Insights

Plain-English explainers on screening, indicators, trading styles and the Indian markets. Educational only — never investment advice.

Risk

Hedging an Equity Portfolio: Diversification, Derivatives and Beta

Hedging is buying insurance for a portfolio — always at a price. The full toolkit explained: diversification, asset allocation, index futures and options, beta arithmetic, and the real costs that make 'when' matter as much as 'how'.

2026-07-07 · 14 min read
Basics

Reading Financial Statements: A Practical Guide for Stock Research

The three statements every listed company publishes — P&L, balance sheet, cash flow — and how to read them together: the key ratios, the India-specific red flags, and a repeatable one-hour routine for any annual report.

2026-07-06 · 14 min read
Economy

Inflation, Interest Rates and the Stock Market: The Complete Connection

The chain from a vegetable-price spike to your portfolio's P/E multiple, explained link by link: how inflation forms, how the RBI responds, how rates reprice equities, and which sectors win and lose at each stage of the cycle.

2026-07-05 · 14 min read
Markets

Market-Moving Events in India: Budgets, RBI Policy, Earnings and Elections

The Indian market's year runs on a calendar of scheduled shocks. How each major event type — Union Budget, RBI meetings, results season, elections, index reshuffles, global data nights — actually transmits into prices, and how different participants prepare.

2026-07-03 · 14 min read
Economy

How Global Markets Move Indian Stocks: Fed, Crude, Dollar and FII Flows

Why did your portfolio gap down over something that happened in Washington overnight? The complete transmission map from global forces — US rates, oil, the dollar, foreign flows — to Indian equity prices.

2026-07-02 · 14 min read
Trading

Value, Growth, Momentum, Quality: The Four Big Investing Styles

Every fund factsheet and finfluencer thread leans on four words. What the major equity styles actually mean, the evidence behind each factor, how they cycle in and out of favour, and how to screen for them.

2026-07-01 · 14 min read
Trading

Trading Styles Explained: Intraday, Swing, Positional and Long-Term Investing

Four very different games are played on the same exchange. Time horizons, capital needs, tax treatment, temperament fit — a complete map of the main trading styles in the Indian market.

2026-06-30 · 14 min read
Indicators

Fibonacci Retracements: Mapping Pullbacks, Levels and Confluence

Where do pullbacks tend to pause? A grounded guide to Fibonacci retracement levels — how to draw them, how traders actually use them, and why confluence matters more than magic numbers.

2026-06-28 · 13 min read
Indicators

Bollinger Bands and ATR: A Practical Guide to Measuring Volatility

Volatility is the market's heartbeat. How Bollinger Bands and Average True Range quantify it, what squeezes and expansions mean, and how to use both in screening.

2026-06-26 · 13 min read
Indicators

MACD Explained: A Complete Guide to Moving Average Convergence Divergence

MACD distils two moving averages into one momentum tool. A deep dive into the line, the signal, the histogram — and how traders actually read them.

2026-06-24 · 13 min read
Markets

ADRs and GDRs: Indian Companies Listed Abroad

Some Indian companies also trade on foreign exchanges via depository receipts. Here’s how they work.

2026-06-21 · 3 min read
Screening

Build Your First Screen: A Step-by-Step Walkthrough

From a blank screener to a saved, shareable scan in a few minutes.

2026-06-20 · 5 min read
Basics

Corporate Actions: Splits, Bonuses, Dividends and Adjusted Prices

Splits and bonuses change the share count and price without changing value. Adjusted prices keep charts honest.

2026-06-19 · 4 min read
Markets

Market Breadth: Advancers, Decliners and What They Mean

Breadth measures how many stocks are participating in a move — not just where the index closed.

2026-06-18 · 3 min read
Indicators

Volume and Relative Volume: Reading Conviction

Volume shows how many shares changed hands. Relative volume puts today’s activity in context.

2026-06-17 · 3 min read
Markets

India VIX: What the “Fear Index” Tells You

India VIX measures the market’s expectation of near-term volatility. It’s a gauge of nervousness, not direction.

2026-06-16 · 3 min read
Markets

NIFTY and SENSEX: India’s Benchmark Indices Explained

The NIFTY 50 and the SENSEX are the headline gauges of Indian equities. Here’s what they track.

2026-06-15 · 4 min read
Basics

Market Cap Explained: Large, Mid and Small Caps

Market capitalisation is a company’s size by market value. It shapes liquidity, volatility and index inclusion.

2026-06-14 · 4 min read
Basics

How to Read a Candlestick Chart

Each candle packs four prices — open, high, low, close — into one shape. Here’s how to read them.

2026-06-13 · 4 min read
Indicators

Moving Averages: 50-DMA, 200-DMA and the Golden Cross

Moving averages smooth out noise to reveal a trend. Here’s what the 50- and 200-day averages mean.

2026-06-12 · 4 min read
Indicators

Understanding RSI: The Relative Strength Index

RSI is a momentum oscillator between 0 and 100. Learn what overbought and oversold really mean — and what they don’t.

2026-06-11 · 4 min read
Screening

How to Use a Stock Screener (Beginner’s Guide)

A stock screener filters thousands of listed companies down to the few that meet your rules. Here’s how to use one well.

2026-06-10 · 5 min read