# Scalping trades **URL:** https://tradingqna.com/t/scalping-trades/145496 **Category:** F&O **Created:** [April 6, 2023, 1:05pm UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/scalping-trades/145496 "2023-04-06T13:05:00Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 12
### Author: ![t7support](https://tradingqna.com/user_avatar/tradingqna.com/t7support/32/78592_2.png) [@t7support](https://tradingqna.com/u/t7support) #### Post date: [April 7, 2023, 8:38am UTC](https://tradingqna.com/t/scalping-trades/145496/12 "2023-04-07T08:38:28Z")
> [@hitesh\_modi](#): > > Its very tough for me to fight with time decay which is biggest enemy in option buying… This thread is about scalping where time decay doesn’t come in to picture. > [@hitesh\_modi](#): > > Whereeas option selling is opposite… Need more capital. One has to worry about adjustments when market moves against position. One has to worry about margin limits and so on. Option selling is just more hyped than option buying. > [@How does F&O work in India?](https://tradingqna.com/t/how-does-f-o-work-in-india/143860/7): > > Naked option buying works !!! Only if one buys and holds it till expiry it looses all the time value in price. But that is not what profitable option buyers do. Those who trade intraday breakouts and momentum get in and out quickly. The time value loss is negligible or non existent. Those who are trend followers like me turn time value loss in to an advantage. Trend follower accuracy is less than 50%. Everytime we lost, we lost less because of the time value cushion in the option premium. … --- _[View the full topic](https://tradingqna.com/t/scalping-trades/145496)._