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Short Strangle

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Short Strangle is a range bound strategy that aims to make money from sideways market and falling volatility

Legs:2Risk:Unlimited RiskProficiency :Advanced

Example:

InstrumentQtyPrice
SELL NIFTY 15-Sep-26 23500 CE6572.75
SELL NIFTY 15-Sep-26 23400 PE6580.7

When To Execute?

Short Strangle is a range bound strategy. Its idle to execute Short Strangle for near month expiry in order to benefit from faster time decay

Trade

Sell 1 lot OTM Call and Sell 1 lot OTM Put with same expiration.

Advantages

1.Profit from range bound stock 2. Comparatively high yielding income strategy but less than Short Straddle3. Provides broader range of profitability 4. Time decay is beneficial

Disadvantages

1. Uncapped Risk on either side 2. Hedging cost would be high if stock gives any directional movement

Short Strangle

Maximum Profit

Maximum Profit is limited to total premium received. Profit is maximum between both the strike

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Maximum Loss

Short Strangle is open to unlimited risk if the stock moves above higher BEP( Strike +total premium) or below lower BEP ( Strike - total premium)