PCR Trading Strategy

Options Strategies (Beginner to Advanced)

Options allow many strategies:

Beginner:

Buying Calls & Puts – Simple directional trades.

Intermediate:

Covered Call – Sell call against owned stock.

Protective Put – Buy put to protect long positions.

Advanced:

Straddle – Buy call + put (expect volatility).

Strangle – Similar, but with different strikes.

Iron Condor – Profits from sideways markets.

Butterfly Spread – Low-risk range-bound strategy.

Options in the Indian Market

Traded mainly on NSE (National Stock Exchange).

Popular instruments: Nifty, Bank Nifty, FinNifty, and top stocks.

Expiry cycles: Weekly (Thursday) and Monthly.

Lot sizes fixed by SEBI (e.g., Nifty lot = 25).

India is one of the world’s largest options markets today.