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Today was a record breaking day in many aspects. The opening gap down for instance, we last saw something bigger way back in 2007. The net change for the day was a 3.5 standard deviation of daily returns, something we last saw in 2008. Not a single Nifty stock ended in positive territory, not even defensive stocks which got hit...
One of the rational behind trading systems is to ensure that we are able to capture as much of the return as possible without having to go through a draw-down similar to what a Buy & Hold strategy would entail. This is achieved by being exposed to the market for as less a duration as possible. One of the strategies...
For a long time, we looked at only one Index when it came to the Indian Markets and that was the Sensex. Even years after Nifty had come into the picture, Sensex reigned supreme. While Bombay Stock Exchange is the oldest exchange in Asia, when it came to the Sensex, the whole concept is fairly recent having been first compiled in...
The big reaction we saw on Friday in the markets has provided us some interesting candlestick formations on multiple time frames. Since such convergence is rare, I felt that this could be a good way of explaining the importance and the interpretation of such candlestick patterns. Candlestick patterns first came to the limelight when Steve Nison wrote the book, Japanese Candlestick...
High volatility is supposed to be indicative of Major tops and Bottoms. With Nifty having seen one of the best rallies since 2009, a lot of bears seem to latch on to the current increased volatility as a sign of a major top in the offing. But are we seeing higher volatility (or range in the day) than what we...
So, with markets going downhill by approximately 3%, there is a lot of noise associated with this incident in the financial world. Since Sensex has crumbled by 850+ points, that should be the big heading for most pink papers tomorrow. But this is not even its biggest or even 2nd biggest fall (even when measured in point terms which is...
And so comes to a close the year 2014 which will be remembered for the fact that after 3 decades, India saw a party come to power in the Center with a majority on its own. Markets welcomed the move by breaking out of its mutli-year high and closing the year with one of the best gains since 2009. But...
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