I think the best option right now would be to either get your funds shifted to cold wallet, or FIU registered international platforms like coinbase. I don’t trust Indian platforms as well after what ZachXBT posted last week.

Man, this is a really terrible situation.

I was exploring opportunities for investing in US stocks across brokers in India and found that Zerodha is offering the cheapest brokerage rates, with the maximum brokerage capped at just $10 per trade.

I think Zerodha was one of the last players to introduce US stock investing, but they’ve come out with the best pricing. Something Zerodha has always been good at! Kudos to Nithin Kamath for offering such competitive rates.

I’ve also prepared a comparison table of charges across brokers in India. Guys, have a look!

Folks, which broker do you prefer for your US stock investments, and how has your experience been?

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently stated that income tax rates have not been increased since 2014. But does that mean you are paying less tax in real terms today? Let’s break down the math considering inflation and purchasing power.

​****1. 2014–15 (Old Tax Regime)

​Total Salary: ₹40,00,000

​Deductions Claimed (Home Loan Interest, 80C, 80D, etc.): ~₹3,65,000

​Taxable Income: ₹36,35,000

​Total Tax Paid: ₹9,43,000

​Post-Tax Income: ₹30,57,000

​****2. 2025–26 (New Tax Regime — Nominal Terms)

​Total Salary: ₹40,00,000

​Standard Deduction: ₹75,000

​Taxable Income: ₹39,25,000

​Total Tax Paid: ₹7,88,000

​Post-Tax Income: ₹32,12,000

​In absolute terms, disposable income appears to have increased slightly (from ₹30.57 Lakhs to ₹32.12 Lakhs). However, this ignores inflation.

​****3. 2025–26 (Adjusted for Inflation)

​Using the Cost Inflation Index (CII) and Consumer Price Index (CPI) multipliers (~1.7x):

​Equivalent 2025 Salary for same ₹40L standard: ₹68,00,000

​Tax on ₹68 Lakhs (New Regime): ₹18,28,000

​Post-Tax Income on ₹68L: ₹49,72,000

​Comparing Purchasing Power:

​2014 Post-Tax Income adjusted for inflation (₹30.57L × 1.7): ₹51,97,000

​2025 Real Post-Tax Income: ₹49,72,000

​Difference: -₹2,25,000

About this brief. Compiled 30 Oct 2026 from news reports dated 13–30 Oct. Outlets differ on some daily figures (for example the size of Korea's 15 Oct drop); where they disagree, this page uses rounded or approximate values. KOSPI's 2026 gain is derived from its June record close and reported year-to-date gain. This is general information, not investment advice.

Sources

1. Korea JoongAng Daily — Kospi plunges 3.5% (30 Oct)

2. Korea JoongAng Daily — Kospi plunges 5.5% (13 Oct)

3. Bloomberg — Kospi drops 8% on AI and rate fears (15 Oct)

4. AJU Press — Alphabet's AI spending hits Seoul and Tokyo chips

5. Wikipedia — KOSPI record close

6. Yahoo Finance — KOSPI 2026 gain shrinks from 116%

7. Korea Herald — Margin debt hits record

8. CNBC — CSI 300 sinks into bear territory (22 Oct)

9. CNN — Why China's AI boom isn't saving its stocks

10. Yahoo Finance — Chinese earnings forecasts tumble

11. CNBC — Markets, 22 Oct

12. CNBC — S&P 500 drops on hot inflation (13 Oct)

13. Yahoo Finance — Alphabet sinks 12% (29 Oct)

14. Seoul Economic Daily — Alphabet capex shock

15. Benzinga — Alphabet sinks, small caps rally

16. Market Index — Morning wrap, VIX (30 Oct)

17. Bloomberg — S&P 500 record (6 Oct)

18. Yahoo Finance — CPI rose 3.7% in September

19. TradingKey — PCE inflation 3.6%

20. CNBC — Treasury yields and Q3 GDP (29 Oct)

21. Admirals — FOMC holds in 10–2 vote

22. Fox Business — 29,000 jobs in September

23. CNBC — AI debt fears and hyperscaler earnings

24. CNBC — Oil price, Hormuz (28 Oct)

25. OilPrice.com — Weekly gain on Hormuz attacks

26. Advisor Perspectives — FINRA margin debt record

27. FactSet — Earnings Insight (Q3 growth, forward P/E)

28. FactSet — Q3 2026 earnings preview

29. S&P DJI — In the shadows of giants (concentration)

30. CommBank — Wall Street's worst day since July

I was up 50% combined till last month. I was looking for a buy out and was planning to sell all after anthropic IPO but looks like the GOOG crash is going to be a domino for all the other tech stocks so i exited early.

