How to discover opportunities outside the usual options?
Genuine question for people who've reached the stage where another ₹1–2Cr doesn't change much
Not sure if this belongs here, but I've been thinking about something and would genuinely like to hear how people here approach it.
I've been around independent traders for the last few years and, through that, got to know quite a few people who take trading seriously.
The genuinely good ones are rarely the loud ones. No "5x in 3 months" screenshots or constant posting about wins. Mostly pretty boring people — they trade every day, have bad months, talk about position sizing and risk more than returns, and have been doing it for years.
The strange part is that unless you're already in their network, you'd probably never come across most of them.
That got me thinking about the other side.
Once you've built substantial wealth, there presumably comes a point where you're not particularly interested in squeezing another 1–2% out of your existing portfolio. You might still want to put a small portion into something different.
But how do you actually discover those opportunities?
Not the usual mutual funds, stocks, PMS etc. — I mean things that aren't necessarily sitting in front of you through the standard wealth-management channels.
Is it mostly friends/personal network, your CA or wealth manager, word of mouth, private groups?
Or do most people decide the extra due diligence isn't worth it and stick to what they already know?
I've realised that if I personally had substantial capital and wanted to explore something outside the usual options, I wouldn't really know where I'd start looking.
Curious how people who've actually reached this stage think about it.