Long Puts (Buying Puts)
Buying a put option from the trade page results in long puts.
An ideal strategy if you are bearish about a crypto asset and want to leverage the falling prices.
Example: Suppose you have $30,000, and ETH is currently trading at $5,000. You can buy 6 ETH at the current price. Let us suppose by the end of next month ETH is down by 15%, i.e., ETH price now is $4250, then you make a loss of $4,500 ( $25,500 - $30,000).
Now let's use options; in this case, instead, you bought ETH puts at $5,000 expiring at the same time, you paid $300 per option. You can get 100 options for this price. Ignore all trading fees; this means with a 15% decrease, you get $45,000 as profit. You can hedge your positions using this mechanism.
Total Investment | $30,000.00 |
Current Stock Value | $425,000.00 |
Strike Price Value | $500,000.00 |
Options Status | In The Money |
Total Profit | $45,000.00 |
Your max loss when buying long puts is always the premium you paid - when your asset price is above the strike at expiry. Your max profit is theoretically infinite.
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