Market thoughts, as they happen.
Reflections on discipline, price action and the psychology of trading.
- 01Psychology
90% of traders don't lose because the market is hard
They lose because they never defined what a losing day is allowed to look like. Structure comes before strategy.
- 02Risk
If you can't take a small loss, the market will teach you a big one
A stop is not an admission of being wrong. It is the price of staying in the game long enough for skill to compound.
- 03Price action
Before every big move, this happens to volume first
Participation shifts before price does. Watching volume against range is often the earliest honest signal you get.
- 04Discipline
Everyone wants returns — very few build the capacity to handle them
Position size is a psychological decision as much as a mathematical one. Trade the size you can sleep with.
- 05Indicators
RSI divergence is a warning, not a trade
Divergence tells you momentum is thinning. Structure — a level, a break, a retest — tells you when to act on it.
- 06Macro
Why India's macro stability keeps getting tested
Rates, currency and flows set the weather. Charts tell you what to wear — but only if you know the season.
- 07Process
The trade plan you write at 9:00 is the one that survives 9:15
Decisions made before the open are cheap. Decisions made mid-move are expensive.