Market stuck in a range? Options can still help you generate high returns

The market often keeps oscillating in a narrow band which doesn’t leave much opportunity for traders in the Futures market to participate, or even if they trade mean-reversion; minor whipsaws at the bounds are common to eat away stop losses yet doesn’t yield a high return. Options traders have an edge in trading while the market is oscillating and there are strategies to generate high returns from the instrument going nowhere. Result season is on the card and Open Interest has a very high congestion around at the money which generally pushes the market into an oscillation and below are two strategies to help you generate returns in an oscillating market.