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Investment planning and stock market learning

Invest with a plan. Understand every move.

Profit Maker plans and manages your investments around your goals, and teaches you the stock market, so you know what your money is doing and why.

  • Goal-based planning
  • Portfolio management
  • Stock market courses
  • Practice charts

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Practice data, not a real stock

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Indian market hours

NSE and BSE equity: 9:15 am to 3:30 pm IST, Monday to Friday.

Pre-open
9:00 to 9:15
Normal trading
9:15 to 3:30
Closing session
3:40 to 4:00

Times in IST. Exchange holidays aren't shown here.

What we do

Plan and manage your investments with us, and learn the market for yourself. Use one, or both together.

Investment planning and management

A plan built around your goals, your time frame and how much risk you can take, then managed and reviewed so it stays on course.

  • Goal setting and risk profiling
  • Asset allocation across equity, debt, gold and cash
  • Ongoing monitoring and rebalancing
  • Every investment visible in your dashboard
How planning works

Stock market courses

Structured courses from your first candle to futures and options, with practice charts and plain-language lessons.

  • Five tracks, beginner to advanced
  • Technical analysis and indicators
  • Investing and personal finance
  • Risk management and trading psychology
See the courses

Investment planning

A plan starts with you: what you're investing for, when you'll need the money, and how much movement along the way you can live with.

  1. 1

    Set your goals

    What the money is for, how much you'll need and by when.

  2. 2

    Find your risk profile

    Your time frame, your income and how you'd react to a fall decide how much risk the plan takes.

  3. 3

    Build the allocation

    Your money is split across equity, debt, gold and cash to match that profile.

  4. 4

    Invest and track

    Every investment, payment and statement shows in your member dashboard.

  5. 5

    Review and rebalance

    Progress is reviewed regularly, and the mix is brought back in line when markets shift it.

Allocation explorer

Sample allocations for illustration

Balancedsample mix

  • EquityShares and equity funds. Growth over long periods, with the biggest ups and downs.
    50%
  • DebtBonds and debt funds. Steadier, with smaller swings.
    35%
  • GoldGold funds and bonds. Often holds up when other assets fall.
    10%
  • CashSavings and liquid funds. Money you can reach quickly.
    5%

Suits goals 3 to 7 years away, with room for some ups and downs.

Illustrations only. Your own plan is set from your goals, time frame and risk profile.

Plans for the goals people invest for

  • Retirement

    Build savings that pay for the years after work.

  • Children's education

    Plan ahead for school and college fees.

  • Buying a home

    Save for the down payment on a timeline that fits.

  • Building wealth

    Grow savings over the long term with a disciplined mix.

  • Emergency fund

    Keep three to six months of expenses within easy reach.

  • Saving tax

    Use the tax-saving investments that fit your plan.

Investment management

Markets move, and a portfolio drifts with them. Management keeps your money pointed at your plan.

Drift and rebalancing

An example portfolio after a strong year for shares

  • Equity 58%target 50% +8
  • Debt 29%target 35% −6
  • Gold 9%target 10% −1
  • Cash 4%target 5% −1

Equity has grown past its target, so this portfolio now carries more risk than its plan allows.

Target for each asset class

  • Regular monitoring

    Your holdings are checked against your plan, not only against the market.

  • Rebalancing

    When an asset class drifts too far from its target, the mix is brought back in line.

  • Clear reporting

    Investments, payments and statements, all in your member dashboard.

  • Rules up front

    Minimums, payout days and charges are stated before you invest or withdraw.

Learn the market

Eight subjects from our courses, from your first candle to managing a portfolio. Each one starts with the idea, then shows it on a chart.

Candlesticks

What each candle tells you about a day's open, close, high and low, and the patterns traders watch for.

Trends and moving averages

Tell a trend from noise, and use 20 and 50-day averages to see which way a price is leaning.

Support and resistance

Find the levels where buyers and sellers have stepped in before, and read what a break through them means.

Indicators

RSI, MACD and Bollinger bands: what each one measures, and why no single indicator is a signal on its own.

Volume and price action

Why a move on heavy volume carries more weight, and how to read price without a screen full of indicators.

strike

Options basics

Calls, puts and premiums, read off a payoff diagram, so you know the most you can lose before you start.

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Risk management

Size every position, set a stop before you enter, and aim for trades where the reward outweighs the risk.

Long-term investing

Mutual funds, SIPs and index investing: how regular, patient investing works and what the costs are.

Rising Falling High Close Open Low High Open Close Low

Read a candle in five seconds.

Every candle on a chart records one period of trading, a day on a daily chart. Point at a term to find it on the candles.

Open
The first traded price of the period.
Close
The last traded price. Above the open, the candle is rising; below it, falling.
High
The highest price reached, at the tip of the upper wick.
Low
The lowest price reached, at the end of the lower wick.
Body
The block between open and close. A tall body means a decisive move.
Wicks
The thin lines above and below: prices that were reached but didn't hold.

Chart lab

Switch the common indicators on and off and see what each one adds. Move across the chart to read any day's prices.

Sample data for practice.

20-day average The mean of the last 20 closes. Price above a rising average points to an uptrend.

50-day average A slower average for the bigger picture. When the 20 crosses above the 50, the short-term trend has turned up.

Bollinger bands Two standard deviations either side of the 20-day average. Narrow bands mean a quiet market; wide bands, a volatile one.

Volume How many shares changed hands. Breakouts on heavy volume are more convincing than those on light volume.

