You buy the deepest in the money call option in NIFTY…
On adding the premium price with the strike price you can obtain the break-even point after which you start earning…
The last time I tried this I saw that when I bought the 20,150 strike price call option which was at a premium of 3880 (approx.) the break-even point was
20150 + 3880 = 24,030
The spot price was around 24,230…
Now with this I see that the spot price is already above my break-even point meaning I should be in profit as soon as I enter…
I tested this on sensibull & opstra & the graph and pay-off tables show the same conclusion…
However I have not tried this in a real account with real money…
I tried virtual apps for testing but they show a lot of glitches & I can not rely on them…
Before putting real money I want to confirm if this is true or not or maybe I am all wrong about this…
I searched the internet but there are no youtube videos on this nor there is a concrete blog explaining this…
Does anyone have any idea about this please help me out I am in the dark here
May be it would be LTP of previuos hours when the spot price was around 24k , as it would not much actively traded , possibly not ask price of seller at that time 24230 spot price ,
Askew is right. Such deep ITM options are not actively traded and hence their LTP is often many hours outdated.
I used to have similar ideas when I started with options. I picked ITM strangles where the “minimum intrinsic value” was more than the total premium but I could never buy it at the listed premium. Such simple arbitrage opportunities won’t exist in a reasonably efficient market.
I also tried to buy a put option with the same mentality of having the break-even point more than the spot price so I would be in profit along side the call option which resulted in an always profit hedge…
However with the points you say it means that it is not possible…
So is there anything we can do to make this work? Maybe even something else we can do…
I run a bot that buys strangles with around 80% “minimum intrinsic value” in NIFTY/BANKNIFTY and waits if the index breaks the range.
For example, right now, 24150CE (₹237) and 24550PE (₹243) have a total premium of ₹480 but their total value cannot be less than ₹400 on expiry. So here your loss is limited. But you will make profits if NIFTY goes below 24070 or above 24630.
I saw a video in which a person entered such deep ITM but they could not exit because there was no-one to sell the option to so he had to wait till expiry for the option to close…
So what if I place a hedge and put both order types as intraday so that the broker will automatically close my positions?
I see but what if I do this method on expiry day or even set it the hedge style method as intraday orders so that my postions are automatically closed by the broker?