XIRR Explained: Measuring Your Real Returns
Why absolute return misleads, how CAGR and XIRR differ, worked SIP examples, how to calculate XIRR in a spreadsheet, and common mistakes when judging returns.
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Broken Wing Butterfly: How It Works, With a Worked Example
How a broken wing butterfly shifts risk to one side, a worked example with strikes and breakevens, comparison with a regular butterfly, and when to use it.
Put-Call Ratio (PCR) Explained
How the put-call ratio is calculated from open interest and volume, how traders read high and low values, why it often misleads, and how to use it with care.
New Fund Offer (NFO): What It Is and When It Makes Sense
What a mutual fund NFO is, why a Rs 10 unit price is not a bargain, why fund houses launch them, what to check before investing, and when an NFO makes sense.
Mutual Fund Overlap: When More Funds Mean Less Diversification
What mutual fund overlap is, why it happens, how to check it from factsheets, how much is too much, and how to consolidate without unnecessary tax or exit loads.
How to Choose an Options Strategy for Your Market View
A practical way to choose an options strategy: start from direction, size and timing, check implied volatility, pick defined or open risk, then size the position.
Long-Dated Options in India
What long-dated options are, which contracts tend to offer them, how they differ from weekly options, their uses for hedging and long views, and the costs.
Support and Resistance Explained
What support and resistance are, how traders identify them, why they sometimes hold, role reversal and false breakouts, and how to use levels for strikes and stops.
How Much Health Insurance Cover Do You Need?
How to size health insurance cover, individual versus family floater, super top-ups, the clauses that cut claims, and why your own policy matters.
Financial Independence and Early Retirement in India
What financial independence means in practice, how to estimate the number in India, why savings rate matters most, the risks early retirees face, and partial routes.
ITM, ATM and OTM Options Explained
ITM, ATM and OTM options explained: what each means for call and put options, how premium and behaviour differ, and how moneyness affects strike choice.
Max Pain Theory in Options
What max pain is, how it is calculated with a worked example, the theory behind it, why the evidence and data make it unreliable, and how to use it with care.