Sonith ManakkatTrading explained
A nine-part, picture-led explainer of how markets, orders, intraday trading, options, risk and automated trading systems work. General education only, not investment advice.
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General education about how trading works and how trading software is built. Nothing here is advice, a recommendation or a promise of any result.
How markets work, in plain words
A market is a meeting place for buyers and sellers. This part explains exchanges, brokers, the order book, the bid-ask spread, how a trade happens, settlement and liquidity, with pictures.
Order types and the life of an order
Market, limit, stop and stop-limit orders explained with illustrative numbers, plus the life of an order from creation to fill or cancel, partial fills, rejections and slippage.
Intraday trading explained
What intraday trading means, how square-off, leverage and margin work, why costs and time pressure matter, and a plain statement of the risks. General education, not advice.
Options explained for beginners
What calls and puts are, how strike, expiry and premium fit together, what an option is worth at expiry, and why buyers and sellers face very different risks. Illustrative numbers only.
The Greeks and implied volatility in plain words
Delta, gamma, theta, vega and rho are the dials that show how an option's price tends to react. Implied volatility is the market's uncertainty expressed as one number. Illustrative values only.
Shares, futures and options compared
What you own or owe with a share, a futures contract and an option, how leverage and expiry change the risk, and why derivatives exist at all. Illustrative examples only.
Risk management basics
Why the first question is how much could be lost, and how position size, stop limits, drawdown, diversification and pre-order checks work. General education only.
How an automated trading platform is built
A generic tour of the parts of an automated trading system: data, decisions, an abstention gate, risk checks, an order state machine, an operator console, and safeguards.
Common mistakes and myths
Picture cards for common myths, plain explanations of over-leverage, emotional trading, overfitting and other biases, scam red flags, and habits that are education rather than advice.