A practical guide to trading & automation.
Reference material on the indicators, options mechanics, and automated-trading concepts that come up when building or running a strategy — written for traders, not textbooks.
Technical Indicators
RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, VWAP, ATR, and the stochastic oscillator.
Read →02Candlestick Patterns
Doji, hammer, engulfing, morning star, evening star, and more.
Read →03Chart Patterns
Head & shoulders, double top/bottom, triangles, flags, cup & handle, wedges.
Read →04Fibonacci Retracement
Key ratios, retracement and extension levels, and confluence.
Read →05Elliott Wave Theory
Impulse waves, corrective waves, wave degree, and its practical limitations.
Read →06Swing Trading
Support and resistance, trend lines, risk-reward ratio, and breakout trading.
Read →07Fundamental Analysis
P/E ratio, EPS, ROE, debt-to-equity, book value, dividend yield, revenue growth.
Read →08Futures Basics
Contract specs, mark-to-market, basis, contango/backwardation, rollover.
Read →09Options Greeks
Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega, and Rho.
Read →10Options Strategies
Covered calls, spreads, straddles, strangles, iron condors, and butterflies.
Read →11Open Interest & PCR
Long/short buildup, short covering, put-call ratio, and max pain.
Read →12Margin & Leverage
SPAN margin, exposure margin, mark-to-market, and leverage in F&O.
Read →13Demat & Trading Accounts
Depositories, T+1 settlement, DP charges, pledging, and nomination.
Read →14Index Basics
Nifty 50, Bank Nifty, Sensex, and free-float market cap weightage.
Read →15Taxation for Traders
Speculative vs non-speculative income, STCG/LTCG, turnover, and tax audit.
Read →16Risk Management
Position sizing, maximum drawdown, risk of ruin, and R-multiples.
Read →17Trading Psychology
FOMO, revenge trading, overtrading, confirmation bias, and discipline.
Read →18Algo Trading Concepts
Backtesting, slippage, order types, and position sizing.
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