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In this episode, Dinesh Krola teaches his younger brother Arjun and viewers how much capital is actually needed to start trading. He argues that beginners overestimate capital requirements and should instead focus on building skill, starting with ₹5,000–₹10,000, and learning risk management and discipline before chasing profits.
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After learning how charts work, Arjun asks the common beginner question: how much money do you need to start trading? He guesses ₹5 lakh to ₹10 lakh is necessary.
Dinesh uses three persons: Person A with ₹10,000, Person B with ₹1 lakh, Person C with ₹10 lakh. All will still incur losses at the beginning because they lack trading skills.
Trading is not a game of capital. A beginner with ₹10 lakh or even ₹1 crore will lose money if they don't have skills. Skill must be developed before capital can grow.
Dinesh says he would not give his brother ₹1 lakh to trade. Instead, he would start trading with ₹10,000 so the beginner's first focus is on developing skill, not earning.
Many beginners believe they can rapidly grow a small capital like ₹10,000 into lakhs. Dinesh calls this a myth — without skill, small capital will simply be lost.
When beginners enter the market, they are excited by profit and immediately focus on earning. The most important thing, however, is learning the market first.
You don't take a car onto the main road before learning to drive. Similarly, you shouldn't put real money into the market before learning how buying, selling, stop loss, and targets work.
The safest way to start trading is with ₹5,000–₹10,000. On Delta Exchange, leverage up to 200X is available, but Dinesh recommends not going beyond 10X–25X.
If you don't even have ₹5,000–₹10,000, start with demo trading. Demo funds let you learn execution — how to place buy/sell orders, stop losses, and targets — without risking real money.
Discipline means following rules without breaking them. It takes time — around 20–21 days to 2–3 months of daily practice — to follow 90% of your trading rules consistently.
Beginners often ignore risk management because losing a small amount like ₹1,000 doesn't feel impactful. But managing risk by protecting capital is the only way to survive long-term in the market.
First, understand the market (charts, support/resistance, trendlines, EMAs, global scenarios). Second, focus on risk management to save capital. Third, build discipline to sustain yourself in the market.
Dinesh teases the next episode, which will explain what a stop loss is, how it protects capital, and why it's essential before entering a trade.
Trading success is not about starting with a big pile of money — it's about starting small (₹5,000–₹10,000), treating early losses as tuition, and building the three pillars of skill, discipline, and risk management. No amount of capital can replace those.
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What is the biggest myth beginners believe about trading capital?
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What is the biggest myth beginners believe about trading capital?
That a small capital like ₹10,000 can be quickly grown into a big fortune without proper skills.
04:24
According to the video, how much capital is enough to start trading?
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According to the video, how much capital is enough to start trading?
₹5,000 to ₹10,000 is more than enough.
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Why will beginners incur losses no matter how much capital they bring?
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Why will beginners incur losses no matter how much capital they bring?
Because they lack trading skills at the beginning.
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What leverage range does Dinesh recommend on Delta Exchange instead of 200X?
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What leverage range does Dinesh recommend on Delta Exchange instead of 200X?
10X, 15X, or maximum 25X leverage.
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What should someone do if they don't have even small capital to start trading?
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What should someone do if they don't have even small capital to start trading?
Start with demo trading to learn execution without risking real money.
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What three things should a beginner focus on?
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What three things should a beginner focus on?
Understanding the market, risk management, and building discipline.
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Why do beginners often neglect risk management when trading with small capital?
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Why do beginners often neglect risk management when trading with small capital?
Because losing a small amount like ₹1,000 doesn't feel impactful, so they don't bother managing the risk.
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What analogy does Dinesh use to explain the need to learn before trading?
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What analogy does Dinesh use to explain the need to learn before trading?
Learning to drive a car — you don't take it on the main road before learning the brakes, gears, and rules.
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How long does Dinesh say it takes to build trading discipline?
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How long does Dinesh say it takes to build trading discipline?
Following rules daily for 20–21 days to 2–3 months helps you follow 90% of them.
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What is risk management in trading according to the video?
