Would like to share with my readers about two stories about how people lost money in stock market. First story is about How 32 year old Ankit Verma lost Rs 50 lakh in Futures and Options. Second story is about 73 old in Mumbai who lost everything that he earned. We first present you the stories and then let’s look at the lessons we can learn from their stories.
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Lost 50 lakh in Futures and Options
From Economic Times First person account: How a small investor lost Rs 50 lakh in the markets
We received a dismaying e-mail from a reader ( Ankit Verma, 32 years, Mumbai) last week. He wanted to know how he could recover the Rs 50 lakh he had lost in F&O and leveraged commodity trading. This is his story.
1. STARTED BY INVESTING SMALL AMOUNTS I started investing in stocks around 2007, when the markets were doing very well. I put small amounts in stocks and earned good returns on almost all my investments. However, my income was not very high and since the invested amount was relatively small, the profits earned were not significant in absolute terms. Instead of investing small amounts, had I put a larger sum into stocks, my gains would have been quite substantial.
2. WANTED TOO MUCH, TOO SOON My initial success with stocks led me to believe that I can make good money if I leveraged my investments. The futures and options (F&O) segment was very alluring because I could buy 5-6 times more shares with the same amount of money. This was December 2007 and the stock markets were raging. I bought one futures lot of a gas company on the advice of my relationship manager. He encouraged me, saying that if the share price rose by 5%, I would gain 25% on my investment.
3. ALL GAINS WIPED OUT BY ONE LOSS The F&O segment is a brutal market. When the markets tumbled in early 2008 and my shares fell, the profits I had painstakingly made from small trades in the cash market during 2007 were wiped out by one loss in the futures market. I bought more to lower the average buying price, but it was like catching a falling knife. My losses kept on mounting even as the stocks drifted lower. I was forced to exit when I could not furnish the additional margin demanded by the broker. After losing in stocks, I tried to recover my losses by playing the gold futures market
DIGGING DEEPER Gold is supposed to be a safe haven… but not when you take a leveraged position. I repeated the mistake I had made in stocks and leveraged big time when the yellow metal was trading above Rs 32,000 per 10 gm. At one time, I was long on gold with a holding of 18 kg. And then the safe haven tag suddenly vanished leaving me with huge losses. My misery didn’t end though. Just before the election results, I went short on stocks and lost heavily when the Sensex zoomed. My salary is Rs 60,000 but will be repaying loans of Rs 18 lakh till 2017.
ET Wealth advice Stocks are considered risky because you can lose up to 10-20% of your investment in a day. But derivatives are far more risky because you can lose more than you have invested. These are sophisticated instruments meant for professional traders and hedge funds. Small investors should stay away from this segment can get back his lost wealth only if he vows never to buy futures and options. Stocks are a leveraged investment because you bet on the future income of the company. There is no need to enhance this leverage by opting for F&O.
Lost 35 lakh in Stock Market
Another story from IBNLive How I lost Rs 35 lakh in the stock market
Wealth spoke to a man who grew up wanting to become rich, but lost all that he had earned in a flash.
Name: Omprakash Chaudhary (name withheld on request), Age: 73, Where I live: Mumbai
It’s been eight years since Omprakash Chaudhary lost Rs 35 lakh at the stock market. (IBN)
What I do: I used to work in a steel company. Now, retired and resting.
It’s been eight years since Chaudhary lost Rs 35 lakh at the stock market, but he is still recovering from the loss. “The only thing that’s churning in my mind is, I need to recover the money somehow, and pay back all creditors,” he says. Chaudhary had no idea how the markets work. But his younger brother Narayan made good money. So why not him?
The first investment
In 1996, when Chaudhary was 62 years old, he made his first investment of Rs 40,000. He invested in Wipro, Infosys, Associated Cement Companies (ACC) and Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL). “This was my strategy – buy shares in the morning and as the price shot up, sell it the same day before the clock strikes 3.30 pm,” he says.
His highest one day profit was Rs 30,000. This obviously encouraged him to invest more. It worked well for him. His younger brother, on the other hand, had invested for long term. He hardly did any day to day trading.
The crash
“In 1999-2000, the IT sector went bust and I made huge losses. I would buy shares blindly and sell them in the evening. This habit was a big mistake. I was suffering a loss every day. Worse, I would sell it off before the markets closed.”
