Wife’s in labour and I’m sitting outside the OT thinking about baby names.
Then I saw this and realised I should probably be thinking about the portfolio instead. 😂
At this point, should I just ask the doctor if we can get the demat account opened before delivery?
Over the last 36 months, Indian retail investors lost an aggregate of ₹1,81,383 Crore in the equity derivatives (F&O) segment.Official SEBI data highlights:• 93% of individual traders suffered net losses.• Average loss per retail trader was ~₹1.2 Lakhs — exceeding the annual discretionary savings for households earning under ₹5 LPA.• On top of trading losses, retail participants paid an estimated ₹50,000 Crore in friction costs (brokerages, STT, exchange fees).• Only 1% of traders made more than ₹1 Lakh in net profit after transaction costs.The Structural Reality:F&O is not an investment desk — it is a zero-sum game with massive friction costs. Every rupee won is taken from another trader, while the house takes a mandatory toll on every transaction.75 years ago, in Chapter 1 of The Intelligent Investor (1949), Benjamin Graham warned against this exact dynamic:"The individual investor should never confuse speculation with investment. Wall Street’s machinery is designed to profit from activity, while the investor’s fortune is made by inactivity and capital preservation."When you trade multiple options contracts a week, you aren't investing. You are the liquidity provider of last resort to institutional high-frequency desks.We spent the last few weeks animating this entire forensic breakdown into a 50-second documentary case study to visualize where this ₹1.81 Lakh Crore actually flowed:• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4tpAAn2qZQY• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dd1Uo4Wz7TZ/Open question for the community:With SEBI increasing index lot sizes and curtailing weekly expiries, do you think this structural bleed will stop, or will retail liquidity simply migrate to other speculative assets?
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The response to my Iron Condor journal has honestly been way better than I expected.
A lot of people have been asking me how I actually build the position, decide the strikes, manage adjustments, read Greeks/IV, decide when to cut a trade, and most importantly — how I manage the position when the market doesn't behave as expected.
So I'm thinking of doing a small workshop where I can actually go through the entire process properly instead of trying to explain everything through Reddit comments
I'm still figuring out the format, so before I plan everything:
Would you guys actually be interested in joining?
If yes, just comment “interested” below. I'm trying to get a rough idea of how many people would actually show up because I have something a little special planned for the first few attendees 👀
This won't be a “make ₹50k every week” type of workshop 😂
The whole point is to teach the process, risk management, position management and thought process behind what I've been documenting in the journal.
If enough people are interested, I'll announce the details soon. 🫡
I used to think that if I saw a company's name in the news, I'd immediately check its stock price. What I learned, though, is that by the time I saw the news, the price had often already moved significantly. This happened a few months back with a pharma stock that had announced some positive regulatory approval. By the time it was circulating on mainstream news feeds, the stock had already rallied considerably in the pre-market and early trading. It taught me that even a few hours can make a huge difference in capturing the full potential of a catalyst.
To stay ahead of the curve and avoid finding out about market-moving news late, I built a small app to track company announcements in real-time.
Can't say I'm entirely surprised by the broad weakness in auto stocks today, with names like Ashok Leyland and Maruti Suzuki dropping. The RBI's move signals that rate cuts are definitely off the table for now, and that directly impacts demand for big-ticket items like cars. This makes things tougher for the auto sector which was already facing headwinds. On the flip side, it's interesting to see stocks like TBO Tek and Meesho showing strength, possibly benefiting from different tailwinds like increased volumes or investor confidence. What's everyone else seeing today?