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What is risk management in trading according to the video?
Managing, protecting, saving, and securing your capital from major losses.
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💡 Key Takeaways
Trading is not a game of capital
This reframes the entire beginner debate: skill, not money, determines whether a trader succeeds or fails.
02:44Learn before you risk money
The driving analogy makes the need for practice and education intuitive and memorable for absolute beginners.
08:29₹5,000–₹10,000 is the recommended starting capital
Gives a concrete, actionable number and warns against using extreme leverage, which is critical advice for new traders.
10:48Discipline is built over time, not overnight
Provides a realistic timeline (2–3 months) for forming trading habits, managing expectations.
13:57The beginner's real goals: learn, manage risk, build discipline
Summarizes the entire episode into a clear action framework that beginners can follow.
18:20Full Transcript
[00:06] In the last episode, we learned how the chart works. But when we finished that episode, one question came out on top that exactly when we want to start trading, how much capital do we need and everyone has the same question that
[00:19] how much capital do we need to start trading [music]. Well for those who don't know let me introduce myself to you. My name is Dinesh Krola. You know I am Stock Burner and we have started a very interesting series for you guys in
[00:31] which I am teaching trading from zero to my 17 year old brother whose name is Arjun, with the help of which he will be able to purchase his dream car i.e. POS 911 in the coming time, whether he will be his dream car i.e. POS 911 in the coming time, whether he will be able to do so or not, only
[00:43] learns and executes the things in the right way, then let us see what happens. Right, but this series is going to be I am teaching my brother, I will hardly be able to teach anyone at that level. So
[00:57] why not grab this opportunity? So that's why I have uploaded this series for you guys. So our topic today is that need for trading in the beginning? So I first ask the first question to brother. Brother,
[01:11] what do you think, when you see such profits for trading, then how much capital do you think you will need for trading? 10 lakh 5 lakh brother what is he saying, he started saying 10
[01:25] lakh 5 lakh, I feel he is talking about my capital, when my capital of 10, 20, 30 lakh is running in trade, then when he looks at me, he feels that if I have to work in trading and make money, then how much capital does he need, 5 lakh or 10 lakh
[01:37] or means that he needs a capital of around one lakh. I think you too must be feeling the same that we need so much capital only then we will be able to make money. But now let me tell you some realities about how much capital we will need for
[01:51] trading. Isn't it? Everybody thinks this. So I took three persons. Person A, So I took three persons. Person A, Person B, Person C. How much did Person A bring Person B, Person C. How much did Person A bring here? Capital of 10,000. Person
[02:04] B brought capital of Rs 1 lakh here. Person C brought capital of Rs 10 lakh. Now tell me what is the twist here? The twist is that Person A, Person B, Person C can
[02:18] bring as much capital as they want. No matter how much capital they bring, they will still incur losses in the beginning. And do you know why they would do this? What do you think? What would be the
[02:30] reason for the loss? That one brought 10,000, one brought 1 lakh, one brought 10 lakh. But they will incur losses in the beginning. Why so ? I am a beginner. I am a beginner. But along with the beginners, do you know what is lacking in them? There is a lack of skills.
[02:44] What is the meaning of this? They do not know trading properly. It does n't come properly. That means trading is not a game of capital that you will be able to become a trader only if you have a capital of ₹1 lakh. You will be
[02:58] able to become a trader only if you have ₹1 lakh. it's not like that at all. At the stage of beginning. When you're starting things , taking the first step, initiating things, you don't know anything about the market, what do you have to work with more than capital? Skill.
[03:11] Work has to be done on skill base. If you have the skill , you will be able to grow this capital slowly and steadily. But if you do not have the skills and are starting out, whether you bring a capital of Rs 10 lakh or Rs 1 crore. What will you do anyway? Loss.
