Trading Journal — India Companion.
The India-specific companion to the School of Trading Journal: why roughly 89% of Indian F&O traders lose money (SEBI), journaling directly from Zerodha, Dhan, FYERS, Groww and Kotak, handling multi-leg F&O and MTF, and turning your journal into a painless ITR record. Educational only — confirm tax specifics with a qualified professional.
Why 89% of Indian F&O Traders Lose Money (And What the 11% Do Differently)
SEBI studied the real accounts: 89% of individual F&O traders lost money, averaging over ₹1 lakh in losses a year. The number is shocking. The reason is not — and it points straight at the one habit almost none of them keep.
The Zerodha (and Dhan, FYERS, Groww, Kotak) Trading Journal
You already have a broker. You don't need to re-type every fill into a spreadsheet to journal it — you need the fills to flow in automatically, so you can spend your energy on the one thing that matters: the review.
The F&O and Options Trading Journal (India)
An equity journal has one entry and one exit. An options strategy has four legs, a lot size, a margin, and a fistful of charges — and a simple spreadsheet mangles all of it. Here's how to journal Indian derivatives properly.
The Trading Journal as Your Tax & ITR Record
Every March, traders scramble to reconstruct a year of trades for their return. The ones who journaled don't scramble — their records are already the report. Your journal has a second job, and it's tax season.
Pocket Card — Trading Journal (India Edition)
The one-screen summary of the entire Trading Journal — diagnosis, the instrument, plan, capture, review, the loop, the one number, and tax. Screenshot it.
Move on to School of Market Science.
Before you learn how to trade, learn how markets actually work — why prices move, how value is discovered, and why every trade needs two people. Plain language, real-world analogies, zero jargon.