In-depth, plain-language articles on trading skills, with worked examples you can practise free.
Risk management · 6 min read
A stop-loss is the price where you accept that a trade was wrong and exit. Here are five common ways to place it, the mistakes that make stops fail, and how to practise each method with virtual money.
Risk management · 6 min read
Position sizing decides how much you can lose on one trade. Learn the 1% risk rule, the simple formula behind it, how it works for intraday, swing and F&O, and why it matters more than picking the perfect entry.
Risk management · 6 min read
Risk-reward compares what you can lose with what you aim to gain on a trade. Learn how to calculate it, how it works together with win rate, and why a high ratio alone does not make a strategy good.
Charts · 5 min read
Support and resistance are price areas where buying or selling has repeatedly shown up. This guide explains why they form, how to draw them without clutter, what happens on breakouts, and the mistakes that make levels misleading.
Trading basics · 5 min read
Intraday (MIS) positions are closed the same day and use margin; delivery (CNC) shares are paid in full and can be held as long as you like. Here is how they differ in cost, risk, square-off timing and the kind of trader each suits.
Trading basics · 5 min read
Every trade carries several small charges besides brokerage. This article explains each one in plain language, shows how they add up on intraday, delivery and options trades, and why they matter most for frequent, small trades.
Charts · 5 min read
A candlestick shows four prices for a period: open, high, low and close. Learn how to read single candles, what common patterns like the doji, hammer and engulfing suggest, and why context matters more than any pattern name.
Trading psychology · 5 min read
A trading journal turns random experience into lessons. Learn what to record for each trade, how to review it weekly, which patterns usually show up, and how to start without making it a chore.
Trading psychology · 5 min read
Most trading losses come from behaviour, not from a lack of indicators. This article covers seven common mental mistakes, from FOMO to revenge trading, with practical habits that reduce each one.
Options & F&O · 5 min read
A futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell an index or stock at a set price on a future date. This guide explains lot size, margin, daily mark-to-market, expiry and rollover, with examples of how leverage magnifies results.
Options & F&O · 5 min read
A call gains when the price rises; a put gains when it falls. This guide explains premium, strike, expiry, ITM / ATM / OTM, the difference between buying and selling options, and the risks every beginner should know first.
Options & F&O · 5 min read
The Greeks measure how an option's price reacts to changes in the underlying price, time and volatility. Here is what delta, gamma, theta and vega mean in plain words, with examples of how traders use them.
Options & F&O · 5 min read
Open interest counts outstanding F&O contracts. Combined with price, it shows whether new positions are being built or old ones closed. Learn OI, the four buildup types, the put-call ratio and max pain, and their limits.
Options & F&O · 5 min read
Every futures and options contract ends on its expiry day. This guide explains what happens to open positions, how index and stock contracts are settled, why expiry days are so volatile, and how to plan around them.
Trading basics · 5 min read
NIFTY 50 and SENSEX are free-float market-cap weighted indices. This article explains what that means, how stocks are chosen and reweighted, why a few large stocks move the index most, and how sector indices work.
Risk management · 5 min read
A backtest shows how a rule would have performed on past data, but small mistakes can make a weak idea look excellent. Learn the eight most common traps, from overfitting to ignoring costs, and how to avoid them.
Charts · 5 min read
Volume shows how many shares traded and how much conviction is behind a move. Learn how to read volume on charts, relative volume, volume on breakouts and pullbacks, delivery percentage and common volume indicators.
Charts · 5 min read
A gap happens when a stock opens well above or below the previous close. Learn why gaps form, the main types of gaps, how often they fill, and how traders plan around gap days without guessing.
Trading basics · 5 min read
Corporate actions change your holdings or the share price without anyone trading. Learn how dividends, bonus issues, stock splits, rights issues and buybacks work, what the ex-date means, and why charts adjust for them.
Trading basics · 5 min read
Indian equity markets trade from 9:15 AM to 3:30 PM on weekdays, with a pre-open session before and a closing session after. Learn what happens in each part of the day, how settlement and holidays work, and which times are most volatile.
