Learn Intraday Trading

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Everything here is the same methodology Artha's own system trades on paper every day — with a public track record that includes the losses. No secrets, no "premium course" upsell on the basics. The basics are the edge.

The strategy

• Opening Range Breakout (ORB): The Complete Guide for Indian Markets

  The 15-minute range, why raw ORB loses money, and the seven filters that separate real breakouts from traps. Start here.

• Volume Confirmation: How to Filter False Breakouts

  The 1.5× volume rule, the two-factor confirmation checklist, and three volume traps that fool beginners.

• VWAP Intraday Trading Strategy for Indian Markets

  What VWAP really measures, why institutions benchmark to it, and how to use it as a trend filter and breakout confluence — plus the traps.

• The Best Time for Intraday Trading in India

  The four phases of the NSE session — the prime window, the chop zone, and why no-trade hours are a position.

• False Breakouts: How to Identify a Fake Breakout Before It Hits Your Stop

  Why stop-hunts happen, the wick-vs-body-close test, the both-sides-broken rule, and a five-row pre-entry checklist.

• Don't Chase a Breakout: Why a Late Entry Ruins the Risk:Reward

  The math of R:R decay after a breakout has run, a worked example, and three ways to avoid paying up for a late entry.

Risk management (the part that decides who survives)

• Why 7 in 10 Intraday Traders Lose Money — SEBI's Data Explained

  The regulator's own numbers on millions of accounts, and the five mechanical reasons behind them.

• Position Sizing: The 1% Rule Explained

  The one-sentence rule that keeps accounts alive, worked through in rupees, plus the math of losing streaks.

• Where to Place Your Stop Loss on Breakout Trades

  Structural stops: below the breakout candle vs the range midpoint, why percentage stops fail, and the three deadly stop behaviours.

• What Is R in Trading? R-Multiples Explained With Examples

  What "+1.4R" means, why rupee P&L screenshots mislead, expectancy in one formula, and why honest records are published in R.

• The Daily Loss Limit: A Circuit Breaker for Your Trading Day

  Blowups happen in one afternoon, not one trade. The 2–3R cap, the recovery math, and why the limit must be mechanical, not willpower.

• How Much Money Do You Need to Start Intraday Trading in India?

  No legal minimum — but a real practical one set by the 1% rule and costs. The math behind a survivable starting capital, worked in rupees.

Practice & proof (before real money)

• Paper Trading Before Real Money: How to Practice Properly

  The five rules of honest simulation, what a demo can and can't teach, and the graduation checklist before risking real capital.

• How to Read a Trading Track Record (and Spot a Fake One)

  Why "90% accuracy" can lose money, the seven things a real record must show, and a 60-second audit for any signal service.

Free tools

• Position Size Calculator

  Capital, entry, stop → exact quantity for 1% risk, with realistic intraday cost estimates. No login.