51 setups across 7 trading styles. Pick your style — swing, intraday, scalping, positional, price action, advanced theory, or practical options plays.
Strategy names and structure adapted from 51 Trading Strategies by Aseem Singhal. Explanations below are original prose describing standard technical concepts (indicators, chart patterns, price action).
2–10 day holding — ride multi-day moves
Positions held over multiple sessions. Aim to capture the meat of a directional move on the daily/hourly chart, then exit before the trend exhausts.
Enter and exit same day
No overnight risk. Uses 5-min to 30-min charts. High attention span required; fees can accumulate quickly, so edge per trade must clear costs.
Weeks to months — follow macro trends
Long-timeframe trades built on weekly charts, macro data, or sector rotation. Fewer decisions, larger moves, more room for the thesis to play out.
Minutes — dozens of tiny wins
1–3 minute charts. Rapid entries and exits chasing small point-moves. Only viable with very low commissions and near-instant fills. Not for casual traders.
Theory-heavy frameworks
Classical schools: Dow theory, Elliott Wave, Smart Money Concepts, Gann, Fractals, Renko. Long learning curves, but each provides a distinct lens on price.
Read the chart, skip the indicators
Pure structure — candlesticks, support/resistance, patterns, moving averages as dynamic S/R. Minimal indicator clutter; direct reading of what price is doing.
Retail options tactics from the book
Indian retail options plays: weekly hedged trades, OI-based buying, expiry-day setups, momentum-based option selling. Supplements the McMillan-depth options chapters.
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