RSI Momentum on a 0 to 100 scale. Above 70 is often read as overbought, below 30 as oversold.

Courses

Five tracks. Start with the foundations if you're new; jump to the track you need if you're not.

Beginner

Stock market foundations

How the market works, from the exchange to your account, in plain language.

  • How NSE and BSE work
  • Demat and trading accounts
  • Market, limit and stop-loss orders
  • Indices: Nifty 50 and Sensex
  • Reading a stock quote
Start here
Intermediate

Technical analysis

Read price charts with confidence and know what the common indicators measure.

  • Candlesticks and chart patterns
  • Trends and moving averages
  • Support and resistance
  • RSI, MACD and Bollinger bands
  • Volume and price action
Start this track
Advanced

Futures and options

How derivatives are priced and used, with the risks spelled out before the strategies.

  • Futures contracts and lot sizes
  • Calls, puts and premiums
  • Option Greeks, simply put
  • Hedging a position
  • Margin and expiry
Start this track
All levels

Investing and personal finance

Build a long-term plan: what to look for in a company and how to spread your money.

  • Reading a balance sheet
  • P/E, EPS and valuation
  • Mutual funds and SIPs
  • Diversification
  • Setting goals and time frames
Start this track
All levels

Risk and trading psychology

The habits that protect your capital: sizing, stop-losses and keeping a journal.

  • Position sizing
  • Risk to reward
  • Stop-loss discipline
  • Keeping a trading journal
  • Handling losses calmly
Start this track

Not sure where to begin?

Start with the foundations. Every other track assumes you know how orders, accounts and indices work.

  1. FoundationsHow the market works
  2. Technical analysisReading charts
  3. Risk and psychologyProtecting capital
  4. Your choiceInvesting, or futures and options

How it works

From opening an account to a plan you understand.

  1. 1

    Open an account

    Sign up and get your member ID. You sign in with it and your password.

  2. 2

    Plan your investments

    Set your goals and risk profile, and agree an allocation that fits them.

  3. 3

    Invest and track

    Follow every investment, payment and statement in your member dashboard.

  4. 4

    Learn alongside

    Take the courses at your own pace, and understand what your money is doing.

Words worth knowing

Sixteen terms from planning and the markets, in one line each.

Sensex
The BSE's benchmark index: 30 large, well-established companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Nifty 50
The NSE's benchmark index of 50 large companies across the main sectors of the economy.
Bull market
A stretch of time when prices rise broadly and buyers are confident.
Bear market
A stretch of broadly falling prices, often described as a fall of 20% or more from a recent high.
IPO
An initial public offering: the first time a company sells its shares to the public and lists on an exchange.
Demat account
Holds your shares in electronic form. In India you need one, with a trading account, to buy shares.
P/E ratio
Share price divided by earnings per share: how much investors pay for each rupee of profit.
Dividend
A share of a company's profit paid out to its shareholders.
Stop-loss
An order that closes a trade when the price reaches a level you set, to limit a loss.
Volatility
How much, and how quickly, a price moves up and down.
SIP
A systematic investment plan: putting a fixed amount into a mutual fund at regular intervals.
Market cap
Share price times the number of shares: what the market values a company at.
Asset allocation
How your money is split between equity, debt, gold and cash.
Diversification
Spreading money across different investments, so one fall doesn't sink the whole portfolio.
Rebalancing
Bringing a portfolio back to its target mix after market moves have shifted it.
Risk profile
How much ups and downs you can accept, set by your goals, time frame and finances.

How we work

Strategic growth starts with understanding. Four ideas sit behind every plan and every course.

Goals before products

A plan starts from what you need the money for, not from what's on offer.

Risk comes first

Every plan and every course starts with what can go wrong, and how to limit it.

Full visibility

Every investment, payment and statement is in your dashboard, whenever you want to look.

Plain language

No jargon left unexplained, in a plan or in a lesson.

Questions

What does investment planning include?

Setting your goals, working out your risk profile, choosing an allocation across equity, debt, gold and cash, and reviewing it as your life and the markets change.

How is my portfolio managed?

It's monitored against your plan. When an asset class drifts too far from its target, the mix is brought back in line. You can follow every investment in your member dashboard.

Are returns guaranteed?

No. Market-linked investments can rise and fall in value, and past performance doesn't promise future returns. Read each plan's terms and the Terms of Use before you invest.

Where can I see my investments?

In your member dashboard: each investment, the payments made on it, and your statements.

How do withdrawals from my wallet work?

Request a withdrawal on any day, for ₹1 or more. TDS of 5% is deducted and the rest is paid to the bank account in your profile after the request is reviewed.

Who are the courses for?

Anyone who wants to understand the stock market, from complete beginners to people who already trade and want a structured approach. The foundations track assumes no prior knowledge.

Do I need a demat account to start learning?

No. The lessons and practice charts don't need one. To buy or sell shares yourself, you'll need a demat and trading account with a SEBI-registered broker.

Do the courses tell me what to buy?

No. They teach how markets work and how to analyse them. Decisions about specific securities are yours.

Are the charts and allocations on this page real?

No. The charts use sample data made for practice, and the allocations are examples. The market hours are the real NSE and BSE equity session times in IST.

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Sign in with your member ID, not your email. If you've forgotten your password, reset it here.

How do I reach Profit Maker?

Write to msg@profitmaker.co.in. Members can also raise a ticket from Support in the member panel.

Plan your investments. Learn the market.

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