Bogus companies
“My younger son would hear the buzz in the market. Little did he know that bogus companies called Ahmedabadi companies were doing the rounds. It seems the promoters were from Ahmedabad and they knew the drawbacks of the stock market.”
“We would buy their shares when the rates had already increased. Then suddenly, these companies would shut down and take off with all the stocks from the market,” he shares. Chaudhary had already lost Rs 10 lakh.
Borrowing to invest
Then came a time when he realised there was no money left to invest. “I started borrowing money from others to recover my losses. This did not help. By then, I owed Rs 25 lakh.”
He borrowed Rs 20 lakh from his younger brother and Rs 5 lakh from a friend. By now, his creditors refused to lend him more money. Today, he is 73 and still trying to pay back his creditors. He has not been able to return his debt to any of his creditors.
Is the stock market for rich people?
Chaudhary believes that investing in equities is a good idea for those who have lots of money. So, even if you lose, there is no problem. Chaudhary is now back to the stock market with a ray of hope in his heart. He has invested in two stocks – Rana Sugar and Maharaja Shree – but their prices have reduced to half in the last two years. He does not favour his sons getting into the stock market. He says, “The stock market is no different than gambling!”
We spoke to Yogesh Chabbria, founder of GSIFS.com about Chaudhary and his first thought was that Chaudhary viewed the stock market as a gamble and not an investment.Here is Yogesh’s advice:
Rule number 1: No day trading
It is a proven fact that those who indulge in day trading, either lose lots of money or they go bankrupt.For any company to prove itself, it takes at least two years. If you are a farmer who wants to grow mangoes, you sow mango seeds in your farm. Next day, your friend tells you oranges will do better. You replace the mango seeds with orange seeds. The day after, another friend suggests apples are the best bet. So you sow apple seeds. In the process, all your money is spent on seeds, fertilisers and other raw materials with no fruit at all. To enjoy fruits, you will have to wait for at least two years.To cut a long story short, day trading has not done anything better for anyone.
Rule number 2: Invest in knowledge
All you need to get into stock market is basic common sense. Buy stocks of a company only if you see their products on streets.If you are planning to invest in a Maruti car, check whether there are Maruti cars running on the streets. If people like the product, it means the company will do good and will give good returns. Since Chaudhary was working in a steel company, he could have any steel company because he has the knowledge of the same. Cement and steel is definitely required for so many constructions coming up. Use simple logic and invest in companies you have heard of. People try hard finding companies. Invest in simple companies whose operations you can easily understand.
Rule number 3: Ignore rumours
If you are confident about the company you have invested in, leave it. Ignore rumours.
Rule number 4: You do not need crores
It’s a myth that you need lots of money to start investing. If Chaudhary had stayed invested with Rs 10,000 in Infosys in the beginning, today it would have been worth nearly a crore.Similarly, today, even if you are investing a small amount in a company you are confident of, it is sure to grow a lot more after 10 years.
Rule number 5: Get professional help
Often, in the haste to get rich fast, we lose patience and make some wrong decisions. Remember, there is always a doctor for your finances, whose advice is medicine for your money.The choice is yours!
Lessons from the losing in stock market
“Is Knife Good or Bad?” think about it. Knife in surgeon’s hand saves life. Knife in another murderer’s hand takes life. People use knife daily to cut vegetables, fruits etc at times cutting their fingers too. Remember the time when you started using knife or you started teaching your children to use knife. Did you tell your children don’t use knife? You would have told them the proper way to hold knife, how to place your hold, how to avoid getting hurt.
Is the stock market gambler’s den? Sometimes it may seem that you can lose just as easily at the stock market as you can at the gambling table. Ask anyone who has lost money in stock market how they felt after their stock went to zero. While the stock market is not the same as gambling a lot of people tend to treat it like it is. If you were to just take a list of stocks and throw darts at them, it would be more similar to gambling.If you are picking stocks on tips or if you are in hurry to earn money constantly jumping from one stock to another then you really are gambling. However if you put some thought into what stocks you buy,do your research,make mistakes,learn from those mistakes and come up with a plan then you have a much better chance of seeing positive result than you would have if you went to the casino. However, the more you learn about how companies are valued and operate, the more ammunition you will have when picking stocks.
