A general guide to position sizing for beginners. There is nothing new which I am sharing. Everything is already in the public domain or many books elsewhere.

@SAnngeri Gujarat Gas - had this beautiful contraction till May 31st pump and thereafter the price moved up. Now, consolidating near 20EMA. Perfect for a low risk-entry set up with a strict SL.

Laurus Labs - nothing wrong till now on charts. Comfortably placed above MA with minor retracements. the Target of 1035 is intact.

Laurus Labs - Initial Target 895

Especially when a lot of stocks have flown higher & the index is near resistance, I would be observing the chart closely if it breaks out all of a sudden or retraces back a bit. If it is a retracement - that would give another opportunity to trade a few auto names.

Nifty Auto

HOW MUCH HAS INDIA ECONOMY SCALED IN THE LAST 30 YEARS (1991 REFORMS)?

Concept of Standard Deviation, simplified.

Next time when I talk about Mean +/- 1 or 2 or 3 Standard Deviation, you'll know what exactly am I talking about, especially whenever I mention Regression Channel. Concept is used in Bollinger Bands as well.
While all indicators plot, it's always good to know the background.

Mr. Vijay Kedia built a net worth of over Rs. 800 crores.

But you probably never read past that headline.

So I binged hours of interviews to learn his investing principles and strategies.

Here are 20 lessons on investing from @VijayKedia1 Sir:

Collaborated with @AdityaTodmal

Before I start, a quick disclaimer, please don't ape his portfolio.

As the entry price, horizon and risk appetite would be far different than yours.

Rather lets draw inspiration and try to learn his stock picking skills.

Now let's DIVE IN👇

1/ Started off as a trader:

- Soon, beginner’s luck started to fade out and loses started to mount, to an extent where his mother was about to sell her ornaments.

- Although he was able to dodge the situation.

- This incident taught him the biggest lesson to have a stop-loss.

2/ Punjab Tractors:

- In 1990, he made his first investment by putting in his 10-years savings of Rs 35,000 in this stock, based on a news trigger that tractor industry will witness a turnaround.

- It worked and fetched him 4-5 times which he calls it as a fluke.

3/ He believes that an investor must possess three qualities:

i. Knowledge,
ii. Courage, and
iii. Patience.