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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