Was analysing my trades over the last 3 years to understand my best and worst trades ever, then coupled that with my "Trade Diary" to see what were the difference of thoughts between both trades.
I was levered heavily on these F&O trades by holding a margin position. Made ~73k that day with a Capital at Risk/Trade under 25k at all times.
I have since left F&O, I have found better use of my time elsewhere and taxation on F&O income is not worth it anymore to me.
What about you all? Any trades/lessons to share for all of us?
Lessons from the market:
Stress adjusted returns as a philosophy works best. Risk is misunderstood by most and people lose the shirts off their back chasing alpha. Only bite as much as you can chew.
If you don't bring significant heft to your investments, even multi-baggers can't move the needle. Play big or go home.
In addition to 2, concentrated bets work best.
Always always have an advisor. If not for the actual advice, atleast for an alternate PoV and a sounding board.
Time in the market is absolutely vital. Accumulation of corpus in the early years is underrated and needs to be understood and executed better by people investing for the first 10Y.
@TallTales69 lost a ton of hair trading for sure. 😂😂
Most people would do well just SIPing into NIFTYBEES every month. 📈
Still have all my hair. NIFTYBeeS FTW!
I started my first job as a Quant in F&O trading and used to occasionally come upon the financials, settlements and charges. Realized that profits aren't meaningful unless we have a high capital and I can never supplement F&O as a passive income because it needs huge effort and is time sensitive. So I have never traded on my own money, only on client's money.
@majboormajdoor Not going to lie, all good principles to lean on. You’re spot on, the risk is hyper-aggressive and I certainly sleep much better now.
Another I missed. Do pairs/spread trading. You can build a good and clear thesis and less risky. Say I believe that Auto sector is gonna go into recession and wanna short it. Either find something else that will benefit from that or find an Auto firm which can ride the storm well to offset your short.
"I have since left F&O, I have found better use of my time elsewhere" --- Can you mention what that is?
@Motamama Realized that trading was a small game in the grand scheme of things. Made more money in side hustles(Consulting) etc. Risk Adjusted and Time Adjusted returns are much better.
Thanks for the reply. Doesn't Gojek have issues with ur side gigs?
From 20 lacs losses until now for the last 3 years, finally made some good profit this year and earned more than 50 lacs this financial year. Super excited for the future.
If done in the correct way, F&O can literally change lives. G...
If you have made 50 lakhs, someone has lost that 50 lakhs. Others should not be influenced by this post. Analyse...
This verified screenshot is from one of my trading account. The capital at the time this portfolio was deployed was ₹50 lakhs, starting in mid-October 2023. It has already generated returns of over 52%, with just over a month remaining t...
Do share the portfolio size as well.
I’ll go first-
Take home per month- 1.75L (changed to 2.1 right now, but I’ll talk about previous one)
SIP- 70k Stocks- ~30k if you average on a quarterly basis (smallcase) Percentage- 57% Portfoli...
Many of us here would be trading (as side income or thrill or maybe even as main income) what is your strategy? One that is working for you.
