The Odds of Trading Futures and Options in the Stock Market

Any individual trader can also trade in the Futures andlet him forget and ignore all the potential risk of
Options of an Index or a stock which requires lesstrading F & O. He will forget he might lose his
capital margin with the same profit margin. By sayingentire capital if the market behaves contrary to his
this, one should not abandon their entire position inspeculation and shock him with a sudden change of
Equities and Debt Securities Investment and jumptrend. This way, Mr A got burnt and went broke
right into trading F & O. Because, you will alwaysafter series of losses he made in his F & O
be tempted to do it. There are some odds whichtrades which he keeps on doing as it's only way he
many traders faced and get burnt while they shiftwill recover his past losses. No any other legitimate
their much secured investment into a high risk wayinvestment plan can regain what he had lost. And
of F & O trading. It is all about control and selfnow there's the most dangerous thing which every
discipline that one must learn and check beforestock traders experience, the hauntings of past
starting to trade F & O. Let me tell you a factlosses affecting present trades. For every future
as an example here:-trades, the trader always count and calculate his past
Mr. A is a trader who was buying equities and fixedlosses to be regained from that trade which starts
deposits of a particular company called XYZ. Hegiving him some profit. He will wait & wait even
usually books profit at a rate of around 5%though that particluar trade already made it's highest
maximum of the invested capital in a month. Let'smark. Because he's calculating the profit amount to
say he had invested 10,000/- and books 500/- in aleverage his past loss. Once, the position started
month. Sometimes he didn't book any and evengiving away the profit, he will get upset for not
incurred loss if the market goes down. He get boredbooking at a higher profit margin earlier and stand
and started to trade in the F & O section of theconfused whether to book or not or wait for a
same company XYZ. Now, with the same 10,000/-second time rise which didn't happened and end up
capital he gets 5 times more buying margin than it didthe position with the lowest profit or no profit or
in equity. At the same time, he books profit in dayseven loss.
and doesn't need to wait for a month, and mostSo, the best thing Mr.A could have done with a
surprisingly he even gets profit when the marketcapital of 10,000 in the stock market is:-
goes down too as there's a product which he can* Invest 5000/- in FD or Debt Security
buy that earns profit when the stock falls down. It's* Invest 3000/- in Equity
when he thought " What was I doing with Equity or* Invest 2000/- in F & O by limiting an amount
Debt or some Lazy Securities when this F & Oof 500/- in a single trade keeping a bearable 50/- as
trade easily gives 5 times profit with the same capitalstop loss.
involved?" Now, he started to break all his securedHe must realise that his total investment now has an
investements and pumps them into the F & Oearning potential what he was getting earlier with
trades thinking he can build a fortune within a fewEquities & Debts with the surplus of some more
months which will take many years if he trades withincome from the 75% capital in Equities & Debts.
Equity or Debt or Fixed Deposits.Look from the angle of an equity trader, never look
This hope of getting an amazing amount of profit willfrom the F & O trading angle.