7Module 7

Advanced Trading Strategies & Technicals

This module covers the riskier, more advanced corners of the market a beginner hears about long before they understand — betting against a stock, trading on borrowed money, and options contracts — with the risks kept front and center.

5 chapters · about 24 minutes

  1. 7.1Introduction to Technical Analysis: Reading a Stock's Own History5 min

    Raj had a chart open and no accounts. Riya had spent six modules learning that the accounts were the point.

  2. 7.2What Is Short Selling? Betting a Stock Will Fall4 min

    Somebody was paid for City Bakehouse going under. How is that even possible?

  3. 7.3What Is Margin Trading and Leverage? Borrowing to Bet Bigger4 min

    Nikhil turned ₹1 lakh into ₹1.5 lakh in a month. Riya was sitting opposite him the day it went the other way.

  4. 7.4Options Trading Explained for Beginners: A Right, Not an Obligation6 min

    Riya guessed the direction correctly and lost every rupee she put in. Both of those are true at once.

  5. 7.5What Is the VIX Index? The Market's Own Panic Meter5 min

    Riya's option gained value on a day the stock barely moved. Somebody publishes a number for exactly that.