A question that I am asked time and again by amateur traders is whether trading can actually be taught or is it a God gift. According to me it is a science and not an art, so it “Can Be
The last half hour of the trading session has more than often changed the whole structure of Nifty price movement. From a good rising market to a sudden jolt of weakness in the first few minutes post 3.00PM followed by
Is trading worthwhile? This is a question a lot of people ponder about. They do so because trading, somehow, seems a lot more attractive, glamorous, when compared with investing. The latter appears dour, uninteresting, almost drab!
Trading connotes impressions of
It’s been a while that I have been writing to you about different topics relating to stock market and options in particular. But in the process of being more relevant to markets I probably missed out one important basic point
In stock markets we tend to hear and say the term “Bulls” and “Bears” so much and so often that sometimes I fear that I will forget that these are animals as well. Probably, some day when my kid would
Certain words by the way they get tainted and taken in bad light. While some of them are so, few are not. A simple example of it is the term “speculation”. While in general parlance it is treated negatively, but
Indian exchanges have been struggling against other exchanges which offer Indian indices or stocks on derivatives to trade. While the Indian exchanges took steps like increasing market timings, stopping them from offering Indian products and so on, the impact was
Being a “Bania” by birth and even by heart, “interest” is something which intrigues me a lot. Because of that it becomes very important to understand macroeconomic indicators. This in turn helps in building a market view from a very
As we enter Vikram Samvat 2076, the memories of last year still seem to be very fresh in our minds. A year of extreme volatility, events that shook the global and local economic corridors, a big concern that we faced
Pure is what we all always look out for. So is in the case of stock markets. Investors talk about pure plays, which can be consumption, banking or any other such themes. So, would traders talk about, pure data, pure
Greeks are the most important part of options trading. It is very crucial to understand them and their inter linkages before you start trading options. As overwhelming they seem in the beginning they become equally interesting once a trader understands
The easiest way to describe Indian equity markets have been these two words over past few months now. Either there is pain or panic or both. Early announcements by our present FM Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman had no impact on market
Festive time is back. Generally, it is this time of the year when spirits run high, as it is festival time. People are in a joyous mood and look forward to meeting their dear ones. Shopping and feasting is at
Friday, the 20th reminded me of 18th May 2009, when Nifty was locked in 20% upside circuit. This was the biggest move in Nifty since then. After lot of piecemeal efforts by the F.M. for a month now, finally she
For last 5 years we have been hearing about “credit crisis” almost every day. The financial newspapers and magazines are full of news, views and articles on credit related issues. This crisis is increasingly hurting financial markets as each day
We live in a world of change. The only constant here is change. Systems, methods, processes, approaches, regulations etc. keep changing and we need to adapt to it. As traders this is the most interesting and at times the challenging
It was in May 2016 when NSE introduced weekly options on Bank Nifty. Post that we saw increased interest in Banking names and so in Bank Nifty options also. Early this year this was expanded to Nifty. Weekly options on
Finally, things changed on Friday evening. The Finance Minister, declared some steps (stimulus) for the ailing economy. She addressed the concern over the FII taxation by rolling back the enhanced surcharge. Thus making LTCG, STCG and derivatives tax back to
“Freedom to Be; Aazadi Dil Ki” was the tagline of one of the most successful ad campaigns of Pepsi during my teens. I never understood the real meaning of it then, but now I can relate to it really well.
“But for every Buyer there is a Seller and for every Seller there is a Buyer, then how do you decide whether it is Long position or Short position?” This is one of the most common question that I have
Recently my kid has kept me busy helping him solve puzzles. One of our common favorite is find the odd one out. Creating a link among three out of four options is quite easy. So in a case where there