Basics of Options Trading FAQs

What are the advantages of option trading ?

Options trading has seen significant growth in recent years due to the many benefits it offers,

  • Lower Investment:Options are more cost-effective than buying stocks directly. Options allow you to trade the stock and make a profit, but you must pay the full stock price to do so.
  • acts as insurance:Options function like Insurance if you own a stock over a long period. Let's say you own 100 shares of ABC Limited. To protect yourself from any price declines, you can sell a Call Option during the period.
  • Higher Profit percentage: Although you invest less in Options, your profit percentage due to movements in the price of the underpinning is the same as investing in stocks.
  • You may profit in any market scenario:With Options you can make a profit regardless of whether the market is bullish, bearish, or neutral. Option strategies can be executed according to market conditions and you may make a profit.


What is the work of Options ?


How many types of Options ?


What is strike price of option ?


When does Options expire?


What is the process for trading options ?


How futures and Options are different ?


How Nifty can be traded ?


What will happen when an option expires out of money ?


Do I have to pay margin in Options ?


How can the Options contracts be settled ?


What do you mean by Covered Options ?


When do you mean by Naked Options ?


What does American Options refers to ?


What does European option mean? ?


In Options , What is the meaning of At-The-Money , Out-of-the-Money (OTM) and In-The-Money ?


How to take decision on either to buy /sell call Option or put Option ?


Is it possible to trade on option of any stock or index?


How Square off and exercise an Option is different ?


What does intrinsic value of an option mean and how to calculate intrinsic value of an option ?


What does time value of an Option mean ?