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Basics of Trading
11 short lessons covering how markets work, fundamental and technical analysis, how to read a chart, what options are, and how systematic strategies beat guesswork. No jargon. No assumed knowledge.
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1
How the Stock Market Works
BSE, NSE, what you're actually buying — and why prices move.
2
Fundamental & Technical Analysis
What FA and TA are, when to use each — and why the best traders combine both.
3
Reading a Candlestick Chart
Open, High, Low, Close — what each candle tells you about a single time period.
4
Placing an Order
Market, limit, stop-loss — which order type to use and when.
5
Support, Resistance & Trends
Where buyers step in, where sellers push back — and how to spot a trend.
6
What Are Options?
CE, PE, premium, expiry, strike — explained in plain English.
7
Why Most Traders Lose Money
SEBI data, the 5 most common mistakes, and what actually works.
8
What is Systematic Trading?
Rules-based vs gut-feel — and why backtesting changes everything.
9
Risk & Position Sizing
How much to put in one trade — the math that keeps accounts alive.
10
Analysing a Company: Key FA Ratios
PE, ROE, ROCE, D/E, EPS growth — the six numbers every long-term investor must know.
11
Building a Systematic Trading Plan
How to combine everything you've learned into a documented, repeatable process.
Investor education — not investment advice.
All lessons use historical or hypothetical examples only. No lesson contains a live trade recommendation.
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