Options for equities as helmets for daredevils in time of stock market crash

Often times in the midst of a highly volatile session the market presents us with great anomalies. Such anomalies generally are short-lived and a corrective course that runs within a session or two would bring in swift opportunist gains.    The genesis of the Futures & Options (F&O)...

Top lessons from Friday’s market crash and the swift recovery

Indian economy has been on a path of recovery over the last four quarters. There has been a broad-based improvement in growth suggesting tapering of GST and demonetisation disruptions.    The current market volatility isn’t accompanied by a live event so all sorts of conjecture on...

Friday's crash signals time to 'hide in defensives'; Sun Pharma, Wipro, Dr Reddy’s make good bets

Our strategy should be to hide ourselves in the defensive sector till the Nifty does not cross the all-time high level of 11,770.   In the past, the Nifty has a number of times witnessed a steep fall due to extreme sell-off because of unwarranted reasons. It is not new to market participants...