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  • 269 Karthik Rangappa on Background and Orientation

    Ah, ok, let me check this. ...

    08 Feb 2026
  • 522 Karthik Rangappa on The Dow Theory (Part 2)

    There is no such thing as an ideal timeframe, it all depends on your trading activity. I would still be ok to trade intrday using EOD chart. But many prefer using 5 or 10 mins. That said, I'm not a fan of 5 mins, I prefer slightly longer time fr ...

    08 Feb 2026
  • 1252 Karthik Rangappa on The Need to Invest

    Say you start with 1L and do all the trading that you want. At the end of the year, your 1L becomes 1.2L, you know its 20% profit. From this remove taxes, whatever is left gives you your post tax returns. You can compare this to Nifty or any other be ...

    08 Feb 2026
  • 1349 Karthik Rangappa on Volumes

    I think charts allows you to add the legend display on top that gives you the absolute number. ...

    08 Feb 2026
  • Hi Karthik, In the example of Bharti Airtel, you avoid the step average to calculate the range of the stock. you directly multiple SD numbers with the strike. Earlier reading, we guys are considering the average + SD to calculate the upper range ...

    08 Feb 2026

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