10 worldview changing mental models that will make you smarter:

Consensus-Contrarian Matrix

In order to produce outsized returns in any given area, you have to both bet against the convention and be right.

”You can’t take the same actions as everyone else and expect to outperform.”
—Howard Marks

Curse of Knowledge

Once we know something, we assume everyone else knows it, too.

It's why some experts can't explain their field in simple terms and people don't share knowledge that could benefit others.

Lesson: There are always people to teach and people to learn from.

Perfect Solution Fallacy

We reject something because it compares poorly to an ideal that in reality is unattainable.

We assume there is a perfect solution to every problem.

Reality is more complicated and trade-offs exist.

Take the option with the most bearable trade-offs.

Pessimism Bias

We overestimate the likelihood of negative outcomes.

Evolutionary speaking this developed as a defence mechanism and served us well.

We heard a noise in the bushes and ran.

This doesn't apply anymore: we've never lived in a safer world.

Be an optimist.

There is a powerful Free app for Traders which is much more efficient than many paid apps combined.
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Let's see glimpses of what this app does.

- Unusual Volume Live Scanner:
Stocks showing a sudden influx of volume are scanned here in realtime, both bullish & bearish. Great candidate for further follow up moves.

- Futures OI buildup :
Realtime info of Long & Short buildup along with short covering/ long unwinding in stocks is shown to you.
You can customize this to see data from a preferred sector too.

- Market meter :
Gives a live snapshot view of the market movers, both bullish & bearish. Very useful for intraday trend trades.

- Opportunity Finder :
You can give your range for P/E , Market Cap , YTD Returns etc. It'll not just tell the results, with extra details like - 52wk high/low, DMAs, % above avg volume etc.
A great tool to find stocks meeting your criteria.

The Confusion Around Idol Worship in Hinduism!

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The belief that God is a singular being is prevalent in India. God is formless. India is controversially renowned for its ancient statues of gods. What causes this contradictory circumstance to occur? Everyone would have at some point heard the phrase "God is one."

either in motion pictures or intellectual discussions on religious harmony. I grew up hearing sermons about how the Puranas, the Smritis, and the Shrutis all describe God as existing in the way that the devotee sees him.

I questioned how God could have form when there are sculptures and paintings to give it shape. These forms are clearly identified by their complex structural details. Hinduism's idol worship is in conflict with the fact that God has no physical form.

Giving Form to God – Psychological effects of Idol Worship

Helen Keller is a name that we have all heard of. It's a well-known legend that she first experienced water as a chilly fluid flowing around her fingertips.

How to spend 80% less time in the gym and get BETTER results for building muscle than you're getting now (SERIOUSLY)

Backed up by science.

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First mistake:

Doing too many exercises.

All you need is:

- A squat or similar movement
- A hip hinge
- Vertical push
- Vertical pull
- Horizontal push
- Horizontal pull

Add in some calf work and ab work.

You don't need multiple exercises for each muscle group.

Some people do 3 or 4 different exercises for each of the above, e.g. a flat bench press, a decline bench press, a pushup, an incline dumbbell press... this is a waste of time.

All of those are using the same muscles and fall into the "horizontal pull" category.

All you need to do is pick ONE for each category and lift to failure with good form.

Reaching failure (or close) creates the stimulus for adaptation.

Adding more work does not increase this stimulus, it just adds more muscle damage that you've got to recover from.

The other mistake is that people do too many sets.

You've all seen the bros in the gym on chest day...

HAMMERING the chest with 5 sets of flat bench press, 5 sets of incline, 3 sets of decline, 5 sets of flyes...

This is just cutting into recovery and making results worse.

5 programming project ideas for beginners and experts alike—and great for your resume:

1) A simple tool that takes in an input or two and returns interesting data about the input(s). For example, a tool that takes in a YouTube video URL and a word and returns how many times the word was said in the video, using some Natural Language Processing package.

2) An algorithm or data-structure visualizer. For example, a pathfinding-algorithm or sorting-algorithm visualizer, like the ones I've covered at length on YouTube.

