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Long Put Condor

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Long Put Condor Strategy is a Volatility strategy. It is opposite to Short Put Condor. It offers lower reward for relatively higher risk

Legs:4Risk:Limited RiskProficiency :Advanced

Example:

InstrumentQtyPrice
SELL NIFTY 30-Jun-26 22600 PE651.85
BUY NIFTY 30-Jun-26 24100 PE65108.2
BUY NIFTY 30-Jun-26 25600 PE651517.9
SELL NIFTY 30-Jun-26 27100 PE650

When To Execute?

Long Put Condor is a volatility based strategy that could be executed when one expects big move in underlying to make money.In scanario where strike difference between 1st and 2nd strike is not equal to difference between 3rd and 4th strike;it is known as Modified Long Put Condor Strategy

Trade

Sell 1 ITM Put, Buy 1 middle ITM Put, Buy 1 middle OTM Put and Sell 1 deep OTM Put

Advantages

Idle for the stock that is range bound for the long time and is expected to give breakout/ breakdown. It is net credit strategy with defined reward to risk

Disadvantages

Time decay could be beneficial if the stock is near the extremes and can hurt if the stock expires between middle two strikes

Higher profit potential comes only near expiration

Long Put Condor

Maximum Profit

It is the net credit strategy. Maximum Profit arrives if the stock closes above highest Put or below the first Put

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Maximum Loss

Maximum Loss occurs if the stock fails to give any momentum and expires between the two bought Puts. Maximum loss is difference between first and second Put less net credit received