9 in 10 F&O traders lose. This is the honest account of why.
Not a scare line — a regulatory finding. Everything here exists to close the gap between that finding and the decisions that cause it.
What this actually is
Top 10% Trader is an options-trading education brand for India — a beginner book, an Advanced series, a book on what not to do, a companion Trade Journal (Basic and Pro paperback editions, plus a free web tool), and this site. Written by Henil Dedhia. No tips, no calls, no signals, no "buy this now." The teaching device underneath all of it is simple: grade the decision, not the outcome. A good decision can lose money. A bad one can get lucky and win. Over a hundred trades, only good decisions survive — and almost nobody grades themselves that honestly on their own.
Why this exists
Most trading education tries to fix the 90%-lose problem by teaching one more strategy. That's backwards. The actual fix is a short, boring list of ordinary mistakes — removed, not compensated for with a cleverer setup. Sizing errors, revenge trading, FOMO, information traps, and the meta-mistake underneath all of them: never writing any of it down. This brand is built around removing those, not adding techniques on top of an undisciplined process.
What this is not
Not investment advice. Not a signals service. Not a tip group. Not a promise that anyone here beats the market. "Top 10% Trader" describes disciplined process — the kind that survives — not a performance ranking or a guarantee of returns.
The compliance posture, stated plainly
Henil Dedhia is not a SEBI-registered investment adviser or research analyst. Nothing published under this brand — the books, the journal, this site, the newsletter — is personalized advice, and nothing ever will be sold as such. Examples are hypothetical or clearly illustrative. Trading in F&O carries a high risk of loss; if you want advice tailored to your own situation, talk to a SEBI-registered adviser. That's not a disclaimer bolted on for legal cover — it's the actual shape of the product. An education brand that starts making individualized calls has stopped being an education brand.
AI disclosure
Writing across this site, the books, and the newsletter is drafted with AI assistance and reviewed, edited, and fact-checked by the author before anything is published — nothing goes out un-reviewed. Tools change over time; the review standard doesn't. The one place AI is deliberately not used is the Trade Journal's scoring, covered next.
How the numbers work
The Trade Journal's scoring — Discipline grade, Good Loss / Bad Win, Consistency — is plain arithmetic and rule-checks, not AI and not a black box. No model judges your trades; a checklist does, and the checklist is the same one printed in the books. It was validated by reproducing the Pro journal's own worked examples exactly, number for number. You can audit it yourself in the free tool — nothing you type there ever leaves your browser. Don't take that on faith: open your browser's dev tools, watch the Network tab, and fill in a trade — you'll see no request ever fires.
Get in touch
Questions, feedback, or something that doesn't add up — the contact pagesends a message straight to me, no email app required — your name, email and message are stored in a private Google Sheet I control so I can reply, nothing else, no mailing list (how I handle data). Or write directly to top10percenttrader@gmail.com.
Educational content only — not investment advice. Trading in F&O carries a high risk of loss. Consult a SEBI-registered adviser for personal investment decisions.