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Tejas Khoday: Journey of a commodity trader to founder of a discount broking firm

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Tejas Khoday: Journey of a commodity trader to founder of a discount broking firm

Tejas Khoday had been trading successfully, mostly commodities, with some of the best firms in the country until he decided to become a broker. As CEO and co-founder of FYERS, he endeavours to provide traders with the same advantage and infrastructure that professional traders have, apart from discount broking.

GuruSpeak -- Rahul Kohli | An IT consultant who became an option trader

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GuruSpeak -- Rahul Kohli | An IT consultant who became an option trader

Rahul Kohli, an IT consultant for 20 years is among the few traders who gained success in trading in a short time. Here he explains his strategies and what helped him in fast tracking his journey.

GuruSpeak | Sanjay Saraf -- From a teacher to an options trader

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GuruSpeak | Sanjay Saraf -- From a teacher to an options trader

The options guru shares some of his trading strategies

Nooruddin Fidai | Creating magic out of moving averages

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Nooruddin Fidai | Creating magic out of moving averages

Moving average based trading is one of the simplest form of trend trading but has been lost in the maze of new indicators. Nooruddin Fidai, one of the respected names in moving average based trading demystifies his art.

Asit Baran Pati | An options buyer journey to financial freedom

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Asit Baran Pati | An options buyer journey to financial freedom

Option buying has got a bad name in the trading community mainly on account of the high rate of failure. Asit Baran Pati explains what it takes to make option buying hugely profitable.

GuruSpeak | Arun Malhotra – an all-rounder PMS fund manager

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GuruSpeak | Arun Malhotra – an all-rounder PMS fund manager

Arun Malhotra fund manager of CapGrow Capital is among the few fund managers who deploys every stroke in the book to generate better than market returns

What to look forward to at this year's Traders Carnival

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What to look forward to at this year's Traders Carnival

The annual Traders Carnival is being held in Coimbatore and will capture the changing market dynamics. Live trading, expiry day trading, currency and commodity traders will be showcasing their skills.

Mitesh Patel: The angry young man of options trading

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Mitesh Patel: The angry young man of options trading

Options selling is a big boys game and Mitesh Patel is among the bigger ones in the market. Coming from a humble background Mitesh Patel uses basic technical analysis and options knowledge to consistently take money from the market.

Sushil Bhagat: An all-round investor, options trader and successful corporate executive

BUSINESS

Sushil Bhagat: An all-round investor, options trader and successful corporate executive

Rarely do you get a combination of a successful professionals being successful investors as well as traders. Sushil Bhagat is from this rare breed whose market returns would be something that the best fund managers would love to achieve.

Classroom | Corporate action - how do bonus, stock split, buyback and dividends work? (Equity: Part 12)

BUSINESS

Classroom | Corporate action - how do bonus, stock split, buyback and dividends work? (Equity: Part 12)

Understanding corporate actions such as bonus and stock split, among others.

Sivakumar Jayachandran: Journey of a BPO employee to a star trader

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Sivakumar Jayachandran: Journey of a BPO employee to a star trader

Practice, they say makes you perfect. If you are in and out of a trade in a matter of minutes and making good money by doing it, your skills have to be razor sharp. Sivakumar Jayachandran, a scalper has practiced thousands of trade before he became a successful trader.

Classroom | Placing orders (Equity: Part 6)

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Classroom | Placing orders (Equity: Part 6)

You could call up the broker’s office and place your order. Alternately, you could place the order online through the broker’s website.

Classroom | Dealing with the stock broker (Equity: Part 5)

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Classroom | Dealing with the stock broker (Equity: Part 5)

A guide to buying and selling shares through a stock broker.

Classroom | How to open a demat account and select a broker (Equity: Part 4)

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Classroom | How to open a demat account and select a broker (Equity: Part 4)

When you open a trading account you will be given a choice of segments—cash (shares), derivatives (futures and options), commodity and currency. Stick to the segment you understand well

Classroom | Why markets exist, and should I invest in stocks? (Equity: Part 1)

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Classroom | Why markets exist, and should I invest in stocks? (Equity: Part 1)

Stock markets enable businesses to raise what is called in market parlance as equity capital. At the same time, it provides savers with an alternate avenue to invest their money.

Abhinand Basavaraj: Optimising the power of compounding for consistent profits

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Abhinand Basavaraj: Optimising the power of compounding for consistent profits

Abhinand Basavaraj shows how trading success can be achieved by working in isolation, progressively combining technical analysis with strong risk management and optimum sizing learnt after each trading mistake

Meet Devang Jhaveri: An IT head who became an algo trader

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Meet Devang Jhaveri: An IT head who became an algo trader

A CA who doesn’t like auditing, who gave up his family’s diamonds business and bore the brunt of the 1994 market crash. Meet Devang Jhaveri, a successful algo trader, who shares his recipe to investing in the stock market.

From IIT to market: Secret of Neeraj Gupta’s successful trade management

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From IIT to market: Secret of Neeraj Gupta’s successful trade management

Neeraj Gupta quit a well-paying job to try his hand out at trading. His returns have a CAGR of 26 per cent in the last five years.

Vivek Gadodia: From system analyst to market wizard

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Vivek Gadodia: From system analyst to market wizard

While trading a number of weaknesses get exposed, how those weaknesses are overcome determines a successful trader. Here's one such journey...

The intriguing tale of an actor who mastered the art of options trading

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The intriguing tale of an actor who mastered the art of options trading

A clear outlier -- an actor who is a successful options trader, Shiv Darshan trades a multiple option strategies, some of which are unconventional in India.

Options Trade | An Iron Condor trade on BHEL

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Options Trade | An Iron Condor trade on BHEL

BHEL is expected to see a volatility crush post its results. An Iron Condor trade to capitalise on it.

Mutual funds data show market is running out of fuel

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Mutual funds data show market is running out of fuel

The sharp fall in net equity mutual fund inflows in December 2018 is a cause of worry

Flashback 2018: When IL&FS nearly sank the financial system

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Flashback 2018: When IL&FS nearly sank the financial system

Here is a brief history of the decline and fall of IL&FS, the shadow bank whose initial default momentarily held the stock market to ransom and threatened to send the financial system into a tailspin.

17 traders and 1 goal — profitable trading: This trader's team has success lessons for D-Street watchers

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17 traders and 1 goal — profitable trading: This trader's team has success lessons for D-Street watchers

There are only a handful of traders who succeed in the business. Navy Ramavat and his team contradict conventional wisdom of exploiting mispricing for profitable trading

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