This is why you can’t time/predict the market

fun days ahead!

Thesis: Someone has made a massive long position in the markets which must've triggered several sell orders after a gap up opening in the markets. I have purchased some calls for the next expiry now. Let's see how it pans out. What do the rest of you think? What is up with the markets because I am in deep green over the last couple of weeks.

1. Is this a forward looking indicator for job creation in upcoming quarters? 2. What are your portfolios looking like? 3. Selling/Holding/Buying now?

The power of compounding really works! Started with a meagre salary of 4L/annum in 2018. But made sure to SIP 5K every month in Mutual Funds, and kept on increasing with career progression. This could’ve been more but I wasn’t able to regularly SIP during the two years of my masters I did after my first job. This may not be as much as the other tech dude bros out here sitting in CRs but this is a big milestone for me and all I’d like to say is SIP really does work and it’s all about being in the long run. Onwards and upwards only now 💪🏼💪🏼

Have been analyzing the Broader US markets for the last couple of weeks. Efficient Market Hypothesis seems to suggest that the prices of financial instruments reflect all available market information. Hence, investors cannot have an meaningful edge by analysing the stocks and adopting different market timing strategies. The VIX expresses the inherent volatility of the market and is a real time index that derives expected volatility in the index by averaging the weighted prices of out of the money put and call options. The value of the VIX increases when the markets are falling, this also indicates an increase in the expectation of upcoming volatility and the investor’s fear in the markets. Also to be noted that the index value cools off when the markets respond positively and advance. The volatility declines and investor fear declines. However, there have always existed market inefficiencies that can be exploited to make money and I'm just wondering if anyone has done something similar? My current modelling seems to suggest that there is some minor alpha that is available when you trade on VIX data. It is just had to gauge the directionality of the movement. Usually, a net 5% movement in 2 trading days is significant enough to take a position.

Just curious, I would like to know what are some of the most uncommon ways people have made money. Please don't say internships, jobs etc Let me go first : made a playlist of some niche focused videos on YouTube ( can't disclose the niche as of now ) Added the playlist link to a doc and 💥 Sold it on gumroad for some good $$ to a good no. of people. Your turn now

Whilst the Shark Tank S1 wave, a year ago, I got all excited and ended up investing in one of the companies listed on TYKE and purchased their CSOPs (Community Stock Options) The company since then has only incurred losses and I feel like I have to write off the amount. Anyone who has faced similar challenges/got a positive return from Tyke portfolios and how did you end up cashing them out.

https://anonymfile.com/NEEXl/tiger-global-draft-of-new-yorker-story-doing-the-rounds-in-nyc.pdf TLDR: Tiger Global may pass soon.

Before people jump into validation mode, I thought let’s do something ulta (opposite)🙃 Pick one of your worst investment mistakes (it can be a stock, RE, ULIP, relationx blah blah) My inputs - During 2021/22 real estate boom, I picked a real estate stonk (india bulls) as I thought it’s a growing sector and company will become beneficiary after all the sins they have committed in past. Bam! Over next 5 months stock crashed ~50% 🥲