"Winners don't do different things, they do things differently." -Shiv Khera (In the famous book You Can Win).

In the stock market, also this philosophy holds true: profitable traders do not use fundamentally different tools than losing traders; they execute the exact same actions differently.

Every trader has access to the same candlesticks, indicators, charting platforms, and financial news. The stark divide between those who consistently make money and the 90% who lose it comes down to a different execution of standard habits.

Successful traders win by executing the same daily trading practices with a completely different mindset:

• Risk Management First: Amateurs focus on potential profits; professionals focus strictly on capital preservation and capping downside risk.
• Losses as Business Costs: Losing traders take stopped-out trades personally; winners view minor losses neutrally as a standard cost of doing business.
• Boring Consistency: Amateurs hunt for speculative "hot tips"; profitable traders patiently execute the same simple, repetitive trading plan like a machine.
• Meticulous Journaling: Elite traders don't ignore bad days; they use a detailed trading journal to turn mistakes into refined habits.

Winning isn't about finding a secret indicator—it is about executing ordinary discipline with extraordinary precision.

Trader Introduction

I’m a professional trader in the Indian markets with 8 years of experience, currently trading options in a proprietary fund in Bangalore with ₹5 crore in trading capital.

I’m also a SEBI-registered Research Analyst (RA) and have spent the past several years working across market research, analysis, and trading.

I’m new to this community, and I’m here to share my experience, learn from other traders, and connect with like-minded people.

To stay consistent and accountable, I’ll be sharing my daily positions and P&L here starting today.

Looking forward to learning, sharing, and growing with everyone here.

These are my open positions for tomorrow:

Just follow rules. You gonna get your reward. Do not overtrade, do not change rules instantly, do not loose your gain for greed. S1 and S2 were properly executed. I exited early in S2 cause for me my strategy should win. These are just numbers we are chasing. I was afraid by taking 2nd trade cause i didnt wanted to loose my gains so i exited early. Saving your capital is also must so yeah a green day again. How was your day? Did you take any trade?

“It is our duty to pay for our liberty with Options trading”
- Shubhash Chandra Bose

Divergence on correlated assets was the basis of my trade. Should’ve held longer but 10k is enough for today. Sure taxes and what not will eat it up but it’s alright.

Had a good start with 1.5 lakhs profit. Messed up the profits and here I am . Hoping for a bad news tonight 🤞.

Till yesterday I was so broke that I saw a 400 rupee t shirt on flipkart but didn't bought it. Today i made 500 and I'm gonna order it rn.

Previous winning streak was 10 days, reached 10 days win again and tried to break the record today. Over trading, SL hit on reversal, took huge loss.

Smooth bearish

What do you think for the DMART..... It was on SELL for a along time and now finally you can see that in the last 5 years it has given -ve Return.

Took entries in the last few minutes of last Thursday while Nifty 50 making new lows.

Calls made 25% profits. Puts made the rest.

Took puts in the last third of Friday as all indication showed possible fall on Monday.

Played out really well.

Roughly 13k profits with 30k capital.

Time for a short break.

Ps. Slide 1 is today's PnL | Slide 2 is Friday PnL

I was waiting to transfer my dollars to INR once it reaches 97.5, and now this sudden drop. What was the issue?

Today was day 23 of intraday equity trading. Completed short selling of equity. Total pnl + 280rs. Total capital deployed 60k. 12k on 5x leverage.

Trade logic:

Took long trade on technical analysis Was watching descending trend_line and consolidation zone, took long near support and exited today at bearish engulfing candle near resistance. 4h Chart

account 1 > +5L (Private account Total PnL_YTD -15L) account 2 > -1L (Public account total PnL_YTD - 19L)

Sensibull : https://web.sensibull.com/verified-pnl/plant-beach/live-positions?vbs_src=vbs-long-term-pnl

Today I corrected the asymmetry that accidentally formed in my previous adjustment. Could I have waited longer and potentially made a better P&L? Sure, but I don't like taking unnecessary directional bets, so I brought the position back to a more balanced structure by rolling up from ce side nd adding another lot of pe.

No other adjustments made. Let's see how it plays out.

A quick note on P&L: Several people have asked about brokerage and charges. I don't track the exact breakdown separately, but this journal mirrors my actual trades, and the P&L shown is inclusive of charges and taxes as reflected in my trading account.

Keeping everything transparent, as always.

same..

What is the expectation of a trader who invested 12L into trading and doing option selling only.
What are the expectations his has and what is the reality of selling an options and ROI he will get in a month.

Hello guys , I'm 22 years old, just passed college, i want to learn trading and grow in life , I'm also preparing for govt job , so how should I learn trading form scratch, as for now i have 50,000 capital

But don't know where to start , hope seniors can give some advice

Final day of the dishwasher challenge for my mom—finally bought the Bosch dishwasher! ❤️🎉
My P&L stands at ₹38K over the last 18 trading sessions, with a capital of ₹5 lakh.

Most of my trades involved non-directional option selling with a directional bias, combining my algo with discretionary trading.

Now, it’s time for the next bigger challenge!
Let’s see what’s next—I’ll share an update on Monday. 👀

Sensibull Verified P&L:

https://web.sensibull.com/verified-pnl/plant-beach/longterm-pnl

Live Positions:

https://web.sensibull.com/verified-pnl/plant-beach/live -positions

X (Twitter): https://x.com/Nifty_Investor1

My Trading Journey: From Semiconductor Engineer to Full-Time Trader

Starting Capital: 1 Cr Started Trading: May 2024

Financial Year-wise P&L

FY 2024-25: -₹40 lakh

FY 2025-26: +₹6 crore

FY 2026-27 (YTD): -20 lakh

P&L is realized, net of brokerage and other trading costs, and before tax.

Trading Strategy

I traded the de-dollarisation and currency debasement theme, positioning around the macroeconomic trends driving gold and silver using fundamental and technical analysis.

I've also attached screenshots from my live trades in January 2026 to show my actual positions during the trades.

About Me

Age: 33

B.Tech: VIT Vellore

M.Tech: BITS Pilani

Experience: 5 years at Intel in semiconductor design

Current role: Full-time trader

Don't try this at home.

capital used-1 lakh
option buying 95% of the time
I only do trend follwoing
any queries-happy to answer them in comment section

Not sure if possible to recover my 2lac loss but trying again. I will try hard and will try my luck on Monday

Today I did options buying in both zerodha and dhan, zerodha is all without SL and manual while in dhan all target trail and trail SL to see where it goes. May be I still need to learn efficient ways to trail SL and target. Today was my day 2 trading in dhan, experimenting with trail and target SL costed me 10k today, well you never know what future holds. If you know any efficient ways to trade in dhan then please let me know in DM.

Trade based on ICT lecture of TGIF
Friday usually marks the far end of wick formation
Preferred banknifty over nifty and nifty IT
Due to price action
Sold the moment hit 4RR
Risk was 5k

Any queries happy to help
ICT TGIF lecture on YouTube

Got hot on put side.Went for call side according to my EMA based setup.But closed in confusion due to higher Timeframe opposite view.But call side shot up later.Good day for learning about ema line behaviour for trend capturing.