Stock market is a great place to make money. So, you need to identify what is fact and what is fiction in trading.
So, some of the popular facts about stock market trading are as follows:
General Facts:
- 10 Years from now, you will look back and say, “I am glad that I started trading”
- The first(9:30 am to 10:30 am) and last hours(2:30 pm to 3:30 pm) are the most active times for online trading.
- When the stock price continues rising, the only regret you will have is “You Didn’t Buy More”
- Nifty and Bank Nifty options are the most actively traded volumes.
- Retail participation in options trading in India has grown significantly in recent years, thanks to the rise of discount brokers.
- Crude oil, gold, and silver futures are among the most popular commodity futures.
- Currency futures in 2008 allowed Indian traders to hedge against currency fluctuations.
- Use futures for hedging purposes, such as protecting portfolios against market downturns.
Profit Facts:
- From Rs 5000 to Rs 50,000 crore, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala made it from stock trading.
- Mrs Dolly Khanna made Rs 25 crores in four years by investing Rs 5 lakhs in a single stock.
- After the 2020 pandemic crash, online trading volume spiked over 300% compared to normal levels.
- Shark Tank’s Aman Gupta made Rs 6 crore in just 2 years with an investment of Rs 20 lakhs.
- Buy like a bull, sit like a bear and watch like an eagle – Vijay Kedia, a trader becomes one of the biggest investors of India with worth Rs 700 crores
- When the market crashes 80%, it will be a once in a decade opportunity to become a millionaire.
- In 2022, retail investors accounted for nearly 40% of the total options trading volume on the NSE.
- How to be profitable in optional trading? Discipline, follow your trading plan, use stop loss.
Loss Facts:
- My friend jumped into derivatives after I showed my profits, but they forgot to put stop loss.
- Ajay Lakhotia lost ₹80 lakh in the stock market crash in 2008.
- The reason why people lose trust in trading after sometime when fake gurus say – Invest when direction of the candles moving up.
- What is your aim? For most option & future traders, its like “Loss Recovery”
- 99% traders lose in options trading.