I started trading from my phone during office breaks. My first ₹20,000 profit felt bigger than my monthly salary, and I began imagining leaving my job. Soon I was trading weekly options with borrowed money and using credit cards for living expenses so my salary could go into the market.
At 25, I had around ₹11 lakh in losses and debt. I finally told my father during a video call and expected him to be furious. He came to my city the next weekend, took away nothing except my secrecy and helped me make a repayment plan. I kept my job and spent the next three years clearing the debt.