Standard option contracts and market structure
Equity options are standardised contracts, with each option typically representing 100 shares of the underlying stock. When you buy or sell a single option contract, you are taking on rights or obligations related to those 100 shares at a predetermined strike price. This standardisation is a cornerstone of the options market, supporting liquidity, transparent pricing, ...

In the previous post, we discussed using long puts for deep hedging. But as mentioned, the scenarios that truly call for long-put hedges are typically panic-driven sell-offs—they don’t happen that often. Statistically, over the past ten years, they’ve occurred about once per year on average, and in some years they don’t occur at all.
By contrast, milder, more contained pullbacks happen many times every year. These ty...

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In the previous episode, we covered the first—and most important—way to deal with drawdowns: cutting exposure. As a quick recap, what are the advantages of proactively trimming positions when markets start to fall?
In this episode, we move on to the second line of defense: hedging with options.
1. When to Hedge?
Before we dive deep into hedging strategies, it helps to identify differences between two types of drawdowns:
A tech...

Exchange-traded options are bought and sold through brokers such as moomoo on established exchanges. These exchanges operate under strict rules and are supported by a clearing house, which guarantees the performance of all option contracts and removes counterparty risk between buyers and sellers.
To place an options order, you must first access your moomoo account and select the specific option contract you wish to ...