Great going man... you do not need any luck you are above it
In the last 2 months I have traded, lost 50% of allocated capital, with a few high stress situations( & a lot of "I told u so" from u know who!) before coming to understand some of the basics.
1. Most days max strong move in Nifty is 30-40 points. This will give you 10-20% move in the corresponding option depending on Delta.
2. Mondays generally are dull days.
3. Expiry week is dicey.
4. Weekends are generally contributors for news flow that swings the markets in opposite direction.
6. 10am to 1130 am is a siesta period as everybody seems to be attacking commodities.
7. Price action with volumes is a must.
8. Average 10% per day will give you 200% over a month. So I have decided to lock in profit rather than chase higher & higher levels. But the main thing is to control one's greed & have a realistic opinion of how much the market will move on that particular day. This is where I had lost out a lot of in-profit positions & as per me is the most important thing I need to control. The analysis of possible range of the market, for the day, is the most important aspect & the discussion on Options data is helping out a lot.
9. The data & systems are stacked against small traders. Eg. You do not get a complete picture(only best 5 quotes on each side are broadcast to all). If you put too close a trailing stop loss order in the system the big operations pounce on your open order & you loose out on the future movements. Not only that - the data candle in you charting software will never show the price reaching your level. Has happened so many times that I now only keep Stop Loss levels in my mind and sit with a ready finger to square off if required.
Will post more points over the next few days.