Learn the Stock Market
A step-by-step path from your first stock to reading charts, valuing companies and using planetary cycles as a timing lens. Work through the levels in order or jump to what you need.
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1 · Beginner
What is the stock market?
How stocks, exchanges and brokers work, and why prices move.
How to start investing
Ten steps from zero to your first diversified portfolio, for US and Indian investors.
Stocks vs ETFs vs mutual funds
How the three compare on control, diversification, cost and effort, and which fits you.
Investing basics
What a stock is, how exchanges work, diversification and dollar-cost averaging.
Stock market glossary
Plain-English definitions for 60+ terms, from ask price to yield.
Bull vs bear market
What rising and falling markets look like and how to invest in each.
How to read a stock quote
Bid, ask, volume, market cap, P/E and every other field explained.
Order types explained
Market, limit, stop-loss, stop-limit and trailing stop orders.
Market cap: large, mid & small
How company size affects risk, growth and your portfolio mix.
What is an IPO?
How companies go public, how to apply, and how to judge an IPO.
What is a demat account?
Demat vs trading account, NSDL and CDSL, and how to open one.
Nifty vs Sensex
India's two main indices, how they are calculated and how to invest in them.
What is SIP?
How SIPs work, rupee cost averaging and SIP vs lump sum.
What is FII and DII?
Who institutional investors are and how their flows move the market.
2 · Reading charts
Candlestick patterns
Doji, hammer, engulfing, morning star and the other patterns traders use most.
Chart patterns
Head and shoulders, double tops, triangles, flags and cup and handle, with entries, stops and targets.
Technical indicators
Moving averages, RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands, volume and support/resistance.
RSI indicator
Overbought and oversold, RSI divergence and RSI strategies.
Moving average strategy
SMA vs EMA, golden cross, death cross and crossover strategies.
Support and resistance
How to draw key levels, role reversal and breakout trading.
Price action trading
Read market structure and trade without indicators.
3 · Valuing companies
Fundamental analysis
P/E, EPS, ROE, debt-to-equity, cash flow and how to read the three financial statements.
Financial statements
Read the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement, and spot red flags.
How to pick stocks
A step-by-step stock selection checklist for the long term.
Value vs growth investing
Two investing styles compared, and how to combine them.
Investing calculators
DCF, CAGR, position size, risk/reward and 50+ more calculators.
4 · Strategy & risk
Trading strategies compared
Buy-and-hold, dividend, value, growth, swing, momentum and day trading side by side.
Intraday trading for beginners
Rules, simple strategies and the risks of day trading.
Swing trading guide
Strategies, stock selection, entries, stops and targets.
Risk management
The 1% rule, position sizing, stop-loss placement and risk-reward, with a worked example.
Dividend investing
Yield, payout ratio, the four dividend dates, DRIP compounding and how to avoid yield traps.
Diversification
Spread risk across stocks, sectors, asset classes, regions and time.
Trading psychology
Handle fear, greed, FOMO and revenge trading with a disciplined process.
Investing mistakes to avoid
Twelve common errors and a simple rule set to avoid them.
Options basics
Calls, puts, strike, premium, expiry and the risks of options.
Penny stocks
Why they're risky, pump-and-dump red flags and how to evaluate them.
5 · Practice with real data
6 · Financial astrology
Financial astrology for beginners
The core ideas, Western vs Vedic approaches, and how traders combine it with analysis.
Planets & their market meanings
What each planet, plus Rahu and Ketu, represents for markets and sectors.
Planetary aspects
Conjunction, sextile, square, trine and opposition, and how to read them.
The four elements
Fire, earth, air and water signs, and the market style of each.
27 nakshatras
The Vedic lunar mansions, their ruling planets and market themes.
Vedic astrology & the stock market
Grahas, nakshatras, Rahu and Ketu, transits and dashas for markets.
Planet–sector rulership
Which planet traditionally rules which sector, with live sector performance.
Mercury retrograde & markets
Every retrograde since 2022 and how the S&P 500 moved during it.
Eclipses & the stock market
Recent solar and lunar eclipses and how traders handle eclipse seasons.
Moon phases & trading
The four moon phases, what each is linked to, and what the research says.
Market crashes & planetary cycles
1987, 2000, 2008, 2020 and 2022 alongside the alignments linked to each.
Zodiac signs & market sectors
The industries traditionally linked to each of the 12 signs, with example stocks.
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