Library / MiyeeStockBuddy: The Complete Guide to Indian Markets
What Each Part Covers
Twenty parts, in the order they build on each other. The page numbered index follows.
Part | What it covers |
|---|---|
1. How the Market Works | Shares, order books, brokers, settlement, circuits, indices, who else is trading |
2. The Tide Under Every Boat | Inflation, RBI rates, crude oil, the rupee, foreign flows, the calendar |
3. Fundamental Analysis | The three statements, the ratios that matter, annual reports, promoter pledging, red flags |
4. Sector by Sector | Cyclical against defensive, and what to look at in banks, IT, pharma, FMCG, autos, metals, real estate |
5. Technical Analysis | Candlesticks, support and resistance, trends, gaps |
6. The Indicator Guide | ADX, RSI, moving averages, MACD, ATR, Fibonacci, volume indicators, base breakouts |
7. The Pattern Gallery | Sixteen chart patterns and eighteen candlestick formations, each drawn with entry, stop and target |
8. Derivatives: The Foundation | Lot size, expiry, margin, mark to market, settlement, who is on the other side |
9. Futures in Depth | Payoffs, cost of carry, basis, leverage, hedging, rollover data |
10. Options: The Grammar | Calls and puts, strikes, moneyness, intrinsic and time value, payoff diagrams, selling, settlement |
11. Pricing and the Greeks | Delta, gamma, theta, vega, rho, and what they do together |
12. Volatility and India VIX | Historical against implied, VIX arithmetic, the skew, volatility crush |
13. Open Interest and the Chain | What OI counts, the four build ups, reading the chain, PCR, max pain |
14. Option Strategies | Spreads, covered calls, strangles, iron condors, straddles, protective puts |
15. Costs and Taxes | What you actually pay, the expiry day tax trap, how F&O income is taxed |
16. Risk Management | Position sizing, stop losses, risk to reward, derivative specific rules, the journal |
17. Four Trades, Start To Finish | Two winners and two losers, every rupee accounted for, including a spread and an iron condor |
18. Mutual Funds and SIPs | Direct against regular, index against active, the expense ratio, SIP arithmetic, taxation |
19. Building a Portfolio | Asset allocation, how many holdings, where derivatives fit, rebalancing, a thirty day plan |
20. Common Mistakes | Ranked by what they cost, plus a full glossary |
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