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Recent comments

  • 3028 Jack N on Clearing and Settlement Process

    Hi, I have a doubt. It may sound silly or obvious, but I'm trying to understand the backend mechanics of the cash equity market. If possible, I'd appreciate your clarification. If it's an unnecessary doubt, that's completely alri ...

    05 Aug 2026
  • 683 Attri De on The Option Greeks (Delta) Part 1

    Had another query regarding the values of change in Nifty when there is a drop in the underlying: For CE: Nifty @ 10:55 AM is at 8288 Expected to reach at 8200 We get the movement = 8200 - 8288= -88 (-ve value) For PE Nifty spot at 8268 N ...

    05 Aug 2026
  • 565 Deepak on Commonly Used Jargons

    The session that we had today, it was told that shorting can only be done for INTRADAY TRADES, but the example above shows otherwise.. Can you please correct it ? Regards, DS ...

    05 Aug 2026
  • 1213 Deepak on The Trading Terminal

    can you please add SL-Market order here please, it is needed here in flow to understand the basics clearly. Regards, DS ...

    05 Aug 2026
  • 1306 Prinkesh on Call Option Basics

    Karthik sir, there's been a lot of talk around CAS implemented by SEBI. I just saw tweets of You, Nithin sir, and a lot of people are writing about it. The thing is, price distortions are becoming a big deal in the last couple of minutes. Tod ...

    05 Aug 2026

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