Comment on Basics on Options Shorting/Writing
🙂 the payoff graph for options buying and option writing is completely different. Yes if you are bearish you can write calls, but when you write calls, the profits are limited a and the losses unlimited. You need to put in a margin to take a position, unless buying where you need to bring in only premium. Suggest you to read through the futures and options module here: http://zerodha.com/varsity/