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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 06-Oct-26 22500 CE65106.9
SELL NIFTY 06-Oct-26 22400 PE6599.3

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

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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

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

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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)