3) A bot that listens to external data and performs actions based on that external data. For example, a Twitter account that tweets every time a particular LinkedIn user posts on LinkedIn, or every time the stock market signals a certain buy or sell signal.

4) A data-aggregation website like CoinMarketCap. For example, a website that displays interesting information about the top 20 tech YouTubers.

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Showing one example on how we see VolXplosion.
iBulHSgFin came under VolXplosion on 24th Feb, Check the price charts and the OI analysis. Price blasted today after OI buildup of two days.
Self explanatory

A single day long or short buildup can flutter to deceive. Analyse minimum 2 days to 5 days

SBI is now on watchlist
( disclaimer : already long today)

I am seeing many users using the VolXplosion as a daytrading concept. It does work , but the main juice is on positional plays. You will be much better off if you take this trades from a positional standpoint

The Decoding Volume & OI course is not just about VolXplosion. Analysing OI correctly gives you a lot of other trades.
DrReddy : OI buildup within range. We have discussed this in the video. Move seems to have started today

12 Common reasons which is the root cause most traders
LOSE MONEY in trading.

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It will take just 3 to 5 minutes to read

RETWEET to reach maximum traders. So they can avoid losing money again by doing the same mistakes

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1) Adding many indicators in expectation to make quick money. But reality is Indicators follow price.

So try to understand what buyers/sellers are doing to move the price.

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2) Just because the candle is BIG ( BIG red colour candle means SELL & Big green colour candle means BUY ) on 5 min or 15 min timeframe for intraday.

Remember this is not a trading strategy. You are just attracted by the big candle & colour

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3) Just because having capital in demat account want to utilise full capital in a trade.

Remember don't risk max.more than 2% of your capital on the single trade.

Loss can be controlled but profits can't be controlled. FOCUS which can be controlled

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4) Placing stoploss most of the time exactly at visual reference levels like

-Above Day high/swing high or below Day Low /Swing low
- Exactly above/below VWAP
- Above Previous day high or below Previous day low etc...

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A “razor” is a rule of thumb that simplifies decision making.

The most powerful razors I’ve found:

The Feynman Razor

Complexity and jargon are used to mask a lack of deep understanding.

If you can’t explain it to a 5-year-old, you don’t really understand it.

If someone uses a lot of complexity and jargon to explain something, they probably don’t understand it.

The Luck Razor

When choosing between two paths, choose the path that has a larger luck surface area.

Your actions put you in a position where luck is more likely to strike.

It’s hard to get lucky watching TV at home—it’s easy to get lucky when you’re engaging and learning.

The Arena Razor

When faced with two paths, choose the path that puts you in the arena.

It's easy to throw rocks from the sidelines.

It's scary and lonely in the arena—but it's where growth happens.

Once you're in the arena, never take advice from people on the sidelines.

The Optimist Razor

When choosing who to spend time with, prioritize spending more time with optimists.

Pessimists see closed doors. Optimists see open doors—and probably kick down the closed doors along the way.

Remember: Pessimists sound smart, optimists get rich.

5 simple principles to accelerate your career:

Principle: Follow Your Curiosity

Humans are born with astonishing curiosity.

But somewhere along the way, we're told to stop asking questions.

Push back.

Learn to follow your curiosity—trust it.

For the curious mind, anything is possible.

Fortune favors the curious.

Principle: Operate in Your Zone of Genius

Your Zone of Genius is where your interests, passions and skills align.

Operating in your Zone of Genius means playing games you are uniquely well-suited to win.

It means you can stop playing *their* games and start playing *yours*.

Principle: Adopt a Positive Sum Mentality

Want to get ahead in life?

Start genuinely rooting for others to succeed.

When one of us wins, we all win—winning spreads.

If you adopt that mentality, you’ll become a magnet for the highest quality people.

Principle: Speak Up

Closed mouths don’t get fed.

A little push goes a long way.

Don't sit back and wait for good things to happen.

