Free, honest articles for Indian swing traders. No motivational fluff. No "secret formulas." Just backtested strategies, risk math, and the practical things that actually move your equity curve.
Start here if you're new to swing trading. The basics that actually matter — what swing trading is, why it's different from intraday and investing, and the realistic expectations to set before you risk a rupee.
The term "swing trading" gets used loosely. We define it precisely: positions held 2-30 days, technicals + price action, no overnight intraday risk. Why this matters for your strategy choices.
Read article →A practical decision framework based on capital, time available, screen-time tolerance, and tax bracket. With concrete examples for a ₹1L, ₹5L, and ₹25L portfolio.
Read article →Every guru promises 100% per year. The honest reference points: index returns, mutual fund returns, and the math behind why most retail traders lose.
Read article →Beyond the textbook definitions. What candle patterns actually predict in NSE stocks, what they don't, and why most "candlestick courses" teach you noise.
Read article →Weinstein's stage analysis adapted to Indian markets. How to identify Stage 2 uptrends (where you trade) versus Stages 1, 3, and 4 (where you don't).
Read article →The strategies inside Tradosaurus, explained from first principles. Each article covers the logic, the entry/exit rules, the historical performance, and the conditions where the strategy fails. No hype.
The TPB strategy from scratch: why pullbacks in trending stocks offer better entries than breakouts. The full rule set, why the trend filter matters, and the failure modes to expect.
Read article →Nicolas Darvas's box theory from his 1959 book, applied to modern NSE stocks. Why this simple concept survives, and where it breaks down in choppy markets.
Read article →Mark Minervini popularized VCP in US markets. The full rule set, the adaptations needed for NSE volume profiles, and why the rare clean setups outperform forced ones.
Read article →Most "oversold" indicators fire false signals. Why Williams %R works specifically for swing reversals — and the filter conditions that separate signal from noise.
Read article →When volatility compresses, expansion follows. The squeeze setup explained, the indicator combinations that confirm it, and where the pattern fails.
Read article →The unglamorous topic that separates traders who survive from traders who don't. Position sizing, stop-loss discipline, drawdown psychology, and the math behind why even good strategies kill bad capital allocation.
The 1% rule explained, why it's actually 0.5% for most retail traders, and concrete examples of how to size positions across three realistic portfolio sizes.
Read article →Stop-loss placement is not arbitrary. The math of risk:reward ratios, why most retail traders set stops too tight, and how to use ATR-based stops correctly.
Read article →Even profitable strategies have brutal drawdown periods. What MDD means, why "I'd never sit through that" is naive, and the psychological prep needed for the inevitable losing streak.
Read article →The Kelly formula tells you the optimal bet size. Most retail applications get it wrong. When fractional Kelly works, when full Kelly destroys accounts, and what to actually use.
Read article →The stuff that's specific to NSE and Indian regulations — and that almost no global trading content covers. STT, LTCG vs STCG, T+1 settlement, circuit limits, F&O margins. Practical implications for the swing trader.
Short-term capital gains at 15% versus long-term at 10%. Why holding for 13 months instead of 11 changes your strategy math, and when to take the tax hit versus when to wait.
Coming soonWhy a 5% upper circuit can be either great news or a trap. T+1 settlement and the implications for cash management. Plus the "after-market session" most retail traders ignore.
Coming soonThe rules around algorithmic trading, "advisory" speech online, what counts as research vs recommendation, and how to discuss your trades publicly without inviting regulatory trouble.
Coming soonFor traders who want to go beyond pre-built strategies. Using the Custom Strategy Builder, designing original systems, walk-forward testing, and avoiding the curve-fitting trap that destroys most DIY systems.
Build a complete swing strategy from scratch in the Custom Strategy Builder. Define rules, backtest, refine. By the end you'll have a working system you understand top to bottom.
Coming soonCurve-fitting is the silent killer of DIY strategies. Walk-forward testing — splitting in-sample and out-of-sample data — is the antidote. How to do it correctly.
Coming soonRSI, MACD, ATR, Stochastic, ADX, Bollinger Bands, Keltner Channels — we tested every indicator in Tradosaurus across 9 years of NSE data. The results may surprise you.
Coming soonTradosaurus comes with the strategies and the backtester. The articles teach you why; the tool lets you do.
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