Like anything worth doing, successful investing takes hard work and effort. Like everything else in life, investing in stock markets (and other form of investments too) have rules. If you learn the rules, practice and play by it you will be winner. But if you try to take short cuts , don’t understand what you are doing, not learning from mistakes then you would end up hurting your health(financially and emotionally) . Reminds me of Hindi idioms Naach na jaane aangan teda or Khate angoor.Think of a partially informed investor as a partially informed surgeon, the mistakes could be severely injurious to your financial health.
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Do you invest in stock market? Why or why not? How do you plan your investing? Have you lost money in stock market? Did you win or lose your money in stock market? Do you think investing in stock market is like gambling?
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My stock experience:
Gained $60000 in 5 years through small investments.
Lost $70000 in 15 days (Oct 1 to 16 of 2014).
Period of inactivity due to being depressed and scared. (Nov-Dec 2014).
Got some courage to recover the losses (Dec 26 2014).
Gained ~$80000 from (Dec 26 2014 to May 30 2015).
Current status: Closed all trading accounts with oath never to trade.
Lession: Professional investors gain what retail investors lose. Stay away.
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I invest only 5000-6000 thats it.. in direct stocks. But yes in MFs I invest through SIP every month!
My Trading Experience : Ab bhi nahi Seekha, to shayad kabhi na seekh paaon.
Friends, I wish to share my trading experience. My intent is to help fellow investors as to what they can be careful of and not replicate my foolishness. It will also help me heal.
Till August last year, I just had a demat account which had 720 shares of L&T (My father was an ex-employee and it was a part of his salary) L&T was later split and it became 1080 shares,Besides this I had 500 Shares of HUL, 500 each of JK and JK Lakshmi Cement, and 100 each of Yes Bank and IDBI Bank, 300 of Bharti Airtel. The total value of the account was around 16 lakhs.
What got me into trading ? In August 2013, my then broker Trustline Securities Limited did unauthorized trading in my account and incurred me a loss of 3.6 lakhs. Till this time,I hadn`t known that a thing called trading exists.Though, initially they verbally accepted their mistake, they later backtracked. By the time,I took it up to the exchange it was too late. Upon advice from the broking company, I decided to indulge in trading myself. This, in hindsight was the biggest mistake of my life. Having no clue, as to how this works, and in a bid to quickly recover the loss commited by the broker ,I began on a madness journey. I thought I will do exactly the opposite of what the broker had done to give me this loss of 3.6 lakhs. He had longed quite a few positions and sold them at a lower price (He did it on his own without my knowledge). So, to do the opposite, I thought of shorting a share which was at its 52 week high then. It happened to be RCom, and initially it rewarded me quickly. In just 6 trading days, it gave me a profit of 1.4 lakhs. I thought I had hit a gold mine. Only 2.2 lakhs more to recover.
Then,I simply got into a habit of shorting every stock, near its 52 week high, and also started following advice of fellow boarders on MMB for Short calls only. (as foolish as it gets). It backfired badly and in the next 3 trading weeks,I increased my loss by another 5.8 lakhs to make it a loss of 8 lakhs, Then ,a stock that had worked earlier Shorting RCom, temporarily came to my rescue. This time yielding me 95000.A few more shorts worked and the loss became 6.5 lakhs. It looked lesser than 8 lakhs. Then, in November-December 2013,I shorted 4 lots of Aurobindo Pharma ( was a lot of 2000 then ).It shot up like a rocket andI made a loss of 5 lakhs in this alone, making my net loss 11.5 lakhs. Then after struggling the whole of Jan This year to bring my loss to 11 lakh 11 thousand, after a lot of inner fight, finally on Feb 14 this year, I decided to stop trading and sell all my shares and leave this market which I made into a pain for myself for good.
But after missing the bull run in the run-up to the elections and keeping myself consciously isolated from the market, as the popular saying goes “Vinaash Kaale Viparit Buddhi”.