[03:26] What is the meaning of this? What is trading? Skill is required. What is more important than money? Skill. So in trading, saying that money is not important. What a great skill you have. If you don't have money, you wo
[03:40] in the beginning, when you start, I will not give him ₹1 lakh to trade. I will not give him ₹1 lakh. I will start trading it from ₹10,000. That means a person who wants to trade can
[03:53] start with a small capital. But his first focus is not on the fact that if I have His first focus should be that what do I want to develop? hope guys you must have understood that in trading we definitely
[04:08] need capital to start with but we have to give more priority to skills than capital. Any doubt? I understand this. But will I be able to buy a Porsche with a capital of 10,000 ? Friends with a capital of Rs 10,000 are just myths. When children
[04:24] start trading or beginners start trading, a myth gets into their mind. start trading but we have to start with small capital because Let's start trading with this. Now the question is that for example, from 10K to 10K brother
[04:41] that for example, from 10K to 10K brother is thinking whether he will be able to buy 911? 91 comes to Rs is thinking whether he will be able to buy 911? 91 comes to Rs 2 crore. Look, initially when we have to start trading, we choose a small capital,
[04:55] yes we do not have the skills. That means even if I don't have the skill, I have Rs 10,000, Rs 1 lakh, Rs 10 lakh. But if I don't have the skill then I will lose in all three. No matter how much capital I bring. So what will be the choice? The choice will be
[05:07] that we bring a capital of Rs 10,000 here because there is bound to be a loss, but what comes to mind is that if we bring a capital of Rs 10,000, then we will become a millionaire with just Rs 10,000 or we will make a big trade with just Rs 10,000. You will be able to make big money.
[05:19] Like I thought, will I be able to take it for Rs 10,000 ? I can't take it at all. Because you are not looking to earn here with a capital of Rs 10,000. If you think that let me bring a capital of Rs 10,000 i.e. a small capital and
[05:31] start trading with it, then I will start earning here. That means I will make money. If you are working with this thought in the initial stage then you are absolutely wrong. Because I had said that when you bring capital in the initial stage, you will incur loss.
[05:46] you will have to build up your skills initially. Now when it comes to skill building, you started with small capital, so if you will be able to focus on earning here again. So how will you be able to build up your skills? How
[06:00] will you be able to test inside the market? How you will be able to try things inside the market. Right? And when you test these things, try them , build up your skills, then understand that you will only suffer losses here. It is a
[06:18] myth to expect earnings from small capital. This is a mistake that you should not make, which neither he nor you should make. If you are a beginner, please comment, yes I am a beginner. I will not make the mistake of thinking that I can grow a small capital into a big one. I know you have seen many videos about
[06:31] growing 10,000 capital into 1 lakh, 10 lakh, 20 lakh. But as a beginner, if you are a beginner and you watch that video and you think that yes, I will also be able to enlarge small capitals and is there any technique or method by which I can
[06:45] enlarge small capitals. In the starting stage, you will not be able to sustain your capital, you will not be able to save it. Ok? So the first question that came up was how much capital should we start trading with? No matter how much
[06:58] capital you start with, you will incur loss because you lack skills. When there is a loss, your first priority will be to start with small capital so that you can start with small capital so that you can focus on building up your skills.
[07:11] Ok? So I hope you have understood what is the beginner's myth me tell you some mistakes of beginners, when a beginner is starting, like a 16-17 year old child, when he is starting trading,
[07:24] he makes some mistakes. What makes a mistake? start trading. Right? And he got some money in his hand. Right?
[07:36] So what does he do? The first thing that comes to his mind is earning. [MUSIC] Right? That means I want to trade and earn money from trading because it excites me a lot. You enjoy seeing profits, right? Only then do
[07:49] also do it. I will also enjoy it a lot. I will show it to people. I will show it to everyone. I will show it to my family. Made me money today. I feel like it, right? That means it excites a lot. And there is a lot of excitement in this stage. When you
[08:01] just place a trade without doing anything, without doing any college work and you make money. So what is the biggest mistake a beginner makes? In the beginning, he focuses on earning. But the most important thing is learning. When a beginner is entering the market
[08:16] wants to become a trader, where he should focus on learning, where is he focusing ? Earning Pay. Which is very wrong. Now let me give you an example.
