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Learn the Indian stock market

Concept-first lessons. Start with the foundations, move into the two main analytical lenses (technical and fundamental), then explore the practical topics that come up once you start investing in India. Each lesson stays general — we deliberately do not recommend specific securities.

Foundations

1 · Stock market basics

Shares, NSE/BSE/SEBI, indices, order types, T+1 settlement, demat & broker accounts.

2 · Mutual funds & ETFs

SIPs, AMCs, expense ratio, SEBI fund categories, active vs passive, ETFs and index funds.

3 · IPOs explained

DRHP/RHP, book-building, anchor investors, allotment, listing day mechanics.

The two analytical lenses

Technical analysis

Candlesticks, trend & support/resistance, moving averages, RSI/MACD/Bollinger, volume, common patterns.

Fundamental analysis

Reading an annual report, P&L vs balance sheet vs cash flow, key ratios, qualitative factors.

Practical & mindset

Risk management basics

Position sizing, diversification, drawdowns, the difference between risk capacity and risk tolerance.

Indian equity taxation

STCG, LTCG (with grandfathering), STT, dividend tax, buybacks. Plain-English overview, not tax advice.

Behavioural biases

Loss aversion, anchoring, recency, herding — the cognitive traps that quietly hurt portfolios.

Glossary

Plain-English definitions for the terms you'll see everywhere in Indian market commentary.

More lessons coming. Have a topic you'd like covered? Tell us via the enquiry form.