On Result Day ,May 16 I started trading again. I had thought not to make my positions heavy and not to trade everyday and not to carry forward my positions. Also set myself, to earn 3-4000 everyday. It worked decently for a month, and I made a profit of 42,000 without any loss-making day. Then on July 2, towards the end of the day I ended up buying 2 GMR Infra. Since, the day was about to end, I placed a sell order just at a 5 paise profit, it took the order before me but couldn`t take my order and it was end of day. After the end of the day, the price got adjusted and increased by 15 paise. I had thought, the first thing I will do in the morning is to sell it on opening.(Though there were buy calls on all Business channels because of the QIP issue). Unfortunately, before I could press the sell button, it fell by 80 paise, and I thought 2 lots would mean a loss of 16,000 . So, I started buying it as it started falling to bring down the average.But, it went only south that day and tumbled by 8% that day. I ended up having 15 lots at an average of 32.40 , and it closed at 31.30, a loss of 1.65 lakhs. The following day it came in ban. I called the broker SAS online to ask him, how do I bring the average down in ban. He just said to wait for the ban to be lifted. On this ban day, I just watched it,It recovered upto 75 paise that day, and closed at 31.85 that day. I thought of it reaching 32.40 on Monday. It opened at 32.10 and that remained the high for the day.I simply watched it all day to close at 31.70. Tuesday, there was a lot more drama and it fell by 9% to close at 28.85, because of the Rail Budget effect. I thought it would recover, since its already fallen 21 % in 3 trading days. Then, on Wednesday, it fell further to a lower circuit of 26, it frightened me immensely. Loss was now 9.6 lakhs. When it recovered a bit to 27.4, I sold them all to make it a net loss of 7.5 lakhs.
In this whole ban period, I was simply unaware of the rule that a share can be sold and bought back at a lower price to reduce the average. Had, I known it, on Friday itself, it would have helped me get out of the stock at a break even. Monday, Tueday on holding them and even yesterday after selling them. I was completely unaware that such a scenario exists in ban period. The broker SAS Online besides not having the humanity to themselves inform the ban rule despite seeing me stuck for 4 days, inspite of being asked did not give proper information of the ban rule.
This time, this lack of information has cost me 7.5 lakhs. I had earned 42,000,in a month. Two days took away 7.5 lakhs.A net loss of 18 lakhs,19 thousand from the markets through trading. Apart from the fact that the Shares I sold last time before quitting have all almost doubled.
This, time last year, I did not know of a concept called futures or Trading. In less than a year ( after even taking a 4 month break ), Rs. 18.19 lakhs a potential 15 lakhs because of selling equity holdings at a lower price in February. A loss of nearly 33 lakhs.
Complete Foolishness, and a lesson for life. in hindsight, had those unauthorized trades by Trustline not happened,i would have been having an equity holding of 33 lakhs. But this is how, it had to happen to me. They say, ki kisi kisi ke naseeb mein nahi hota Shares ka paisa. Koi apna naseeb banata hai, Maine apna Broker ke sahaare Tod liya.
Thanks for sharing your story. Sad to hear about it.
Maybe it is Vinaash Kaale Viparit Buddhi But part of it is due to hurry to make quick bucks without enough experience.
It’s like gambling.
So you have washed your hands off trading now?
Please stop using the work trading. What you did is not called trading, its called gambling.
Anyone who gambles in the market will lose money.
Speculation (trading) is only for the extremely disciplined. In my own trading, I never risk more than 1 to 2% on any given trade.
I know of speculators who meditate each day before starting their first trade in order to stay focused.
If you don’t believe me, here are a few real life Indian traders who make money in the market.
http://zerodha.com/z-connect/zerodha-60-day-challenge/winners/mr-consistent-returning-incredible-returns
http://zerodha.com/z-connect/zerodha-60-day-challenge/winners/10th-std-pass-market-wizard-from-thrissur
http://zerodha.com/z-connect/zerodha-60-day-challenge/winners/intraday-stock-trader-par-excellence
http://zerodha.com/z-connect/zerodha-60-day-challenge/winners/from-iit-to-intraday-options-on-nifty
http://zerodha.com/z-connect/zerodha-60-day-challenge/winners/software-engineer-up-400
My Trading Experience : Ab bhi nahi Seekha, to shayad kabhi na seekh paaon.
Friends, I wish to share my trading experience. My intent is to help fellow investors as to what they can be careful of and not replicate my foolishness. It will also help me heal.
Till August last year, I just had a demat account which had 720 shares of L&T (My father was an ex-employee and it was a part of his salary) L&T was later split and it became 1080 shares,Besides this I had 500 Shares of HUL, 500 each of JK and JK Lakshmi Cement, and 100 each of Yes Bank and IDBI Bank, 300 of Bharti Airtel. The total value of the account was around 16 lakhs.
