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Running out of Options and Money

Aircel was recently in the news for being the latest telecom operator to go under as it filed for Bankruptcy with 15,500 Crores of Debt on its books. In its statement, the company said it was forced to file for Bankruptcy owing to intense competition following the disruptive entry of a new player, legal and regulatory challenges, high level of...

Defining Risk in Options 0

Defining Risk in Options

Twitter is an  interesting way to start conversations, unfortunately the limit of 144 chars means that one cannot explain the thoughts in detail and one can miss the nuances very easily. And the reason for this blog came about from this series of tweets This is the series of tweet conversations that started with a little innocuous tweet by Deepak...

The curious case of cheap options 5

The curious case of cheap options

Doubling / Tripling money in a short time frame is every trader’s wet dream. For many with a great 20-20 (hind)sight, they see such opportunities everywhere. If I had bought X Call yesterday, I could have easily sold it for double today. Hold it for a few more days, it would seem that the option did not stop at just...