Anangsha Saha (Individual Contributor) 
Swing trading is a market strategy where positions are held for longer than one day. Most fundamentals traders tend to be swing traders because changes in the fundamentals of a corporation usually take several days or sometimes even weeks. This means that they have to hold their positions longer in order to profit significantly from … Read more
James Patrick O’Shaughnessy is a portfolio manager and principal at O’Shaughnessy Asset Management. He is considered to be an expert in the field of investor behaviour and investing strategies. The O’Shaughnessy Market Leaders Value Strategy seeks to provide long-term growth through investments in capitalised domestic equities. Large and prominent companies, usually market leaders and meet … Read more
Value Investing is the investment philosophy adhered to by John Templeton, one of the best-known investment advisors today. While in college, Templeton studied under one of the forefathers of value investing, Benjamin Graham. When implementing a value investing strategy, there are several ways to create the screen. However, when screening for value in the form … Read more
Charles Schwab is an investment firm that offers banking, brokerage and financial advisory services through its operating subsidiaries. In October 2020, Charles Schwab acquired TD Ameritrade, another brokerage firm, to scale up their operations and expand their consumer base. Since Charles Schwab is a full-service investment firm that relies on technology, it suits a large … Read more
The Black-Litterman Model is a mathematical model used for portfolio allocation and optimisation. It is mainly used by portfolio managers of large investors, like insurance companies and mutual funds, to allocate their resources in various investments and assets. It was developed by Fischer Black and Robert Litterman of Goldman Sachs in 1990. The BL model … Read more
A long diagonal spread with puts is an options strategy created by buying a long term put having a higher strike price and selling a short term put having a lower strike price. This strategy is used to profit from neutral stock price action at the strike price. The maximum profit that can be realised … Read more
A long butterfly option with puts consists of two short puts at the middle strike and one long put, each at a lower and a higher strike price. The upper and lower strikes(wings) must be equidistant from the middle strike(body), and all the options must have the same expiration. This strategy is used when investors … Read more
A long strangle is a neutral strategy that involves simultaneously buying a slightly out of the money put option (having a lower strike price) and a slightly out-of-the-money call option (having higher strike price) of the same underlying asset and same expiration date. Long strangle strategies are debit spreads because a net debit is required … Read more
The long put option strategy involves buying a put option, which is the choice to sell the option purchased at a predetermined price at the time of expiry. A trader typically invests in a long-put option when he or she anticipates a fall in the price of the underlying asset. Thus, the long put is … Read more
A short put option strategy is executed when a trader sells or writes a put option. The trader who buys the put option is “long,” and the trader writing the option is “short” and receives the premium or the option cost of the trade. The short put option is also called the “naked” put or … Read more
