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2022 — i lost ₹16 lakh in tata motors options despite being bullish at the right time I had followed Tata Motors for years and correctly believed the stock could see major movement. That confidence became dangerous. I bought short-dated options, chose aggressive strikes and kept increasing quantity whenever the trade moved against me. The stock story was not even the main problem; my timing and risk management were terrible. I lost around ₹16 lakh while still telling friends that my long-term view was correct. My brother finally said, "Being right later doesn't pay today's debt." That sentence ended my obsession with proving the market wrong.
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2018 — i lost ₹4 lakh and my boyfriend thought i was cheating I became secretive because I was trading constantly and hiding losses. I would leave rooms to take broker calls and delete messages from lenders. My boyfriend assumed there was another man. When he confronted me, I showed him the truth: around ₹4 lakh in losses and debt. He was relieved there was no affair but shocked by the financial secrecy. We eventually broke up because the trust damage remained.
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2013 — i lost my brother’s ₹5 lakh business capital My younger brother wanted to open a small shop and had saved ₹5 lakh. I convinced him to let me invest the money for six months because I believed a few mid-cap stocks were ready for a big move. I promised him I would protect the capital. The portfolio fell and I panicked into leveraged trades to recover. Most of the money disappeared. My brother had to delay his shop by two years. He eventually succeeded without my help, but he has never again discussed money with me.
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2023 — i lost ₹63 lakh in bank nifty and my father came to pick me up I had been trading from an office I rented specifically for F&O. My family thought I was running an online consulting business. In reality, I spent every day watching Bank Nifty charts and taking increasingly large positions. A sequence of bad expiry trades pushed my total loss beyond ₹63 lakh. One evening, after a particularly bad session, I switched off my phone and sat alone in the office for hours. A friend became worried and called my father. My father drove nearly 200 kilometres at night to get me. He...
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2025 — i lost ₹8.4 crore and almost every relative disappeared I had built a successful logistics business over fifteen years. My mistake was believing business success automatically made me a skilled trader. I started with large-cap stocks, then moved to pledged positions, futures and option selling. When losses came, I transferred more money from the business because I could not accept defeat. The combined damage crossed ₹8.4 crore. We sold land, two commercial units and several vehicles. Relatives who once asked me for investment advice stopped answering calls. One school friend, who had no money to offer, came every evening...
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2019 — i lost ₹1.1 crore and my wife moved out for six months My trading started as a hobby and became a secret second life. I pledged mutual funds, borrowed against property and traded stock futures. My wife knew I invested but had no idea about the leverage. When the loss crossed ₹1.1 crore, I finally confessed. She moved with our children to her parents' house because she no longer felt financially safe around me. We attended counselling and slowly rebuilt the relationship, but she returned only after I gave up sole control of major accounts.
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2013 — i am a daughter who lost my father’s ₹10 lakh retirement money My father retired from a government job and trusted me because I worked in finance. I suggested that instead of keeping everything in fixed deposits, we could earn better returns through stocks. Initially, I bought large companies, but slowly I started taking aggressive positions in mid caps because I wanted to show him impressive returns. The portfolio fell badly and I tried to recover through futures without telling him. By the time I confessed, around ₹10 lakh was gone. My father did not shout. He simply returned to doing part-time...
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2024 — i lost ₹1.8 crore in mid caps and then f&o recovery trades My portfolio first fell in several mid-cap positions. Instead of reducing risk, I tried to hedge and recover through index options. The hedge became speculation, and speculation became revenge trading. Total damage reached around ₹1.8 crore. My father's friend, a chartered accountant, helped separate actual investment losses from debts and taxes. Until then, I had been avoiding even looking at the complete number.
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2018 — i lost ₹7 lakh and lied to my husband for almost a year I started trading after watching videos about women creating independent income from home. I genuinely liked learning about markets, but I became impatient. Delivery investing felt too slow, so I moved into intraday trades and then options. I lost ₹7 lakh, including money from a joint savings account. For almost a year, I edited screenshots and gave false explanations whenever my husband asked about the balance. He eventually found out while preparing documents for a home loan. He was more shocked by the fake screenshots than the money. We stayed...
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2021 — i made money in adani stocks and thought every risk would work I bought a few Adani group stocks during a strong period and saw my portfolio rise faster than anything I had experienced before. That success changed my personality. I started borrowing against investments and taking concentrated positions because I believed I could identify momentum before everyone else. When volatility increased, I moved from delivery shares into options and futures. My total loss eventually reached ₹46 lakh. My wife had warned me repeatedly, but I called her negative and said she did not understand markets. After the loss, the first apology...
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2023 — i lost ₹1.3 crore and my son stopped asking for expensive things I was a businessman and my family lived comfortably. After a series of leveraged losses, I had to explain to my teenage son that our finances had changed. We sold our luxury car and moved him from an expensive international programme to a more affordable school arrangement. He never complained. In fact, he stopped asking for things completely. That broke me because I could see a child adjusting his dreams to his father's mistakes. My ₹1.3 crore loss changed more than our bank balance; it changed the way my son...
