November 5

Essential ETF Trading Strategies for Investing in ETF Option

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ETF Options are a type of Derivatives Exchange Traded Funds. There are many different ways how you can use ETF option in your portfolio and following are some of the important trading strategies. Either a trader is looking for gaining an exposure to derivatives market or they are looking to hedge their current portfolio positions ETF option is a useful financial instrument.

Taking a Put Option Long Position

Just like any other Put Options, ETF Put Option offers a trader to get an exposure or hedge the downward fluctuations in the market. Basically, with put options a trader has a right to sell an ETF at an agreed up-on price (strike price). For example, if a trader goes long on April 150 put he has a right to sell the respective ETF for $150 and a trader can execute this right anytime before April.  Even if the respective ETF trades at $120 trader can sell the ETF at $150.

Taking a Put Option Short Position

When a trader goes short on put options, he gives a right to the other party who has a long position on that put to sell the ETF at the agreed upon strike price at any time before expiration. This is an opposite of having a long position but it is similar to going long on a Call option. For example, if you take a short position on an April 150 put for $20, a trader would want these ETFs to not go below the $150 mark or else he might start incurring a loss on his investments.

Taking a Call Option Long Position

With this type of Call option a trader has a right to buy the agreed quantity and type of Exchange Traded Funds at a certain price (the strike price). So if a trader takes an April 150 Call option Long position, he has a right to buy the respective ETF for $150 anytime before April. Therefore even if the price of the respective ETF climbs to $170 a trader in contract can still buy that ETF for $150.

Taking a Call Option Short Position

As part of this strategy a trader can take a short position so you want the value of ETF to decrease. So if a trader sells April 150 Call option for $12, he will make money if value of the respective ETF never goes above $150.

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