Mechanics for readers who want the rule explained plainly.
Market rules and mechanisms explained for the reader, not the regulator.
Your mutual fund did not change its name. Its risk may still have changed.
A scheme category tells you what lane the fund is supposed to stay in. The risk-o-meter tells you what the portfolio actually looked like last month.
When Grey Market Premium lies.
Grey market premium gets treated like a crystal ball for listing day. It is closer to a rumour with a number attached.
What SEBI changed in F&O, and what normal traders still get wrong.
SEBI did not ban derivatives. It changed the shape of index-options trading so the easiest form of casual overtrading became harder, costlier, and more concentrated.
How markets find price, test it, and move on.
From a vegetable bazaar to Nifty. Seven chapters on the mechanics underneath every trade.
How Markets Find a Fair Price
Price is the mechanism through which business gets done.
Acceptance and Rejection
Every price the market reaches gets tested. The answer is the only signal that matters.
Balance and Imbalance
The difference between a market resting and a market relocating.
Where Business Actually Happened
A chart records every price touched. Not where buyers and sellers actually kept meeting.
How Traders See It: Volume Profile
A normal chart tells you when price moved. Volume profile asks where trade gathered.
What the Profile Suggests, and What It Doesn't
A profile is a footprint. Not a prophecy.
Orderflow Is Evidence, Not Prophecy
Profile tells you where the crowd gathered. Orderflow shows what the crowd is doing now.