Xray bro, having never traded options, I have a basic question. What is the benefit of trading options vs futures today for example. Why did you choose to trade options instead of nifty futures today. Is it cos you could trade more qty in options for the same marginn and risk less or is there any other reason..
sorry if question is too silly
No it is not a silly question.
It is a misconception that More qty of options for the same margin and risk is less.
People loose money trading options with this notion that options are cheap and can be traded with less capital violating
MM.
For a capital of 1 lakh - 1% Risk per Trade = 1000 rs/25 = 40 points.
If stop is 20 points 40/20 = 2 lots of Nifty Futures can be traded with 1 Lakh.
Like wise quantity of options trade size to be determined based on the capital and risk % ,stop loss and delta.
Assuming theoretical delta of 0.5.Stop loss of 10 points in Options one can take max 4 lots with the same 1 lakh capital.
But trading options provide savings in terms of Transaction costs.
i.e just 1/10th of transaction costs of trading Nifty futures.
Hence lot of savings here.