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title: 'Intraday Trading Tips for Beginners'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=sezb-jlD4kM'
video_id: 'sezb-jlD4kM'
date: 2026-08-28
duration_sec: 749
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# Intraday Trading Tips for Beginners

> Source: [Intraday Trading Tips for Beginners](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sezb-jlD4kM)

## Summary

This video presents a systematic approach to intraday trading, focusing on identifying trends, marking support and resistance levels, and using options strategies to capitalize on market movements. The presenter emphasizes the importance of patience, rule-based trading, and confirming signals with futures open interest and Dow Theory.

### Key Points

- **Identifying Trends and Levels** [00:45] — The first step is to identify the trend (up, down, or sideways) and mark horizontal support and resistance levels. This forms the basis for all trading decisions.
- **Dow Theory and Open Interest** [01:32] — The presenter explains the concept of Dow Theory: if the market goes up, futures open interest should be higher; if it goes down, open interest should be higher on the short side. This confirms the trend.
- **Stable Market and Position Entry** [02:13] — A 'floating candle' formation above or below a level indicates market stability. Once stable, a position can be taken in that range. If the market is not stable, avoid trading.
- **Options Strategy Based on Trend** [03:26] — If the trend is up, buy call options at strike prices like 200, 250, or 300. If the trend is down, buy put options or sell call options at similar strikes. The choice depends on the market's position relative to these levels.
- **Target Achievement and Profit Booking** [04:16] — Targets are set at support/resistance levels (e.g., target one at 23208). When the target is reached, book at least 50% of the position to lock in profits, as the market may reverse.
- **Rule 2: Book 50% at Target** [05:24] — Rule 2 states that when the sell-off target is reached, immediately take a minimum of 50% off the position and close. Do not take a large fresh position at the target.
- **Neutral Zone and Patience** [07:29] — After achieving targets, the market may enter a neutral zone. The presenter advises patience and not rushing to close positions, as the market can move either way.
- **Failure Low and Confirmation** [10:18] — A 'failure low' occurs when the market retests a low but does not form a floating candle. In such cases, do not take a position. Confirmation is key.
- **Open Interest as a Filter** [11:15] — If futures open interest does not increase to a large level, do not take a position. High open interest confirms the strength of the move.
- **Patience and Hedging** [11:42] — The market is like playing chess—be patient and hedge your positions when the trend is unclear. Do not be in a hurry.

### Conclusion

Successful intraday trading requires a disciplined approach: identify the trend, confirm with open interest and Dow Theory, enter only on stable signals, and book profits at targets. Patience and rule-following are paramount.

