How I Lost ₹1 Lakh… and Made It Back with a Simple Strategy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
There’s something about the first big loss that never leaves you.
Mine was a neat ₹1 Lakh — gone in a matter of days. No scam. No leverage. Just classic overconfidence.
📉 The Setup I had been dabbling in stocks for about a year. Enough wins to feel “smart,” but not enough mistakes to know I wasn’t. So when a hot midcap stock I’d been tracking dipped 10%, I thought: “This is the perfect time to buy the dip.”
I didn’t look at broader market trends. I didn’t check support levels. I didn’t even think about the company’s fundamentals — just vibes.
I bought at ₹720. It dropped to ₹630. I added more. It fell to ₹560. Panic kicked in at ₹510. I sold.
That stock eventually went to ₹440 before recovering a year later. But by then, I was long gone — and ₹1 Lakh lighter.
🤯 What That Loss Taught Me Losing money hurts. But losing it because of your own ignorance? That stings more.
That loss made me realize I had no system. I wasn’t investing — I was guessing. I needed a framework to tell me not just what to buy, but when.
✅ The Simple Rule That Changed Everything I stumbled across a strategy used by some disciplined investors: “Only buy high quality stocks when they’re below their 200-day moving average (DMA).”
Sounds boring, right? That’s the point.
The 200 DMA is like a lie detector for hype. If a stock is trading below it, odds are that the froth is gone — and it’s finally in value zone.
Here's what changed when I applied this:
No more FOMO buying after headlines
No more chasing green candles
More patience, less panic
Better entries, and better exits
In fact, the same stock I lost ₹1 Lakh on? I tracked it for months after. It dipped under its 200 DMA, stabilized, and gave a quiet +25% return in six months. This time, I waited. I bought low. I made it back.
🛠️ What You Can Do Today If you’ve felt the pain of buying high and selling low, try this:
Open your watchlist and see which stocks are trading below their 200 DMA.
Don’t buy yet — study how they behave over the next 2–3 weeks.
Build the habit of looking at the 200 DMA before every entry. Treat it like a green signal.
You don’t need complex tools or insider tips. Just a rule that saves you from yourself.
💬 Over to You Have you made a similar mistake in the markets? What lesson did it teach you?
Hit reply and tell me. I’ll share some of your stories (with permission) in the next issue — because we learn faster when we learn together.
🔜 Coming Up Next In the next post, I’ll show you free tools I use to screen undervalued stocks — even when the market’s overheated.
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How I Lost ₹1 Lakh… and Made It Back with a Simple Strategy
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There’s something about the first big loss that never leaves you.
Mine was a neat ₹1 Lakh — gone in a matter of days.
No scam. No leverage. Just classic overconfidence.
📉 The Setup
I had been dabbling in stocks for about a year. Enough wins to feel “smart,” but not enough mistakes to know I wasn’t. So when a hot midcap stock I’d been tracking dipped 10%, I thought: “This is the perfect time to buy the dip.”
I didn’t look at broader market trends.
I didn’t check support levels.
I didn’t even think about the company’s fundamentals — just vibes.
I bought at ₹720.
It dropped to ₹630.
I added more.
It fell to ₹560.
Panic kicked in at ₹510. I sold.
That stock eventually went to ₹440 before recovering a year later.
But by then, I was long gone — and ₹1 Lakh lighter.
🤯 What That Loss Taught Me
Losing money hurts. But losing it because of your own ignorance? That stings more.
That loss made me realize I had no system. I wasn’t investing — I was guessing.
I needed a framework to tell me not just what to buy, but when.
✅ The Simple Rule That Changed Everything
I stumbled across a strategy used by some disciplined investors:
“Only buy high quality stocks when they’re below their 200-day moving average (DMA).”
Sounds boring, right?
That’s the point.
The 200 DMA is like a lie detector for hype. If a stock is trading below it, odds are that the froth is gone — and it’s finally in value zone.
Here's what changed when I applied this:
No more FOMO buying after headlines
No more chasing green candles
More patience, less panic
Better entries, and better exits
In fact, the same stock I lost ₹1 Lakh on?
I tracked it for months after. It dipped under its 200 DMA, stabilized, and gave a quiet +25% return in six months. This time, I waited. I bought low. I made it back.
🛠️ What You Can Do Today
If you’ve felt the pain of buying high and selling low, try this:
Open your watchlist and see which stocks are trading below their 200 DMA.
Don’t buy yet — study how they behave over the next 2–3 weeks.
Build the habit of looking at the 200 DMA before every entry. Treat it like a green signal.
You don’t need complex tools or insider tips.
Just a rule that saves you from yourself.
💬 Over to You
Have you made a similar mistake in the markets?
What lesson did it teach you?
Hit reply and tell me. I’ll share some of your stories (with permission) in the next issue — because we learn faster when we learn together.
🔜 Coming Up Next
In the next post, I’ll show you free tools I use to screen undervalued stocks — even when the market’s overheated.
Make sure you're subscribed so you don’t miss it.
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