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About Breakout-Trader

Breakout-Trader is a stock market education blog written for people who are starting out — the ones staring at a chart for the first time wondering what all the lines mean.

Everything here is written from the perspective of someone who learned this the slow, expensive way.

Who writes this blog

My name is Jithesh Shetty. I am a software engineer by training and an active trader in Indian equity markets, based in Maharashtra, India.

I placed my first trade around 2006, using someone else's account, with no idea what I was doing. I lost money for years. I quit the market entirely for a stretch, came back in 2015, and then lost my capital again in Futures & Options in 2017 because I had ambition without preparation.

What followed was roughly four years of studying charts almost daily before anything started working. That period — not the profitable years afterwards — is where most of what I write about comes from.

The full version of that story, including the specific trades and stocks that went wrong, is here: My Trading Journey (2006–2025).

What this blog covers

  • Price action — candlestick patterns, chart patterns, support and resistance, trendlines
  • Indicators — RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, and how to use them without over-relying on them
  • Trading psychology — why most beginners lose, and what actually changes
  • Risk management — position sizing, stop losses, and surviving long enough to improve

The focus is Indian equity markets — NSE and BSE — though most of the concepts apply anywhere.

What this blog is not

I do not give buy or sell calls. I do not run a paid tips group, a Telegram channel, or a signal service. I am not a SEBI-registered investment adviser, and nothing here should be read as personalised financial advice.

If you are looking for someone to tell you which stock to buy tomorrow, this is the wrong site. If you want to understand why a chart looks the way it does so you can make that decision yourself, you are in the right place.

Good places to start

Get in touch

Questions, corrections, or suggestions for topics are welcome. You can reach me through the contact page.

If you spot an error in anything I have written, please tell me. I would rather fix it than leave it up.

Disclaimer: All content on Breakout-Trader is for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security. I am not a SEBI-registered investment adviser. Trading in equities and derivatives involves substantial risk of loss. Please consult a SEBI-registered adviser before making any financial decision. See the full disclaimer.

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