Smallcase ? Good or Bad?

Small case is now free with Zerodha. They sent an email.

Using it since April this year. Call it luck or timing, generated 21% returns on two smallcases (with SIP)
High risk. Yet to witness a bear market to see losses.
I used paid plans from Niveshaay and windmill, but there are more good ones on the platform.
Disclaimer- have been investing in mutual funds & direct equity since 4 years and wanted to try this out. If you are just starting, start with MF.

Better invest in Mutual funds. Smallcase is kinda fraud where in they hide baskets which didn't perform well in last 6 months, and shill new baskets.

Haven't used it. Just feel I'm better off investing via the MF route or direct stock picking
But I like the idea of sector based themes that lists out the top stocks in each sector. It's a good place if you need to educate yourself regarding the top stocks and the industries.

all these things including Mutual funds are good during bull market. bad during bear market. the whole "long term:", "3 to 5 year horizon" is non sense. INna growing economy like india, there will be a bull markets every 2 or 3 years.. so what these guys do is not big deal. The true deal is in private placements and alternate investment fund which is open only for HNI. These small cases should be considered only by nutcases.

Dumb idea. In bull market, it is hard to judge performance. It is better than picking random stocks but far worse than quality mutual fund.

Did not find much value add compared to mutual funds

I find the dividend baskets good. Going the MF route tends to ignore dividend strategy. Have about 2cr in smallcase

Smallcase is amaing - yes, its worth the premium.

Mutual Funds are clearly more superior