The TrueTrend Blog
Clear, data-backed writing on Indian and global markets — option structure, market regime, open interest and the ideas behind the platform. No tips, just understanding.
Option Delta Explained Simply: Premium Speed & Probability
Delta is an option's speed: how much premium moves for a 1-point move in the underlying, plus a rough probability read. A plain-English, beginner guide.
Bollinger Bands Explained in Full Detail
A beginner guide to Bollinger Bands: the 20-SMA middle line, the two-standard-deviation envelope, the squeeze, walking the band, %B and honest limits.
Head and Shoulders Pattern Explained
The three-peak head and shoulders pattern, the all-important neckline, the measured move, and an honest look at why its reputation is overstated.
Flag and Pennant Patterns Explained for Beginners
Flags and pennants are continuation patterns: a sharp pole, a brief pause, then often a move onward. Learn how they form, with clear illustrations.
Circuit Breakers and Price Bands Explained Simply
Why does a stock freeze at a price, or the whole market pause? Learn how price bands, upper and lower circuits, and market-wide halts work and why they exist.
What Is a Stock Exchange? NSE and BSE Explained
A stock exchange is the electronic matchmaker between buyers and sellers. Learn how order matching, clearing and settlement work, plus the roles of NSE and BSE.
Market Capitalisation: Large, Mid and Small Cap Explained
Market cap = share price times share count. Learn how the large, mid and small cap buckets work, what each size implies, and why share price alone misleads.
Trend Lines Explained: Drawing and Using Them
A trend line connects swing highs or lows to show a move's direction. How to draw one, what channels add, and what a trend-line break really means.
The Pre-Open Session Explained: How Markets Open
The 9:00 to 9:15 pre-open window finds one fair opening price. Learn its three phases, how equilibrium price discovery works, and why it exists.
What Are Derivatives? A Complete Beginner's Guide
A derivative borrows its value from an underlying asset. Learn why they exist, who uses them, and the four main types in plain language.
The Engulfing Candlestick Pattern Explained
What bullish and bearish engulfing candles are, why the second candle's size is the whole point, and the honest limits of reading them.
What Is a Dividend? How Companies Pay Shareholders
A dividend is a cash slice of profit paid to shareholders. Understand yield, the ex-date, and the payout-versus-reinvest choice with simple examples.
What Is a Stock? Shares and Ownership Explained
A stock is a slice of ownership in a real company. Learn why firms issue shares and the two ways owners profit: rising prices and dividends.
Support and Resistance Explained Simply
Support is a price floor, resistance a ceiling. Why these levels form, how chart readers use them, and how roles reverse when a level finally breaks.
Bull Market vs Bear Market: What They Really Mean
Bull means broadly rising and optimistic; bear means broadly falling and fearful. Learn the 20% rule of thumb and the crowd psychology behind each phase.
What Is Volume in Trading and Why It Matters
Volume is the crowd size behind every price. Learn what it measures, how it confirms or weakens a move, and why dry and heavy days differ.
What Are Candlestick Charts? A Beginner's Guide
Candlesticks pack the open, high, low and close into one symbol. Learn the body, the wicks, green vs red, and why traders prefer them to a line chart.
What Is Technical Analysis? A Plain-English Guide
Technical analysis is the study of price and volume to read how buyers and sellers behave. What it is, how it differs from fundamentals, and its honest limits.
How Do Stock Prices Move? Supply and Demand Explained
A stock price is just where a buyer and seller agree. See how the order book, supply and demand, and news triggers make prices move.
T+1 Settlement Explained: When Trades Actually Settle
Trade date versus settlement date, what India's T+1 cycle changed, and the day-by-day timeline of how shares and cash actually move.
What Is a Stock Market Index? Nifty and Sensex Explained
Nifty and Sensex are not companies — they are baskets. Learn what a stock market index is, how free-float weighting builds the number, and why it moves.
IV Crush Explained: Why Your Right Option Still Lost Value
You called the direction right and your option still lost money. IV crush — when implied volatility collapses after an event — is usually the reason why.
Expected Move: How Option Prices Show the Day's Likely Range
The expected move is the range option prices are pricing for the day. Learn the simple straddle shortcut to read it, with worked examples and the honest catch.
Moving Averages Explained: Meaning, Strategies and Reliability
A complete, plain-English guide to moving averages: what they mean, SMA vs EMA, how they help, whether they're reliable, and the famous strategies built on them.
Open Interest Explained: Why It Matters in F&O Trading
Open interest is one of the most powerful signals in options trading — and the hardest to track live. What OI is, why it matters, and how to actually use it.
Call Writing vs Put Writing: What Option Sellers Do
Call writing and put writing are how option sellers collect premium and build the walls you see on the Nifty and Bank Nifty option chain — with our scored data.
Open Interest (OI): How to Read It in Nifty and Bank Nifty
What open interest measures, how it differs from volume, and how to read OI walls on the Nifty and Bank Nifty option chain — with our own scored hit-rates.
Do Option "Walls" Actually Hold? What 500+ Scored Sessions Reveal
We scored 500+ Nifty & Bank Nifty sessions to test whether call walls, put walls and max pain actually hold — the data, including where they fail.
GIFT Nifty Explained: How Global Cues Set the Tone for Indian Markets
GIFT Nifty, the Dow, crude oil and the rupee all shape how Nifty opens — here's the simple morning checklist of global cues every Indian trader should read.