[08:29] When you saw the car, did you take it out on the road on the first day? On the main road? n't take it with you, right? Why? An accident would have happened. I had not learnt it. If he had hit, there would have been an accident, there would have been a huge loss. What did you do
[08:45] before holding the car in your hand, what did you do before driving it? How did you learn driving? Did your father teach you? Did someone teach you? Did someone tell you that this is the steering wheel, this is the brake, this is the clutch, this is the gear, the left indicator, the right
[08:59] indicator has to be given like this, then the speed is increased gradually, if someone comes suddenly, the speed is increased gradually, if someone comes suddenly, the brake is applied. So, brake is applied. So, before driving the car on the main road, you gave it a week, 10
[09:11] days, 15 days, a month. In which thing? in learning. in learning. So that you can learn to drive the car properly and can drive it yourself. So here, how are you investing money
[09:26] directly in the market without learning or understanding it? How will you apply it? And how will you make money? Do you think that if I invest money in trading without learning or understanding, I will make money? No. No, right? So what do we have to do? Will have to
[09:39] Learning. This means that we will have to learn. So the biggest mistake that every beginner makes today is that he is capital should I start with? This does not mean that I am questioning how much
[09:52] capital is right for me to learn things in a systematic manner. This also means that tell me one such capital from which I can learn to earn. So the biggest mistake is that you think that the capital that I am bringing in the beginning,
[10:07] will trade in the market and I will earn from it, which is absolutely wrong of your thinking. If you are also thinking this then stop thinking like this from today because you are a beginner in the initial stage, no matter how hard you work in the beginning, you
[10:20] cannot make money from trading unless you learn trading in the beginning. So I hope guys you have understood things till here and brother must have understood it too. So if there is any doubt, any doubt, till now
[10:33] learning. But what would be the safest way to earn? trading. The Safest Way to Start Trading. Let us also tell you that when you want to start trading, what is the
[10:48] safest way? What does safest way mean here? Now many people will still ask this question that how much capital? [Music] First, let me tell you how much First, let me tell you how much capital you'll need. 5K to 10K is more than enough.
[11:00] You are trading within cryptos. For example, here you are trading on Delta Exchange. Here you get leverage up to 200X. That means if you have ₹1000 then you can trade up to ₹lakh. But here I would
[11:13] go so high. Don't use so much lavage. I will tell you this also in the coming time. You can go here 10 15x 25x max to max and trade on that basis. I have I am trading here on that basis. Ok? So you have to trade here.
[11:29] You have to learn trading. You have to arrange some initial capital for trading. So a capital of Rs 5000 to Rs 10,000 is more than enough. There is sufficient Because you have to understand one thing. There will be losses in the beginning. So you have to
[11:44] choose whether you would like to bring a big capital or a small capital capital. Would like to bring small capital. Ok? Rest, whoever wants to trade, whoever wants to start with small capital, can learn and start
[11:57] trading crypto, which you will get through Delta Exchange and crypto does asking you to buy Bitcoin Ethereum directly here, you will not be able to do that. It is very expensive. with very little capital and capture all its momentum. Ok
[12:10] any guidance or mentorship, I share it with my community. join the community, I have given the link of Google Form. By filling it up, I will Ok? Now let's talk about how much capital is required. Capital will be our start
[12:24] 5K to 10K more than enough. I will give you this much capital to trade. Ok? Now comes the matter of safest. The first step is small capital, that is, start something with small capital. There is no benefit in bringing in huge capital. There is
[12:39] is no benefit in bringing in huge capital. There is you have arranged. I have asked for it from someone. Someone has given it to you to trade. Whatever it is, it should not seem too heavy to you. You can bring that small capital.
