What Do We Actually Know About FII Index Futures Shorts?

FIIs have been net short Nifty futures for 333 straight sessions and traders are nervous. Here is what the...
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5 min read

NIFTY Market Profile Outlook: Sellers Remain in Control, but the Auction Is Approaching an Important Decision Zone

NIFTY Futures remains in a seller-controlled auction, with Market Profile showing lower value development and dominant short-term sellers around...
Rajandran R
6 min read

Market Profile and Slow-Rising Markets: How to Trade a Grinding Rally

Learn how market profile explains slow-rising markets, rising value, poor highs, falling India VIX, and short covering in the...
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7 min read

Nifty Market Profile Outlook: Failed Auction at 24050 Keeps the Upside Magnet Alive

Nifty has been in a short-term downtrend since 29th May, led by strong institutional selling and a failed auction...
Rajandran R
3 min read
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Why Overhype Gets Attention and Why You Should Avoid It

Social media rewards fear, urgency, outrage, and exaggerated promises because emotion drives engagement. But overhype may win attention today while slowly...
Rajandran R
3 min read
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Why Every Trader Should Learn Partial Derivatives

Partial derivatives are the foundation of modern options trading, quantitative finance, and algorithmic trading. Learn how concepts like Delta, Gamma, Theta,...
Rajandran R
3 min read
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Understanding Telegraphic Transfer for International Investments

If you have ever invested in global stocks through platforms like INDmoney, Vested Finance, Stockal, or Fi Money, you may have...
Rajandran R
2 min read
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Introduction to Nautilus Trader Part 2: Position Sizing, Order Types, Backtest Settings and Tearsheets

Part 2 of our Nautilus Trader series: position sizing, market, limit and stop orders, the backtest settings that move results, and...
Rajandran R
15 min read
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Introduction to Nautilus Trader Part 1: Architecture and Event-Driven Backtesting with OpenAlgo

New to Nautilus Trader? Learn its event-driven architecture, how orders fill in a backtest, and how to backtest an NSE strategy...
Rajandran R
16 min read
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Python Tutorial on Span Margin Calculator using Marginism

Marginism is a Python library that removes that dependency completely. You give it the exchange's daily SPAN risk parameter file and...
Rajandran R
17 min read
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Building a Simple ORB Strategy Visualization with Stop Loss and Target Using OpenAlgo – Python Tutorial

Build a Python ORB strategy visualizer with OpenAlgo: fetch 1-minute data, compute opening range levels, add stop loss and target logic,...
Rajandran R
9 min read
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What Traders Should Know About PyO3: When Rust Makes Your Python Faster

A thin PyO3 wrapper is a small layer of Python-friendly code sitting on top of high-performance Rust functions, letting you call...
Rajandran R
3 min read
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Setting Up a New Mac Mini with Python 3.14 using Homebrew

Learn how to set up a new Mac Mini for Python development using Homebrew. This step-by-step guide covers installing Python 3.14,...
Rajandran R
3 min read
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Event Driven Backtesting and Event Loops for Traders

Event driven backtesting simulates trading the way markets actually work. Instead of calculating everything at once, it processes events step by...
Rajandran R
2 min read
Candlestick chart with structure-break arrows and a teal fair value gap zone: Smart Money Concepts in Python

Smart Money Concepts (SMC) Structures and FVG: A Python Tutorial

Smart Money Concepts (SMC) is one of the most widely discussed price action frameworks in modern trading. Unlike traditional technical analysis…
Rajandran R
14 min read

Gradient-Colored Trend Filter (2-Pole) for AmiBroker

The Gradient Colored Trend Filter (2-Pole) brings BigBeluga’s trend-smoothing concept to AmiBroker, giving traders a clear and intuitive way...
Rajandran R
5 min read

How to View Screener Fundamentals Directly Inside Amibroker

Most traders depend on charts to make decisions, but a quick look at fundamentals often shapes the final conviction....
Rajandran R
4 min read

What Is Look-Ahead Bias – Amibroker Tutorial

When you backtest a trading strategy, it’s tempting to use the closing price to make decisions. But doing that can...
Rajandran R
1 min read

AmiBroker 7.00 BETA Is Now an AI-Powered Coding Assistant

AmiBroker 7.00.0 BETA introduces a notable shift in how traders can work with AFL (AmiBroker Formula Language), thanks to...
Rajandran R
1 min read

Why Exact Reference Levels Can Reveal Short-Term Traders – Market Profile Tutorial

Exact reference levels can reveal more than simple support or resistance. By observing how price reacts around previous highs,...
Rajandran R
7 min read

