u/awkwardhawk8

Started a simple experiment 49 trading days ago, buy 1 unit of NIFTYBEES every trading day without exception. No market timing, no skipping, no excuses. Market up? Buy. Market down? Buy. Market closed? Wait and buy tomorrow.

Current portfolio:

• Days completed: 49
• Units held: 31
• Total invested: ₹8,360
• Current value: ₹8,286
• P&L: ₹74
• Average buy price: ₹269.68

3 honest lessons from 49 days:

1. Never catch a falling knife. Stock girta hai, lagta hai sasta ho gaya aur girta hai. Yeh mistake maine personally ki hai. Index mein yeh problem nahi isliye ab issi pe focus hai.
2. Nobody talks about losses. Har koi 10x return dikhata hai aur saare SM pe bhi same hi observe kiya hai. Maine bhi significant amount stocks mein gavaaya hai. Isliye ab index. No ego. No hiding.
3. Diversification ka matlab 40 stocks nahi hota. Maine ek baar 40 stocks rakhe diversification ke naam pe. Portfolio track hi nahi hota tha. NIFTYBEES mein 50 companies, ek click. Zero confusion.

What I've learned about behavior:

The hardest part isn't the money. It's showing up on red days when every instinct says wait. Day 49 and that feeling still comes.

Tomorrow is Day 50: Increasing my daily investment as a milestone commitment. Streak continues no matter what.

Goal: ₹1 lakh invested. 8.2% there.

Happy to answer any questions.

Started a simple experiment 49 trading days ago, buy 1 unit of NIFTYBEES every trading day without exception. No market timing, no skipping, no excuses. Market up? Buy. Market down? Buy. Market closed? Wait and buy tomorrow.

Current portfolio:

• Days completed: 49
• Units held: 31
• Total invested: ₹8,360
• Current value: ₹8,286
• P&L: ₹74
• Average buy price: ₹269.68

3 honest lessons from 49 days:

1. Never catch a falling knife. Stock girta hai, lagta hai sasta ho gaya aur girta hai. Yeh mistake maine personally ki hai. Index mein yeh problem nahi isliye ab issi pe focus hai.
2. Nobody talks about losses. Har koi 10x return dikhata hai aur saare SM pe bhi same hi observe kiya hai. Maine bhi significant amount stocks mein gavaaya hai. Isliye ab index. No ego. No hiding.
3. Diversification ka matlab 40 stocks nahi hota. Maine ek baar 40 stocks rakhe diversification ke naam pe. Portfolio track hi nahi hota tha. NIFTYBEES mein 50 companies, ek click. Zero confusion.

What I've learned about behavior:

The hardest part isn't the money. It's showing up on red days when every instinct says wait. Day 49 and that feeling still comes.

Tomorrow is Day 50: Increasing my daily investment as a milestone commitment. Streak continues no matter what.

Goal: ₹1 lakh invested. 8.2% there.

Happy to answer any questions.

Started a simple challenge 38 trading days ago, buy 1 unit of Nippon Nifty 50 ETF (NIFTYBEES) every trading day without exception. No market timing, no skipping, no excuses. Market up? Buy. Market down? Buy. Market closed? Wait and buy tomorrow.

Current portfolio snapshot:

• Trading days completed: 38
• Units held: 23
• Total invested: ₹6,195
• Current value: ₹6,262
• P&L: ₹67

Why NIFTYBEES specifically? Lowest cost way to own all 50 Nifty companies at once. No stock picking, no research paralysis. Just the index. Buy and forget.

What I've actually learned in 38 days:

1. The hardest part isn't the money, it's the discipline on red days. When market is down 1.5%, every instinct says wait. The system says buy anyway.
2. Small amounts feel pointless early. Whatever my total is right now isn't life changing. But the behavior being built is what matters.
3. Average buy price smooths out automatically. I've bought at highs and lows. The average just settles itself without me doing anything.
4. Market closed days are mentally harder than red days. Nothing to do except wait and come back tomorrow.
5. Consistency is genuinely boring. And that's exactly the point.

Small side note: Started documenting this daily and getting views now but zero followers. 38 days of buying and 0 followers. Honestly funnier than it is frustrating at this point.

The goal: Keep buying every trading day until I hit ₹1,00,000 invested. Currently 6.2% there.

Happy to answer any questions about the approach or share weekly updates here if anyone's interested. Has anyone else done something similar with ETFs or index funds?