[12:51] And this capital is a small capital. Secondly, if you do not have small capital, for example, not everyone has it. Where can he go? Demo Pay. Have you done demo What happens in demo trading? Your real money is
[13:04] platforms through which you can do demo trading. What will you find there? A demo fund will be available. That means you will get a balance in your wallet which will make you feel that yes, there is some money. You can trade with it. That means
[13:17] you do not know how to execute things. You have to learn execution. If you do n't want to make unnecessary losses in the market due to execution fuzz, you can start the safest way with demo trading. Ok? That means many people will say that demo trading will
[13:29] Emotions will not come. Brother, you have to learn execution first. What does execution mean? How do you say bye? How do you make a sale? How to place a stop loss ? How to set a target? Isn't it? And if
[13:42] ? Where will the sale have to be done? If you want to execute all this rather than using your real capital, you should use demo funds there so that you can learn things. Then after that the third thing comes, discipline. To build up discipline.
[13:57] What does discipline mean? Do you understand the meaning of discipline? Rules are not to be broken. Rules are not to be broken. Ok? So he follows the rules? Doesn't do. Now when he himself does not follow the rules then how will he follow the rules here? So you understand that there has to be a
[14:10] And that takes time. If I make some rules for him and ask him to follow them from tomorrow, he will not be able to do it. But if I make these rules for him and tell him daily for the next 20-21 days, 2 months, 3 months,
[14:25] then he will start following 90% of those rules. Therefore, we have to give time even in trading. What things do you need to give time to? We have made some rules that brother, I have to see the daily 1 hour chart. I have to take trades for 2 months. Isn't it?
[14:38] I have to invest this much capital. This will be my risk reward ratio. Now you You will have to give time for this. That means, if you follow it consistently for one week, two weeks, three weeks, one month, two months, three months, then you will be able to understand things properly.
[14:53] This means you have to build a discipline. Only when you have discipline within you, when you have discipline within you, your small capital will be able to grow gradually and only then will you understand that yes, I am able to learn. But
[15:06] if discipline is not built up within you , you will take this small capital back 10 times. This small capital will go 10 times 10. Ok? Now let's talk next. The fourth point is risk management. Risk management. What does risk management mean
[15:19] ? Managing risk. Managing risk. What risk? What is the risk in that? Losses. Losses. Protecting, saving, securing your money, not allowing it to suffer major losses. Look,
[15:35] in the beginning everyone starts with small capital and when you are trading with small capital, you do not pay any attention to risk management at all. Why would this happen ? Because they want big profit. Not big profits.
[15:48] Or you are completely wrong here. Here's where I try to correct you. For example, I will give you ₹1000. Will there be any problem if ₹1000 is lost? No. But I will give you ₹1 lakh. If you get lost, there will be trouble, right
[16:02] ? The same thing, when you lose ₹1000, I give you the entire ₹1000 and you lose ₹000, there will not be much problem, that is, it is not impacting you at all, it is not making any difference, so you will do any risk management on that, you will not,
[16:16] manage the risk there, okay, so do you know what is the biggest mistake, when you start things with small capital, then we forget this segment because that small capital does not impact us much.
[16:30] We think that we should place the trade and the company will let us place a stop loss and the trade also goes through, we get such confidence and we have learnt trading but the most important chapter for a beginner is that
[16:42] he will have to learn risk management if he wants to survive in the market for a long time. protect his capital then the only point for him is to learn risk management. So, if a trader wants to start trading
[16:57] , if a beginner wants to start trading , the first step is to bring a small capital. Small capital which we will bring capital of ₹5,000 or ₹1,000. And after that, if you do And after that, if you do not have ₹5,000 to ₹10,000 in the capital market, then
[17:09] give some time to demo trading. Where you learn how buying and selling is done, where to place stop loss, where to place target so that you do not suffer unnecessary loss while doing all this. When this is done, then you start with a small capital and after that slowly
[17:23] trades I have to take, that is, where do I have to look at the chart or how do I have to do the work, okay in which time frame do I have to do the analysis, look for, only then will your discipline be built up and along with that,
[17:37] what you have to do with small capital is to manage the risk, due to which which skill of yours will be built up, the trading skill of trading will be built up and you will know how to protect your capital. This means that you have learned to manage your risk. Ok? So I
[17:52] hope you have understood how much capital we need for trading in the beginning. 5 to 10. 5 to 10 means 5 to 10,000. Till now capital will be required? ₹1 lakh.
