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What is a Short Call?

A 'Call' option is a financial contract that grants the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to purchase a stock at a specified price within a p...
Fri, 15 Dec, 2023 at 8:32 AM

What is Fundamental Analysis?

Fundamental analysis is rooted in the belief that the market may not consistently provide accurate pricing for a stock. It involves examining external facto...
Fri, 15 Dec, 2023 at 8:30 AM

What are Futures?

A futures contract is a financial agreement where two parties agree to transact a set of financial instruments for future delivery at a specific price. On t...
Fri, 15 Dec, 2023 at 8:37 AM

What are Options?

An option is a contract sold (written) by one person to another. This contract grants the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy (in the case of a ...
Fri, 15 Dec, 2023 at 8:42 AM

What is Technical Analysis?

Technical Analysis employs historical stock statistics, typically price and volume data, to predict future prices. In simple terms, a technical analyst iden...
Fri, 15 Dec, 2023 at 8:46 AM

What is the Nifty and the Sensex? What are Nifty Futures?

The Nifty and the Sensex are both indices. The Sensex, also known as the BSE 30, is a stock market index comprising 30 well-established and financially sou...
Fri, 15 Dec, 2023 at 8:48 AM

What are Option Payoffs?

The 'optionality' characteristic of Options results in a non-linear payoff for them. In simple terms, this means that the losses for the buyer of a...
Fri, 15 Dec, 2023 at 8:52 AM

What is a Long Put?

Long or buying a Put is the opposite of buying a Call. When you buy a Call, you are bullish about the stock/index. When an investor is bearish, they can buy...
Fri, 15 Dec, 2023 at 8:58 AM

What is a Short Put?

Short or selling a Put is the opposite of buying a Put. An investor buys a Put when they are bearish on a stock. An investor sells a Put when they are bulli...
Fri, 15 Dec, 2023 at 9:06 AM

What is a lot size in Futures?

Each Futures contract has a lot size. The Nifty Future, for example, has a lot size of 50, meaning each Nifty Futures contract represents 50 Nifty underlyin...
Fri, 15 Dec, 2023 at 9:02 AM