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Real-time markets, portfolio tracking, and community intelligence — every Indian ticker, one terminal.
Index/commodity quotes via public market feeds (Yahoo + Stooq fallback) with a simulated fallback — tagged live / simulated. GIFT NIFTY & NIFTY TOTAL MKT have no confirmed free ticker, so they may show simulated. Track your own names in the Watchlist and scan the full universe in the Screener.
You'll get every key factor side by side, a signal-based SWOT for each, and a weighted head-to-head verdict — all from live fundamentals.
Factors, SWOT and the verdict are computed from live Yahoo fundamentals (third-party feed). The verdict weights each decided factor and shows the share of weight won — it is a quantitative comparison, not investment advice.
Aggregated via public RSS (Economic Times, Moneycontrol, Business Standard); headlines link to source. Swap to a paid news API via the adapter in providers.py (SP_NEWS=newsapi).
Mutual funds show live NAV & 1-year return via mfapi.in (AMFI, updated once daily, Direct-Plan Growth) — only funds with a live feed are listed. ETFs now live in their own ETFs segment. The live / simulated tag marks the source. Not investment advice.
ETFs show realtime exchange price & day change via the market feed (third-party). Only ETFs with a live feed are listed; the live / simulated tag marks the source. Not investment advice.
From first trade to full conviction
A practical, India-specific blueprint. Pick your level below, tick off stops as you go, and use the linked TradingAlpha segments to act on each one. No tips, no hype — just the path serious investors actually walk.
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Get the plumbing right. Open a demat + trading account with a SEBI-registered broker, complete KYC, and link your bank. A share is part-ownership of a business, not a lottery ticket.
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Learn to read a stock. Price alone means nothing. Learn market cap (size), P/E (what you pay per ₹1 of profit) and the 52-week range. Open the Screener → and click any row to see these on a real company.
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Revenue vs profit — the one that trips everyone up. Revenue is total sales; profit is what's left after costs, interest and tax. A company can grow revenue and still lose money. Always check both, plus the margin. See it in Compare →
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Know your order types. A market order fills immediately at whatever price is available; a limit order only fills at your price or better. For a volatile or thinly-traded stock, a limit order protects you from a bad fill.
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Start boring, start small. Your first exposure should be a Nifty 50 index fund or large-cap fund via a monthly SIP — not a hot small-cap someone messaged you. Browse Mutual Funds →
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Automate discipline. Fix a monthly SIP amount you won't miss and let it run. Model what it becomes over time in WealthLens →
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Your biggest risk is your own emotions. Panic-selling in a dip and chasing a stock after it's already run up cause more damage than any single bad pick. Write down why you're buying before you buy.
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Avoid the beginner traps: no F&O, no intraday, no "guaranteed" tips, no borrowing to invest. Track a few names you understand first on your Watchlist →
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Read the full financial picture. Move past P/E to ROE (return on equity), debt-to-equity, revenue & profit growth, and operating margin. Healthy ROE with low debt and steady growth is the baseline you're hunting for.
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Filter, don't guess. Use the Screener's 16 metrics + presets (ROE ≥ 20, debt-free, quality value) to turn 500+ NSE names into a shortlist. Run a preset →
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Compare before you commit. Never buy a stock in isolation — put it head-to-head with a peer on every fundamental and read the weighted verdict + SWOT. Open Compare →
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Understand valuation. P/E, P/B and PEG tell you if a good company is also a good price. A great business at a silly valuation is a poor investment. Build a feel for fair multiples sector by sector.
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Read the balance sheet and cash flow, not just the P&L. Profit growth funded by rising debt or a shrinking cash pile is a warning sign, not strength — free cash flow is harder to dress up than reported profit.
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Diversify on purpose. Spread across 5–8 sectors so one bad theme can't sink you. Check sector breadth in Markets → Sector Indices →
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Track holdings and tax. Log every buy with date and price; watch live P&L and your STCG/LTCG estimate so tax never surprises you. Open Portfolio →
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Set a review cadence. Quarterly, or right after earnings — not daily. React to a change in the business, not a change in the price.
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Go deeper on quality. ROCE (return on capital employed), free cash flow and earnings consistency separate durable compounders from one-good-year stories. Screen on ROCE and EPS growth in the Screener →
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Read momentum and breadth. Where a trend is strong, the tape shows it — watch the day's biggest movers, the live buy/sell sentiment gauge and which sectors are leading. Scan Markets →
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Trade earnings & events with a plan. Results, dividends, splits and bonuses move prices. Know the calendar and your reaction in advance. Open Events →
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Concentrate around conviction. A handful of high-conviction positions sized by edge beats fifty scattered "diversified" bets that all fall together in a downturn. Know exactly why each position earns its place.
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Size positions and manage risk. Decide position sizes by conviction and downside, not excitement. Define what would make you sell before you buy. Rebalance, don't tinker.
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Know your macro backdrop. Interest rates, inflation and currency moves rotate which sectors lead. You don't need to predict them — just know how your holdings react to each.
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Have a sell discipline, not just a buy thesis. Decide in advance what would make you exit — thesis broken, valuation extreme, or a better opportunity — so the decision isn't made in a panic.
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Think in years. Compounding rewards patience and punishes churn. Your edge as a retail investor is a long horizon institutions can't match — use it.
Every concept here is something you can see live on TradingAlpha. Any tile or row — in Markets, Screener results, your Watchlist, Mutual Funds or ETFs — opens a detailed chart drawer with price history and a fundamentals snapshot. Educational only; not investment advice.
Click any row to open its chart. Search adds a stock to the list currently selected above — create as many lists as you like.
Corporate calendar — results, ex-dividend & splits for Nifty 50 names via Yahoo (refreshed periodically). Buyback announcements aren't available in the free feed. Dates can shift; confirm on the exchange. Not investment advice.
Returns use realtime monthly price history — YTD, YoY and full-period.
Computed from monthly closing prices (Yahoo, refreshed periodically). SIP buys at each period's close; XIRR is approximate. Past performance is not a forecast. Not investment advice.