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  • Moving Beyond Mediocrity

    Kulsum Khan on June 16, 2020

    Working a typical 9-to-5 job can be monotonous. Many people just try to make it through the day. They can’t wait for their shift to end. Some work settings are viewed as especially mundane. For exam ..

  • A Quiet and Meditative Place

    Kulsum Khan on June 16, 2020

    Do you ever feel the pressure to perform? If you are making a short-term trade during a hectic trading day, you may have trouble controlling your emotions. You may have a trading plan clearly spelt ou ..

  • Quick note on Physical Settlement

    Kulsum Khan on June 15, 2020

    24.1 – Overview Until recent times, trading in equity futures and options was cash settled in India. What this means is that upon expiry of the contract, buyers or sellers had to settle their po ..

  • Quick Note on Physical Settlement

    Kulsum Khan on June 15, 2020

    13.1 – Overview Until recent times, trading in equity futures and options was cash settled in India. What this means is that upon expiry of the contract, buyers or sellers had to settle their po ..

  • Remember to Celebrate: You Deserve It

    Kulsum Khan on June 15, 2020

    The markets are closed on Monday. What are you going to do? Hopefully, you are taking the day off. Whether it is “A Wonderful Life,” “A Christmas Carol,” or “How the Grin ..

  • Sharpening Your Mental Edge

    Kulsum Khan on June 15, 2020

    The markets often present a barrage of information. Sometimes it is just too hard to attend to all of it. And you not only have to attend to it, but think about it, and make decisions based on it. You ..

  • Media News and the Behavior of the Masses

    Kulsum Khan on June 15, 2020

    As a short-term trader, your goal is to stay ahead of the crowd and let their money flow from their pockets into yours. The better you can anticipate the behaviour of the masses, the better you’ ..

  • Iron Condor

    Karthik Rangappa on June 14, 2020

    14.1 – New margin framework These are fascinating times we are living in, especially if you are an options trader in India 🙂 Starting 1st June 2020, NSE’s new margin framework is live, which es ..

  • Another Martha Story

    Kulsum Khan on June 12, 2020

    We’ve been bombarded with stories about Martha Stewart all weekend. The media can’t seem to let up. If you haven’t heard, Ms Stewart was found guilty of giving false statements to go ..

  • Staying Ahead of Market Moods

    Kulsum Khan on June 12, 2020

    Markets go up; markets go down. It shouldn’t matter much, but many novice traders find that their own personal mood fluctuates with the markets, moving from extreme euphoria as the markets soar ..