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Trading discipline, behavioural analytics, and trade journaling.
STT, CTT, exchange fees, SEBI charges, GST and stamp duty take a cut of every trade you place in India. Here is what each one is, how it is calculated, and why trading more often quietly raises the bill.
A plain-English guide to the option Greeks — delta, gamma, theta, vega and rho — for Indian F&O traders. What each one measures, how it behaves near expiry, and why theta decay quietly eats option buyers alive.
Your broker's P&L shows what you lost, not why — and for F&O traders, some of it doesn't even show up. How a near-breakeven year can hide held-to-expiry losses and the habit of holding losers too long.
Most F&O traders get the tax basics wrong — starting with turnover, which is not what you think. A plain-English guide to how F&O income is taxed in India for FY 2025-26 (AY 2026-27): the turnover calculation, when a tax audit actually applies, and why filing on time turns a losing year into a tax asset.
SEBI's latest study puts individual F&O losses at ₹1.05 lakh crore in FY25 — up 41% in a year, with 91% of traders in the red. The 2026 rules change how much you can lose per position. They don't touch why you lose. Here's the part that's still on you.
SEBI's data says 9 in 10 Indian F&O traders lose money — and it's rarely the analysis. It's the same handful of behaviours repeating in the tradebook. Here are the six most common leaks and the exact signal each one leaves in your own trade history.
Overtrading is one of the most common — and most expensive — habits in Indian F&O. Here is how to recognise it, why it happens, and how to measure exactly what it costs you using your own trade history.
Many experienced traders cycle between weeks of clean, confident execution and stretches where they can't read the market at all — despite knowing exactly the same concepts. Here is what is actually happening, and how to catch the drift before it costs you.
Your Discipline Score is the single most predictive metric in your trading journal. Here's exactly how it's calculated and what you can do to improve it.
SEBI's FY24 study found over 90% of retail F&O traders lose money. Behavioural finance research identifies revenge trading as one of the most documented contributors. Here is what the evidence says — and what Indian retail traders can do about it.
Most trade journals are just spreadsheets that collect dust. Here's how to build a journal practice that actually improves your trading — with specific guidance for Indian F&O and equity traders.