What Does POC Migration Mean? – Market Profile Tutorial

The Point of Control is the price at which the most trading activity has taken place during a session,...
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2 min read

Short in the Hole & Late Momentum Trading: How Nifty Trapped the Bears Twice

On both 5th and 6th May, Nifty short-term traders pressed the sell side aggressively in the morning, only to...
Rajandran R
5 min read

Understanding Point of Control (POC) and Prominent Point of Control (PPOC)

The Point of Control (POC) is the fairest price at which business is being conducted. But what happens when...
Rajandran R
4 min read

How to Draw Gap Zones in TradingView Pine Script

Gaps are one of the cleanest visual signals in price action. A gap forms when today's price range does...
Rajandran R
7 min read

The 10-Point Trend Ignition System – Tradingview Pinescript code

A 10-point tradingview pinescript trend ignition system that catches market momentum before conventional indicators do. Uses statistical anomaly detection,...
Rajandran R
12 min read

Building an RRG Clone: A Real-World Test of Claude Sonnet 4.5’s Coding Capabilities

I recently challenged Claude Sonnet 4.5, Anthropic's most advanced model for coding and real-world agents, with what seemed like...
Rajandran R
15 min read

OpenAlgo Charts: Open Source Charting Platform and Trading Terminal You Can Build On

OpenAlgo Charts is a free and open source charting engine and trading terminal with 102 indicators, 85 drawing tools,...
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4 min read

How I Got a Static IP from ACT Broadband for SEBI Compliance to run Algo Trading Systems

If you are an algo trading user trying to adapt to SEBI’s static IP requirement, getting a static IP...
Rajandran R
5 min read

We Built OpenAlgo for 2 Years. Today It Crossed 100,000 Downloads.

We spent two years building OpenAlgo as an open source, self hostable algorithmic trading infrastructure. Today it has crossed...
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2 min read

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Gold-Oil Ratio Near Crisis Levels: What Does It Mean for Markets?

The Gold-Oil Ratio has once again surged to historically high levels, currently sitting at 44.05, an alarming signal reminiscent of past...
Rajandran R
2 min read

Paytm UPI Trading Blocks Feature for Modern Investors

Paytm, operated by One 97 Communications Limited, has recently introduced a feature known as UPI Trading Blocks. This innovation, launched as...
Rajandran R
3 min read

March 2025: Market Profile Analysis and State of the Market

March 2025 has kicked off with heightened volatility, driven by global trade tensions, macroeconomic shifts, and technical exhaustion signals in major...
Rajandran R
1 min read

DuckDB Tutorial for Traders: A Python Guide

For traders dealing with large datasets, the ability to efficiently analyze and manipulate data is crucial. DuckDB is an in-memory, columnar...
Rajandran R
11 min read

Diffusion-Based LLMs: A New Era in Language Modeling

The field of large language models (LLMs) is undergoing a revolutionary transformation with the introduction of diffusion-based models, breaking away from...
Rajandran R
2 min read
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N8N Algo Trading Workflow Automation using OpenAlgo

Are you a trader looking to automate your strategies, but intimidated by complex coding? Do you wish you could easily trigger...
Rajandran R
4 min read

Understanding Look-Ahead Bias and How to Avoid It in Trading Strategies

In quantitative finance and algorithmic trading, look-ahead bias is one of the most common pitfalls that can cause a trading strategy...
Rajandran R
6 min read

Will AI Take Away Jobs? Or Will It Help Us Build Bigger Things?

Every time a new technology emerges, there’s panic. “Will AI replace me?” “Will jobs disappear?” I don’t think so. AI and automation don’t...
Rajandran R
1 min read

How Margin Trading Facility (MTF) Works in Indian Markets

If you’re looking to amplify your investment capacity in the Indian stock market, the Margin Trading Facility (MTF) might catch your...
Rajandran R
5 min read

A Simple Guide to Using Fyers TBT Feed via Websocket – Python Tutorial

Fyers has always pushed the envelope in delivering cutting-edge market data, and their new Tick-by-Tick (TBT) feed is no exception. In...
Rajandran R
27 min read

WebSocket Tutorial for Traders and Python Developers

If you’re a developer building tools for traders, or dabbling in algo trading yourself, you know speed is king. A half-second...
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4 min read
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How to Get a Static IP in India for Algo Trading Compliance

SEBI’s 2025 Regulations for Retail Algo Trading introduce new compliance measures, including the mandatory use of a static IP address for...
Rajandran R
3 min read