If you want something—and you’ve put in the work for it—ask for it.

Worst case: you’re told no and nothing has changed.

Best case: it’s yours.

Well some people can't digest it. They either call it hoax or made by "ancient aliens". A term created to defamehindu civilization.

Kalpa vigrah is found to be more than 28,450 years old.

We have seen many excavation throughout the globe. In Russia we found Mata

kali and Bhagwan Vishnu deva's idols. Mexico: we found Mahadev & Shri Ganesh.
None created controversy like Kalpa Vigraha
This is made up of metal alloy more than 28k years back. Official datas shows that metallurgy started in neolithic period 3k BC. But our history oppose it.

Bhartiyas used to make zinc, which is hard to create even today, before neolithic period ✨

Why is it controversial?

Kalpa Vigraha was stolen and smuggled out of Nepal. This idol was found in a chest. The Box was amazingly 9×9×9 inches large. It had heavy metal around it.

The Box was tightly locked & was designed in such a way that CIA could not conduct a radiocarbon test on it.

A manuscript was in the Box & the language on it belonged to a time when existence of language is hard to think of today. It was concluded that the language was used as

a means to transfer the knowledge of vedas orally.

The manuscript mentioned the name of the idol – “Kalpa Maha-Ayusham Rasayana Vigraha” abbreviated in CIA files to “Kalpa Vigraha.”

But What Does it Means ?

Maha-Ayusham - Great Life/Immortal
Rasayan - Chemicals

Price Action Trading ( Without Indicators)

Intraday Trading strategy for all Directional traders.

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Trading is always a balance between Profit & Loss and there is nothing called 100% or 95% sure shot. So focus on the live price rest is noise

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101 guide on how you can start option selling to generate active returns with less capital (Rs 1 Lakh) 🧵:

A course on option selling available for free.

First of all, option selling is a very risky business because you can lose the entire capital if the market goes against you.

So it's important to do technical analysis properly. Read everything about Technical Analysis from Zerodha

Technical Analysis will give you good knowledge on chart reading, which will help you do in doing analysis and sit in the right direction.

Before starting with F&O trading, it's important to understand how it works and what all things happen?

This module of Zerodha Varsity will help you to get a basic understanding of Futures Trading. As of now, this is less important as we are focusing on option

For options, Zerodha Varsity has explained all the basic things in a simple manner. You need not require joining any paid workshop or webinars.

This is module will help you to clear basics of

Here's a super setup with a ~70% win rate & very high R:R for Options Traders.

Name of this setup is - FSC.

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Principle - The First 5/15 min candle of the day is very important. It gives a good indication of what is going to happen with that Index/stock in intraday.
One of the many types of candles is 'Strong' candle.

A strong candle is the one that either has no wick or has a wick on the downside (for green candle) or on the upside (for red).
Now if this candle forms in the first 5 min of the day, it's called FSC - First Strong Candle.

Entry Criteria - Enter at 9:20 am on the Stock forming FSC in 5 Min TF. Go long if FSC is green, short if FSC is Red.

Instruments - Can go with Options, Futures or even cash. Remember this is an Intraday strategy.

SL - low of FSC.

Trailing of SL - using PA-based pivots. You can use VWAP too.

How I understand the strength of a trend:

For many day traders, the issue is not with identifying the direction but being afraid of when the move will end or reverse.

It is a challenge to identify when a move can continue and convert to a big move n when it can reverse

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Reading orderflow data at important levels like previous day low and high (intra low and high are not that reliable levels), one can understand if a move can continue or not.

In the above chart, previous day low broke and market fell before giving a pullback.

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Orderflow indicated that large sellers continued to sell when PDL (previous day low) was breaking.

See below chart where sellers sold huge around PDL.

We pulled back to same level and they defended their positions.

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OF helps know the strength of a move and the probability of it continuing or not and helps me decide whether to stay in a trade for bigger profits or book out.

If you liked the content, follow me at @KillerTrader_ for more such knowledge.

Charts by @gocharting

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