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Case studies with the numbers we are allowed to show, how the engine works, and what we got wrong. Posts open on blogs.fintrens.com.
Algo Trading in India (2026): The Complete Guide for Retail Investors
The 9,000-word pillar: legality, SEBI's framework, how to start step by step, strategies that suit Indian markets, the mistakes retail algo traders make, and the key numbers.
91% of India's F&O Traders Lost Money Last Year. ₹1.05 Lakh Crore Gone.
SEBI's own data: 91% of retail F&O traders lost money in FY25, ₹1.1 lakh each on average. Who profits, why millions keep opening accounts, and what discipline would change.
Your Backtest Said ₹4.2 Lakh Profit. The Market Took ₹80,000. Here's Exactly Why
Six biases that make a backtest lie — survivorship, look-ahead, overfitting, slippage, regime, decay — and what a bias-clean backtest actually looks like.
Your Company's ₹5 Lakh Health Cover Will Not Save You
Medical inflation at 14% a year against flat corporate cover: the gap, and what a household actually needs.
Gold at ₹1,59,000 and SIPs at ₹32,000 Crore a Month
The allocation mistakes investors make between gold and equity SIPs when both are at records.
₹12 Lakh, Zero Tax. The New Income Tax Regime
What the zero-tax headline hides, and when the old regime still wins.
The CIBIL Score Obsession India Has Built
Who the credit-score fixation serves, and what it does not tell you.
400% Interest, Morphed Photos, Fake Police Calls
Inside India's predatory loan-app crisis and how to spot one before you install it.
Why Most Fintech Apps Are Secretly Bad for Your Money
The incentives behind the apps on your phone, and what to use instead.
Oil at $118. ₹12 Lakh Crore Wiped Out Overnight
What an oil shock does to Indian markets, and whether rules or nerves handle it better.
The Rules Kicked In. Now What? India's Algo Trading Landscape After April 1
Static IPs, order tagging and empanelment are live. What changed for retail algo traders on day one.
SEBI's 2025–26 Reforms: What Every Indian Investor Must Know
The reforms that landed before the recovery, in one place.
SEBI Algo Trading Rules April 2026: What Every Retail Trader Must Know Before the Deadline
The compliance checklist retail algo traders needed before 1 April 2026.
From Chatbot to War Room: How Claude AI Helped Plan a Real War
AI in real-world strategic planning, and what it says about AI in trading.
How I Built My Own AI Chatbot Locally in 2026
A private, locally hosted assistant: why and how.
AI Can't Replace Everything — Why Some Tech Jobs Will Always Need Humans
Which roles survive automation, and why.
Why Your Option Selling Strategies Stopped Working in 2026
Weekly expiries, lot sizes, margins: the structural changes that retired a generation of option-selling rules.
Why Mathematics Must Replace "Intuition"
The case for quantitative decisions over gut feel, in trading and beyond.
Why I Trust an Algorithm with My Retirement — and Why You Probably Shouldn't Yet
A personal account of handing a rule set real money, with the caveats.
Is Your Strategy Failing? Why Old-School Indicators Are Lagging
Why classic indicators underperform in faster markets and what replaces them.
From Manual to Automated: A Practical Beginner's Roadmap to Algo Trading in India
Step by step from discretionary trading to a rule set you can trust.
The $250 Billion Shock: How Google Just Shattered Nvidia's AI Monopoly
A competitive shift in AI hardware and what it means for trading.
NSE Retail Algo Trading Rules Nov 2025: Static IP, Order Tagging, Compliance Guide
The technical compliance guide: static IPs, order tagging, what your broker will ask.
Is AI Stealing Tech Jobs? What's Really Happening in 2025
AI's actual impact on employment versus the fear.
How One Sub-Broker Scaled to ₹10 Cr AUM Using Firefly's Algo Discipline
A Pune sub-broker's move from emotional, manual management to rules his clients could read.