About this guide

This edition assumes no background in finance whatsoever. Every term is defined where it first appears, every measure is introduced alongside an everyday comparison, and every calculation is worked through in rupees rather than left as a formula.

It runs from what a share is, through the health of a business, sector by sector analysis, the full gallery of chart and candlestick patterns, and into futures and options in genuine depth: premium, intrinsic and time value, delta, gamma, theta, vega, implied volatility, open interest, the option chain, and the strategies built from them. The examples use Nifty at 24,000 with a lot size of 75 throughout, so that figures in one part can be compared directly with figures in another.

Nothing here is investment advice. It is education. No indicator, pattern, ratio or Greek in this guide predicts the future. They describe what has already happened and what is currently priced, and they help you ask better questions before you risk your own money.