This is much simpler imo .... what ever the rise would be offsetted and then once the scrip stabilises .. you can then square off the Jan Long Fut and/or the Nov Short Fut and simultaneously write calls / puts depending on what you see on TISCO in the short term ... and recover the lost dough ...
Dear SM,
What sounds simple on paper is not the same on one's ledger balance
...I have tried to utilise the strategy and found that it may backfire any time (due to premia difference, though didn't happen in my case
) and that would cause more harm to the ledger balance than a simple strategy like stop and reverse...I think you can remember what happened on the expiry date of October(and you gave a nice bullish explanation:rofl
...
Taking the example of Tisco, the Nov future is at a premium of mere 30p where as Jan future's premium is 8 bucks(i.e. 1.25% of the share value)...Now due to the surprisingly good news, market would suitably reward Tisco (ceteris paribus) with a opening jump of 2-3% to say the least and that will be reflected in both the futures...Now let's assume the market values Tisco like rest of the Tata companies so that it remains in an uptrend for the rest of the month....On expiry, Nov future will loss the premium but Jan future's premium will also come down to 4-5 bucks...IMO, a small trader can wait for a small pullback to reverse the short after the initial euphoria dies down or jump into the running bus depending on his mental set up...