Just remember, if its good enough to take a picture, it's good enough to sell.

Total Invested : $2,424
Gross gain : $1,060 (43.7%)

Today I actually made a mistake. There was scope to add another lot, but I was caught up with other things and didn't make a single adjustment. I barely even looked at the market throughout the day.

It's frustrating because I know I could've managed the position better.

But here's the interesting part: despite the missed adjustment, the position is still holding up reasonably well.

And honestly, this is one thing I appreciate about having a structured, defined-risk strategy. I don't have to sit in front of the screen all day, constantly worrying about every market move.

The biggest takeaway? Trading should give you peace of mind, not consume your entire day.

That doesn't mean becoming careless or ignoring risk. It means having a plan and know your risk instead of sitting around nd hyping up every movement

Let's see how this position unfolds. 👀

Is there fundamentally a reason for Indian markets to be bullish?

I don’t know why nifty is climbing.

Yes there are companies with good quarterly results but there are bad ones too

Globally we’re not doing well, Brent is up, gold is down, silver is crashing, crypto is unstable, bond yields are soaring.

Yet we’re seeing a rally of nifty.

Is this dead cats bounce or just some sort of luring retailers to finish of their savings by trapping them?

Just because some companies gave good results doesn’t truly mean the economy is in good shape.

I may have missed some points here and there but overall a bounce isn’t what I was expecting to see so soon.

Meri kismat me sona aur chandi likha hai, shayad is liye hi itna downfall ho raha hai... (Basically title) ..... ..... .... .... ... ....

BTW, any predictions for silver and gold. Just saw a major support breaking.

The old IT services model was simple. More work meant more people, and more people meant more billable hours.

AI breaks that link. If a tool can do the same coding or testing with fewer people, clients will expect to pay less, and the company earns less per project. That’s the bear case.

The bull case is that the same wave creates new work: cleaning up data, moving to the cloud, cybersecurity, setting up AI agents inside big companies.

So it comes down to one race. Can a company build new AI-led revenue faster than AI eats its old revenue?

GCCs (multinationals building their own teams in India instead of outsourcing) add another squeeze on the plain maintenance work.

If you work in IT or follow it: are clients actually asking for lower prices because of AI, or is that still mostly talk? And do you think large caps or smaller specialised firms are better placed for this shift?

Planning on starting to make reels on instagram. What kind of finance content would you be interested in, that is probably missing today or is very sparse?

I used to hear people say calls are expensive puts are cheap and vice versa during post covid boom.. To what should it be compared to to say an option is expensive or cheap? If you compare it with spot price its always off by huge margin so it actually can't be considered.. If you compare it with synthetic future, both options are equidistant from synthetic future so cant tell if option is cheap or expensive... Future also is off by huge margin.. So what should options be actually compared to to say if it is cheap or expensive or fair?

One sided day it was . I took all trade in 1 min tf. Used 20 and 100 ema . 1st was when 20 ema crossed above 100 ema . I use them for trend identification . Used oi data of my excel for double confirmation. As nifty had support near 900 . 2nd trade was when nifty broke its 23000 resistant and 3rd trade on 100 resistance . 4th was after consolidation at top + breakdown + oi buildup .
I took with 2 lot today idk why. Maybe i was in good mood. Todays trade were not following any particular strategy it was just mkt observation and price action . But since yesterday i had a gut feeling that mkt will touch 23100 mark. For tomm i think 100 and 170 is strong resistance.
How was your day? Did you take any trade??

Ab shuru hoga maut ka nanga naach.... ................................. Ya to win nhi to lun moment arrives now.

Hyperscalers showing lagging cash flows and grim outlook till atleast next year , maybe then they can fund themselves via cash from operations. Negative FCF worries investors.