## Transcript

Hello everyone, so we have found our first trend in terms of the market, so we have found our first trend in terms of the trend trend
Horizontal lines can be marked. So We have found the trend, sideways short covering, and then we have found the levels. Then we have seen the highs and lows that can be at these levels. We have seen
What have I done now? R1 is above the buy, Now we are not going to trade between these two. If the buy trend is stable above, we will trade below the
sell. If the sell trend is stable below, we will trade below the sell. Let's see if it becomes stable. Now if it becomes stable, we Otherwise, when the market goes down, futures open interest should be
the market goes up, futures open interest should be higher. That is, the concept of this is the Dow Theory. interest should be higher. That is, the concept of this is the Dow Theory. on long. If an uptrend is going to happen, then we
market goes up, the price can go up without touching the high, we reset and failure high is like that. For a downtrend, the market can go down, the price can go down, the price can go
downtrend, the market can go down, the price can go down, the price can go can take that as our stable. This type of floating candle form is formed either above the low or below the low. In such a case,  We can
take that market that has become stable and make a position in that respective range. But another type is that when the market is going up or down, or
our future open interest thing is that when the cell comes down, there are 23252 ranges. So when you buy a put, you
buy a 300 put. Let's look at those ranges. 200, 300, 250. We can buy whichever of these three puts we want. If not, 200, 300, 350. We can make a sell order. We should not
lose too much water from the market. If the market is at 250 now, you can buy 250, 300.  200 is the very out of the money, it is very Hindi money, both are wrong. Hindi money, both are wrong. So, at 250, the market
is below 252. So, one, you can sell a call option at 250, or buy a put option at 250. 50. You can buy a put option at 200 or sell a call option at 200 or buy a put option at 300 or sell a call option at 300.
Similarly, if the trend is up, if the trend is up, you 200, 250, 300. Buy one of these three call options. Similarly, if it is not like that, if
the option is selling, above the breakout, we should not
interest increases, we can take our position. If not, we can take our position. If not, we
next target, the next target. All of this is what we have marked here. We were just talking about it. Now the selfie is stable below and is almost moving towards target one. As for target one,
for target one, 23208 is target one on the down side, that is, support one. In such a case, there is case, there is
no need for the market to reach 23208. Even if the market reaches 202, even if the market reaches 212, that is the target achiever.  There and 8, the 2 that can be above it is 212, then if the market reverses,
212, then if the market reverses, then we close our positions at 212, which is
position has stabilized and we have achieved a target. We could have bought 250 and sold it, or we could have bought 250 put, or we could have bought 200 put, We could have bought 250 and sold it, or we could have bought 250 put, or we could have bought 200 put, 200 put, 300 put, or we could have sold 200 put, 300 put, whatever we did, we have made a
good profit at this time. The target has come, at least 50%, so at this point we should close it, and the target is 50%, so this is our  One, we need to close at this point. So, at 9:30 in the morning, we
calculate our levels. The market has reached the sell-off level and achieved the sell-off target. We market has reached the sell-off level and achieved the sell-off target. We book a little profit at the sell-off target. Rule 2 clearly states that the
market has a chance to go up from the sell-off target and a chance to go down. So, when the sell-off target is reached, chance to go up from the sell-off target and a chance to go down. So, when the sell-off target is reached, we immediately take a minimum of 50% off the position and close. We should not
take a large fresh position at the sell-off target. We should not below the sell-off level and achieved the sell-off target. From there, the stable in the bearish direction.
That is very important. So far, as far as our other day is concerned, we have far, as far as our other day is concerned, we have Similarly, we have stabilized above the buy price and achieved target one.
target one, which is half the profit. That is rule half the profit. That is rule 2. So far, there has been no confusion in the market.
I think we will get an idea of ​​how the market is handling it. We can discuss many scenarios to and target one above the buy price and are now trading in the neutral zone. Further, we should
below the sell signal, so we have been looking at important places in our day. We have seen a target important places in our day. We have seen a target
above the buy signal, below the buy signal, below the sell  Just you know that the market stabilized on the upside and then went down.
The market stabilized again and went to the neutral zone. We We only took the edges. Don't rush and close your position. Now the market can't touch the upside line.
very important. If the downside stabilizes below, we make a put bid. Or we make a morning make a put bid. Or we make a morning
rush and close your position. Now the market we can see it moving towards the target again. So hurry up.
failure on low should happen. That's bulls retest the line and touch this low. If it doesn't form on any floating candlestick,
then we shouldn't take this as our stabilizer. We shouldn't take a position at this point. We shouldn't take a position. So
market. This is resistance one, this is support one, this is support two, this is support three. Above resistance one, all of this is triggering. Here, everything is not stabilized anywhere. We shouldn't take a
open interest futures open interest is very high. A floating candle forms, so we can take a position, or we can take a position, but if we so we can take a position, or we can take a position, but if we
why are we doing this graph? We open interest does not increase to a large level, then we should not take a position at that point. We achieve
that point. We achieve our target one and target two below the support. you see the graph of Bank Nifty on this side, this is support one below this,
a floating candle forms here in the market, so close it immediately. Because if the bearish trend goes above the resistance, it means that the direction will change. At this point, we should be patient and hedge
our weight. The market will automatically need to be very patient in the market and at the same time, we should not be in a hurry. Does the
like playing chess. Okay, here it's black and white. Bulls and decide to move the market up and move the
Both of them will play at these levels. We find our pivot points at these levels. We look at
to confirm the trend of the market. We look at both theory and futures, so if you move within that very easy to manipulate the market.