What got me into trading ? In August 2013, my then broker Trustline Securities Limited did unauthorized trading in my account and incurred me a loss of 3.6 lakhs. Till this time,I hadn`t known that a thing called trading exists.Though, initially they verbally accepted their mistake, they later backtracked. By the time,I took it up to the exchange it was too late. Upon advice from the broking company, I decided to indulge in trading myself. This, in hindsight was the biggest mistake of my life. Having no clue, as to how this works, and in a bid to quickly recover the loss commited by the broker ,I began on a madness journey. I thought I will do exactly the opposite of what the broker had done to give me this loss of 3.6 lakhs. He had longed quite a few positions and sold them at a lower price (He did it on his own without my knowledge). So, to do the opposite, I thought of shorting a share which was at its 52 week high then. It happened to be RCom, and initially it rewarded me quickly. In just 6 trading days, it gave me a profit of 1.4 lakhs. I thought I had hit a gold mine. Only 2.2 lakhs more to recover.
Then,I simply got into a habit of shorting every stock, near its 52 week high, and also started following advice of fellow boarders on MMB for Short calls only. (as foolish as it gets). It backfired badly and in the next 3 trading weeks,I increased my loss by another 5.8 lakhs to make it a loss of 8 lakhs, Then ,a stock that had worked earlier Shorting RCom, temporarily came to my rescue. This time yielding me 95000.A few more shorts worked and the loss became 6.5 lakhs. It looked lesser than 8 lakhs. Then, in November-December 2013,I shorted 4 lots of Aurobindo Pharma ( was a lot of 2000 then ).It shot up like a rocket andI made a loss of 5 lakhs in this alone, making my net loss 11.5 lakhs. Then after struggling the whole of Jan This year to bring my loss to 11 lakh 11 thousand, after a lot of inner fight, finally on Feb 14 this year, I decided to stop trading and sell all my shares and leave this market which I made into a pain for myself for good.
But after missing the bull run in the run-up to the elections and keeping myself consciously isolated from the market, as the popular saying goes “Vinaash Kaale Viparit Buddhi”.
On Result Day ,May 16 I started trading again. I had thought not to make my positions heavy and not to trade everyday and not to carry forward my positions. Also set myself, to earn 3-4000 everyday. It worked decently for a month, and I made a profit of 42,000 without any loss-making day. Then on July 2, towards the end of the day I ended up buying 2 GMR Infra. Since, the day was about to end, I placed a sell order just at a 5 paise profit, it took the order before me but couldn`t take my order and it was end of day. After the end of the day, the price got adjusted and increased by 15 paise. I had thought, the first thing I will do in the morning is to sell it on opening.(Though there were buy calls on all Business channels because of the QIP issue). Unfortunately, before I could press the sell button, it fell by 80 paise, and I thought 2 lots would mean a loss of 16,000 . So, I started buying it as it started falling to bring down the average.But, it went only south that day and tumbled by 8% that day. I ended up having 15 lots at an average of 32.40 , and it closed at 31.30, a loss of 1.65 lakhs. The following day it came in ban. I called the broker SAS online to ask him, how do I bring the average down in ban. He just said to wait for the ban to be lifted. On this ban day, I just watched it,It recovered upto 75 paise that day, and closed at 31.85 that day. I thought of it reaching 32.40 on Monday. It opened at 32.10 and that remained the high for the day.I simply watched it all day to close at 31.70. Tuesday, there was a lot more drama and it fell by 9% to close at 28.85, because of the Rail Budget effect. I thought it would recover, since its already fallen 21 % in 3 trading days. Then, on Wednesday, it fell further to a lower circuit of 26, it frightened me immensely. Loss was now 9.6 lakhs. When it recovered a bit to 27.4, I sold them all to make it a net loss of 7.5 lakhs.
In this whole ban period, I was simply unaware of the rule that a share can be sold and bought back at a lower price to reduce the average. Had, I known it, on Friday itself, it would have helped me get out of the stock at a break even. Monday, Tueday on holding them and even yesterday after selling them. I was completely unaware that such a scenario exists in ban period. The broker SAS Online besides not having the humanity to themselves inform the ban rule despite seeing me stuck for 4 days, inspite of being asked did not give proper information of the ban rule.
This time, this lack of information has cost me 7.5 lakhs. I had earned 42,000,in a month. Two days took away 7.5 lakhs.A net loss of 18 lakhs,19 thousand from the markets through trading. Apart from the fact that the Shares I sold last time before quitting have all almost doubled.
This, time last year, I did not know of a concept called futures or Trading. In less than a year ( after even taking a 4 month break ), Rs. 18.19 lakhs a potential 15 lakhs because of selling equity holdings at a lower price in February. A loss of nearly 33 lakhs.
