loss in stock market

I have been trying day trading since almost 5 years. In last 1-2 years trading with a plan and 8 months was successful as well. However again since 4 weeks incurring back-to-back losses. I tend to go into recovery mindset and push trading plan aside. Finally with remaining 20% capital today I...

I incurred losses today due to technical server connection problem between Zerodha servers and NSE. After getting notification of this issue on the Kite platform i cancelled my SELL BO (bracket order) because i didnt want to take any chance. Order shows cancelled on the Orders page and i was...

Hi Guys! This is Chaudhary from Delhi. I wanted to run by a little hypothesis by you knowledgeable folks. So, I have been recently bitten by the trading bug and decided to invest my savings in the share market, actually all my savings, right down to the last penny. I bet most of you have...

Mark Cook interview in Stock Market Wizards by Jack D. Schwager : In April 1978 I made my first option trade. I bought two Teledyne calls at $9 for a total premium of $1,800. I sold the options two days later for $13, earning a total profit of $800 on my $1,800 investment. I said to myself...

Top 10 trading losses & how they happened (and what we can learn from them) : Time Magazine, May 2012 --------------------------------- 10. Metallgesellschaft, $1.3 billion A German oil refinery and metalworking conglomerate Metallgesellschaft AG gambled hard and fell even harder. In...