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Queries around F&O margins are perhaps the ones that are most asked by our customers. We launched our margin calculator in 2013 and have continuously tried to educate users about the nuances of...
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Physical delivery of stock options can potentially lead to systemic risk in the capital markets and pose a risk to traders. But before I explain these risks, let me first set the context with an ou...
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Update (9th Dec 2021): SEBI has put up a consultation paper, which I am guessing is due to their worry about the growing popularity of unregulated algo trading platforms that offer off the shelf au...
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Rights – A basic overview Before we understand Rights Entitlements, let’s quickly understand what a rights issue is. In a rights issue, a company gives its existing shareholders the r...
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Today at around 10:06 AM on 24th Feb 2021, NSE exchange feeds for Nifty, Bank Nifty and other indices stopped across all brokerage firms in India. But trading continued until 11:40 AM, after which ...
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I guess you have read the headlines from the US on how retail traders are causing a “short squeeze” in stocks like GameStop, AMC entertainment, etc. If you haven’t, check this article by Fins...
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I was the first one in my extended middle-class family to take up trading as a career back in the early 2000s. Through my 20’s and early 30’s, I was always told to go get a “real job”. The ...
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It’s that time of the year when all of us have to sit down and plan our income tax returns. The last date to file your income tax returns for FY 2019-20 is December 31st, 2020, and traders need t...
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Kite now has one the most requested features — the ability to see the margin required before taking a trade on the order window itself. While the margin calculations are straightforward for equit...
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This has been a long time coming, but NSE is finally going live on Monday, June 1st, 2020, with the new margin framework for future and options trades Our F&O margin calculator is updated. Ente...
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Update [September 21, 2020]: Since the volatility of the contracts has subsided, the below-mentioned margin changes will not apply. The additional measure will be introduced if we see a change incr...
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Hindi: इस पोस्ट को हिंदी में पढ़ने के लिए यहाँ क्लिक करें। I had recently written this post on stock market scams that...
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Hindi: इस पोस्ट को हिंदी में पढ़ने के लिए यहाँ क्लिक करें। The lure of easy money is what attracts people to trading a...
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In the past few years, the scourge of stock tip messages, calls, and websites has become a dangerous nuisance. We’ve been seeing queries from unwitting investors who have invested based on th...
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SEBI put this circular on November 19th 2019 which will be in effect from Jan 1st 2020. This got recently covered by press on how it is probably the worst thing that can happen to a retail trader. ...
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What does compulsory physical delivery mean? As stated in this SEBI circular, starting from July 2018 expiry, F&O positions are being settled moved from cash settlement mode to compulsory physi...
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Note: As of October 2019, our policy on compulsory physical delivery has changed. You can read the new policy here.
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Finance is actually very simple, but it’s made to look complicated to justify fees – Morgan House on fool.com Dear Traders & Investors, The digital age has transformed the way in wh...
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To learn more about options, check out this module on Varsity. The Framework In this three part series, we introduced the Option Greeks in the first post. In the second post, we discussed the pra...
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To learn more about options, check out this module on Varsity. In the previous post, we discussed the Option Greeks and got a perspective on what they are. An understanding of the previous article ...
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To learn more about options, check out this module on Varsity. Why are the Option Greeks important? What do you think makes a bollywood movie successful at the box office? Chances are you’d say ...
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The National Stock Exchange earlier this month rolled out a circular prescribing a ‘reference price’ & and an ‘execution range’ for Futures & Options contracts which...
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Traders, NSE will be launching the most anticipated contract in the recent past for trading “Futures on India VIX” on February 26, 2014. We at Zerodha as usual, will be offering you tra...
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Traders, NSE has just relaunched Interest rate futures, and after speaking to other traders and the way the contract is designed, the feeling is that trading action on the newly launched contracts ...
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Traders, Option writing/shorting is the act of selling either calls or puts first, hoping that the value goes to zero or buy it back at a lower price to earn a profit. Trading in index options has ...