Complete Foolishness, and a lesson for life. in hindsight, had those unauthorized trades by Trustline not happened,i would have been having an equity holding of 33 lakhs. But this is how, it had to happen to me. They say, ki kisi kisi ke naseeb mein nahi hota Shares ka paisa. Koi apna naseeb banata hai, Maine apna Broker ke sahaare Tod liya.
Thanks for sharing your story. Sad to hear about it.
Maybe it is Vinaash Kaale Viparit Buddhi But part of it is due to hurry to make quick bucks without enough experience.
It’s like gambling.
So you have washed your hands off trading now?
Please stop using the work trading. What you did is not called trading, its called gambling.
Anyone who gambles in the market will lose money.
Speculation (trading) is only for the extremely disciplined. In my own trading, I never risk more than 1 to 2% on any given trade.
I know of speculators who meditate each day before starting their first trade in order to stay focused.
If you don’t believe me, here are a few real life Indian traders who make money in the market.
http://zerodha.com/z-connect/zerodha-60-day-challenge/winners/mr-consistent-returning-incredible-returns
http://zerodha.com/z-connect/zerodha-60-day-challenge/winners/10th-std-pass-market-wizard-from-thrissur
http://zerodha.com/z-connect/zerodha-60-day-challenge/winners/intraday-stock-trader-par-excellence
http://zerodha.com/z-connect/zerodha-60-day-challenge/winners/from-iit-to-intraday-options-on-nifty
http://zerodha.com/z-connect/zerodha-60-day-challenge/winners/software-engineer-up-400
Good lessons for traders.Indeed Greed and Frustration are the enemies of a trader.If going in profit,greed increases for more and more and the end result mostly is losing whatever was gained.Similarly,after suffering losses,the trader tries to recover and keep on jumping into markets to cover up the losses.The end result again is Loss as there is no strategy to trade involved.The myth is ‘Nothing is covered’.Each trade is a new risk.
The only secret to success in trading is ‘Discipline & Home Work’
Good lessons for traders.Indeed Greed and Frustration are the enemies of a trader.If going in profit,greed increases for more and more and the end result mostly is losing whatever was gained.Similarly,after suffering losses,the trader tries to recover and keep on jumping into markets to cover up the losses.The end result again is Loss as there is no strategy to trade involved.The myth is ‘Nothing is covered’.Each trade is a new risk.
The only secret to success in trading is ‘Discipline & Home Work’
I am primarily a Speculator. I think the main reason people lose money in the market is when they don’t know how to manage risk.
The most important rule in speculation is to manage risk by leveraging appropriately. For F&O, the sweet spot is around 3:1 leverage.
One can trade 1 lot of Nifty with just 37,000 but with the 3:1 rule, you control your risk by depositing Rs 1,25,000 for each lot.
The second most important rule is to manage your mind (i.e. Discipline).
The third and last one is to know the trend and speculate only in the direction of the trend. One can do this by learning technical analysis.
I am a profitable speculator and I have seen many other who are profitable as well. So, its not all loses and there are people who consistently make money speculating as well.
Yes KR you are right.
People want to play game without learning the rules of the game.
If one is willing to learn, have patience then one can win any game including stock market.
I am not very much into speculation but to each his own. So best of luck and thanks for sharing your thoughts with us.
We appreciate it
I am primarily a Speculator. I think the main reason people lose money in the market is when they don’t know how to manage risk.
The most important rule in speculation is to manage risk by leveraging appropriately. For F&O, the sweet spot is around 3:1 leverage.
One can trade 1 lot of Nifty with just 37,000 but with the 3:1 rule, you control your risk by depositing Rs 1,25,000 for each lot.
The second most important rule is to manage your mind (i.e. Discipline).
The third and last one is to know the trend and speculate only in the direction of the trend. One can do this by learning technical analysis.
I am a profitable speculator and I have seen many other who are profitable as well. So, its not all loses and there are people who consistently make money speculating as well.
Yes KR you are right.
People want to play game without learning the rules of the game.
If one is willing to learn, have patience then one can win any game including stock market.
I am not very much into speculation but to each his own. So best of luck and thanks for sharing your thoughts with us.
We appreciate it
This post about Stock market reminds me story of “Hen & Golden Egg”..where an impatient person cut down the hen and lost all future benefits.
