What the market actually does, not what it's supposed to do
Process notes on when to trade — not stock tips, not calls, not a signal service. The same discipline-first approach as the rest of this site, aimed at market structure and trading behaviour instead of any single instrument.
Research and process, not advice. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security or derivative. These are the author's own findings and trading rules, shared so you can test them against your own numbers — not instructions to follow blind. The author is not a SEBI-registered Research Analyst or Investment Adviser.
The Pre-Trade Checklist Has Four Layers. Most Traders Use One.
Most checklists only audit the setup. The four-layer version — Setup, Edge, Portfolio, Operator — with three worked examples, and why almost nobody reaches layer four.
26 Aug 2026
Markets3 Rules to Reduce F&O Trading Losses — Before You Even Place a Trade
Three process rules — skip intraday, skip expiry day, skip weekly expiry — plus a copy-paste AI prompt to test them against your own trade P&L.
22 Aug 2026
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Where this fits. Knowing when not to trade is the same discipline as grading a decision instead of an outcome — it's just applied before the trade exists, not after.