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2009 — my uncle lost everything and came to live with us My uncle had invested heavily during the boom years and also borrowed against property. When markets collapsed, he kept waiting for a quick recovery while interest continued building. Eventually, he sold his flat and closed his small business. He, my aunt and their two children moved into our house for nearly two years. I was young and did not understand the numbers, but I remember adults whispering at night. That experience is why I still get uncomfortable when someone says leverage is harmless if the company is good.
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2024 — ₹42 lakh gone in weekly options I was earning well from my business and thought ₹42 lakh was not a life-changing amount for me. Weekly options changed that perception. I started with ₹50,000 positions, then ₹5 lakh, then sometimes over ₹20 lakh exposure in a single day. One violent expiry session destroyed most of what I had built over years. I came home and told my wife everything. She cried, not because of the money, but because I had secretly mortgaged jewellery to maintain margin.
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2016 — my best friend lost his marriage savings because he trusted my stock tip I had made good money in a mid-cap stock and started behaving like an expert. My best friend was getting married the following year and had around ₹7 lakh saved. I convinced him to invest ₹5 lakh in another company because I had heard that a major announcement was coming. I told him the downside was limited. The announcement never came, the stock kept falling and we continued averaging. His ₹5 lakh became less than ₹2 lakh. He never demanded that I repay him, but his wedding had to be...
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2026 — i lost ₹1.7 crore trying to recover a ₹12 lakh loss My first serious loss was around ₹12 lakh in stock options. At that time, I had enough savings to absorb it and walk away. Instead, I became obsessed with returning my account to its previous high. I increased capital, pledged investments and started selling options with position sizes that made no sense for my net worth. Over the next eighteen months, the loss grew to approximately ₹1.7 crore. My father's closest friend, a retired businessman, finally sat with me and asked for every statement. He showed my father the truth...
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2012 — i lost ₹1.7 lakh and dropped out for a year I was a college student trading with money borrowed from classmates and a cousin. I thought I understood charts because I had watched hundreds of videos. Within months, I lost ₹1.7 lakh. I took a year away from college and worked in a call centre to repay everyone. My parents told relatives I had taken a break for health reasons because they were embarrassed. I eventually returned and graduated, but that one year changed my life.
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2014 — i lost ₹8 lakh in psu stocks and then doubled the damage in futures I believed several PSU companies were undervalued and bought aggressively. When the positions did not perform as expected, I moved into futures to recover faster. The original ₹8 lakh drawdown became nearly ₹17 lakh in total losses. My father had warned me not to use leverage, but I thought his thinking was outdated. Years later, I realized his simple rule was better than all my complicated strategies.
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What’s the biggest trading mistake you’ve ever made? I'll start with a common one. Many traders hold losing positions hoping they'll recover, only to watch the loss get bigger. Others exit winning trades too early because they're afraid of losing profits. Looking back, what's the one mistake that taught you the biggest lesson in trading? Could be stocks, options, futures, crypto—anything. Someone new might actually learn from your experience
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Importing external shares on groww Hi all, I recently imported my shares from another broker into the Groww app since I already use it for mutual funds and wanted to track everything in one place. However, I’m unable to properly analyze my portfolio. It doesn’t show details like sector allocation, large/mid/small-cap splits, average price, number of shares, invested amount per stock, total investment, profit, or XIRR. It only shows the current trading price and total value. Is this happening because these shares were imported and not originally traded on Groww, or could it be a...
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Trades today Nifty Futures IB is 200 points (22006–22806). Nifty is currently in an open auction within this range. There are good chances of failed auctions on the higher side. NF high is 23031F. A failed auction (FA) will be confirmed if Nifty Futures trades below 22806 again. If that happens, the IB range could extend 200 points lower, targeting 22606F. At the same time, Nifty Spot has a previous FA level at 22542 from yesterday, which is likely to be revisited within the next 5 sessions. Bank Nifty formed an abnormal...
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What am i doing wrong with my mutual fund investments? I’ve been investing in mutual funds for about a year now, but I’ve rarely seen my portfolio in profit. I understand that I’m investing for the long term, but it still makes me question whether I’m making the right financial decisions. At this point, I’m confused—Should I reconsider the funds I’ve selected, or just stay patient and see this as an opportunity to accumulate more units while the market is down? My profile: Age: 22 Profession: Software Developer Risk tolerance: Moderate to High Investment horizon: 15–20 years How I selected...
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Markets closed for 3 days – time to relax, recharge & reset Yo fellow traders, hope you’re all doing great! With the next 3 days of trading closed, it’s time to take a proper break. Let’s disconnect, relax, and recharge. We’ll catch up again on Sunday night for discussions. Until then, enjoy your holidays stress-free, even if you’re holding positions overnight. You’ve already made your decision, and there’s nothing more to do until Monday. So take it easy for now. See you all on Sunday night!
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Tried flexible position sizing in my trading bot, finally feels like i’m on the right path! Tried something from a paper I read a while back on flexible position sizing. Wasn't sure if this logic would work, but I decided to integrate it into my trading bot. As an Indian retail algo trader, I’m always looking for ways to make my strategies more robust. The idea was to adjust my position size based on market volatility and not just a fixed percentage of my capital. To my surprise, it significantly reduced my drawdowns during volatile sessions while still capturing good returns on calmer days. It’s early...
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