A STUDY ON STRADDLE OPTIONS STRATEGY, A GUIDE TO THE EQUITY DERIVATIVES INVESTORS

Options are measured risky for investors and speculators due to oscillation in the direction of price movements. An investor has to face the risk of profits where it may be enormously high; here investors fail in deciding profitable options. The study is made to curtail the risk of investors by using Long and Short Straddle option strategy in choosing profitable investment strategy and to know how the option combination strategy would be profitable when market moves up or down. The study has considered the Index of both increasing and decreasing prices, so that it would be probable to give suggestions for investors that how in both cases they can make profits.