from a traders’/investors’ perspective. ..

13.1 – The Curvature We now know for a fact that the Delta of an option is a variable, as it constantly changes its value relative to the change in the underlying. Let me repost the graph of the del ..