[18:05] Brother, ₹1 lakh grows on trees. [laughter] I'm his brother. Then he told me that he would start trading with ₹1 lakh. But if a stop loss is applied then its condition will worsen. But let me tell you the goal of a beginner, what exactly should be the
[18:20] ? If you understand that then you will exactly understand how to start trading. That is, the goal of beginners. Beginners means those who are like brothers, who are younger and are just entering the market. Who have just
[18:34] passed out from college. Which the market is very excited about. Those who are feeling great and want to start things. All of them are still beginners. First of all, your mindset should be to learn the market.
[18:47] Learning the market does not mean that you invest money in the market and start trading directly. Understand the market at least. Give me some time. So see how these charts work in the market. So see how these charts work in the market.
[18:59] What is this support resistance? What is this trend line? Ok? What is this EMS? What are all these things like risk management here? Global Markets Global Scenarios How Do They Impact? What things happen?
[19:11] Impact? What things happen? not trading. That wo n't make you any money. So your first goal should be to learn the market. The second thing should be to tell me about risk
[19:24] ? Risk management. Risk management. Why is risk management important? Save capital. To save capital. Because if you are entering the market, you will be able to work in the market only as long as you have money.
[19:40] Through risk management. What happens with risk management? Your capital builds up. What happens with risk management? Your capital builds up. Third, you have to build up your discipline. That means, as I
[19:53] told you in the beginning, what discipline is in the market. Only through discipline will you learn to sustain yourself in the market. That means you will know what I have to do. You have not fallen asleep to these market signals. Like in the beginning, people
[20:05] work by looking at the market, they become successful slowly and their losses become huge excites them a lot. When the market is bullish, they start taking bullish trades. When the start taking bearish trades in the market. They have no logic in the market. There is no system.
[20:19] Wherever I felt like saying goodbye, I said goodbye. Wherever I felt like selling, I and because of random trading they incur losses. That means they losses. That means they
[20:32] built up within them. Ok? So these three things are most important. First understand the market. Focus on risk management. Build up discipline. If you focus on these three things in the beginning, then stability will start coming in your market. That means
[20:44] you will start staying in the market. That means, if you start staying in the market, then gradually you may because there is no guarantee that you will definitely make profit from the market
[20:58] because the market is uncertain. You will make profit for a few days but one day it will all become zero if you lack discipline. Ok? So the most important thing is that start with a very small capital. You should have small capital i.e. capital of Rs 5000 or Rs 10,000 only.
[21:14] And then instead of earning from it, try to save it and sustain it. That means try to protect him. And try to learn as many things from the market as I can with that capital.
[21:27] Before that capital is wiped out because that capital will definitely go away from you. that capital will definitely go away from you. apply trades to them before that capital is wiped out? When those things become clear to you, then
[21:40] you will gradually understand the market. Only then will you be able to gradually increase your capital to you must have understood how much capital is sufficient to start trading in the beginning stage. Did you
[21:52] capital is sufficient to start trading in the beginning stage. Did you but how will I protect this capital ? To protect yourself, brother will use stop loss in the trade. What is stop loss ? Meaning you can explain this as
[22:04] stop loss. To stop loss. Ok. So brother's question is what is stop loss ? And if this is your question, you also want to know what stop loss is, then write yes in the comment. And in the next episode we are going to talk about
[22:18] what exactly is stop loss ? So that before entering into trading, you can at least understand what stop loss is? And what are stop loss keys ? And how does a stop loss protect your capital? Ok
[22:32] ? So if you people are liking this series and you are learning a lot from this series. See, are you getting to learn ? Yes brother is getting to learn. If you are also learning something then comment. Yes. And if you guys are beginners
[22:44] and all the beginners who are watching this video of mine, then definitely write beginner in the comment so that I can understand how many beginners I am able to help through this series. teaching my brother, but I want that along with my brother, all the
[22:57] , want to trade, want to learn, they should also get this knowledge and they should also learn to work in the market in the right way. If you like the video, please See you in the next video. Till then by-b see you. Jai Hind.