Thank you.
Well said..Paresh..
This post about Stock market reminds me story of “Hen & Golden Egg”..where an impatient person cut down the hen and lost all future benefits.
Thank you.
Well said..Paresh..
A wonderful insight of what happens to a person who wants to swim English channel without being able to swin in his own backyard pool.
I am 1 such person, but luckily, i have got my mistake at a very early stage.
I have started investing (Now understood it as gambling), from Dec 2007 by seeing a person sitting across me making money.
First investment made for 1000 rs and lost 80% during fall of 2008.
1 year was away from markets, went back again with 10,000 (thinking that 1000 will not be sufficient if i were to cover my loss of 1000 rs). Started trading, getting profit of 100 to 200 rs a day.
In no time i was able to make 1000 rs, then my greed took over me. IF i could predict markets in such a precise manner, why am i wasting my time on stocks, i would be very much comfortable and rich in otpions and futures.
In no time, i borrowed 15,000 from my friend and invested 30,000 into Options.
2 days, it grew to 40,000 – You might easily guess what i have done, i pumped in more money in the same stock options inorder to gain money, within a week (first day of last week of options), my profit was close to 30,000, i wanted more… result, within no time my investment went to below 10,000 (my principal gone and my profit eroded).
I finally closed the option by gettign 3000 in hand…..
I have learned the lesson very hard way, and from then on have taken an oath that i would never return to options without proper knowledge.
Today, i seldom trade in options, and i rely only on investing in stocks.
My portfolio gives around 10% CAGR for me and i am very happy with it.
No chasing fancy stocks, no sleepless nights, no borrowed money, above all…. no loosing money. I know my bussiness and companies and i would stick with them until something changes at management and economic level and can hurt that industry.
My only saviour was my low income at that time, so i haven’t dared to put in lacs of money otherwise, you would be reading about me as well in the main story.
Stay focused, stay informed and never trade, only invest.
Thanks for sharing your story Sunil.
I don’t blame you. They make trading seem so simple, especially with advent of technology where everything is just a click away.
We all make mistakes and best is to learn from them as you have.
Keep it up..Your mantra is a good message. Stay focused, stay informed and never trade, only invest
A wonderful insight of what happens to a person who wants to swim English channel without being able to swin in his own backyard pool.
I am 1 such person, but luckily, i have got my mistake at a very early stage.
I have started investing (Now understood it as gambling), from Dec 2007 by seeing a person sitting across me making money.
First investment made for 1000 rs and lost 80% during fall of 2008.
1 year was away from markets, went back again with 10,000 (thinking that 1000 will not be sufficient if i were to cover my loss of 1000 rs). Started trading, getting profit of 100 to 200 rs a day.
In no time i was able to make 1000 rs, then my greed took over me. IF i could predict markets in such a precise manner, why am i wasting my time on stocks, i would be very much comfortable and rich in otpions and futures.
In no time, i borrowed 15,000 from my friend and invested 30,000 into Options.
2 days, it grew to 40,000 – You might easily guess what i have done, i pumped in more money in the same stock options inorder to gain money, within a week (first day of last week of options), my profit was close to 30,000, i wanted more… result, within no time my investment went to below 10,000 (my principal gone and my profit eroded).
I finally closed the option by gettign 3000 in hand…..
I have learned the lesson very hard way, and from then on have taken an oath that i would never return to options without proper knowledge.
Today, i seldom trade in options, and i rely only on investing in stocks.
My portfolio gives around 10% CAGR for me and i am very happy with it.
No chasing fancy stocks, no sleepless nights, no borrowed money, above all…. no loosing money. I know my bussiness and companies and i would stick with them until something changes at management and economic level and can hurt that industry.
My only saviour was my low income at that time, so i haven’t dared to put in lacs of money otherwise, you would be reading about me as well in the main story.
Stay focused, stay informed and never trade, only invest.
Thanks for sharing your story Sunil.
I don’t blame you. They make trading seem so simple, especially with advent of technology where everything is just a click away.
We all make mistakes and best is to learn from them as you have.
Keep it up..Your mantra is a good message. Stay focused, stay informed and never trade, only invest
Good one. Shared your post on Value Investors’ Forum of India here: http://goo.gl/tPQptv
Thanks Raj for sharing.
Good one. Shared your post on Value Investors’ Forum of India here: http://goo.gl/tPQptv
Thanks Raj for sharing.