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Swing Trading Guides
29 plain-English guides for Indian swing traders — from the basics to setups, breakouts and finding strong stocks. Written by CA Devang Maheshwari.
New to swing trading? Read these 3 first
About 15 minutes in total.
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What swing trading is and how to learn it step by step.
Swing Trading Basics: A Beginner's Roadmap (India)
What swing trading is, how it differs from intraday and investing, the six terms beginners need, and a step-by-step roadmap to start swing trading in India.
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The Complete Guide to Swing Trading in India
The full framework in one place: market direction, industries, stock selection, risk and execution.
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5 Swing Trading Strategies for Indian Markets
Five swing trading strategies for NSE stocks explained simply: breakouts, follow-through, 20 EMA bases, IPO bases and pullbacks — when each works and fails.
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Swing Trading vs Positional Trading: Which Suits You?
Swing trading vs positional trading in India: holding period, charts, stop-losses, screen time, capital and which suits working professionals — with a side-by-side table.
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Best Timeframe for Swing Trading: Daily, Weekly or Hourly?
The best chart timeframe for swing trading in India: why daily candles are the core, when to check the weekly, when hourly charts help, and the best time of day to review.
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Best Swing Trading Course in India
How to choose a swing trading course, the main course types compared, and how Swing DNA is structured.
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How to Journal Swing Trades
What to record for every trade, and how a journal turns losses into lessons.
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Finding strong stocks
Momentum, relative strength, trend stages and the top-down order.
The Top-Down Approach to Swing Trading
How the top-down approach works in swing trading: read market direction, find strong industries, then pick stocks and setups — and why the order matters on NSE.
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How to Find Momentum Stocks in NSE (Step by Step)
A top-down, step-by-step process to find momentum stocks on the NSE: market direction, strong industries, relative strength, trend, base and watchlist.
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Momentum Trading in India: A Beginner's Guide
What momentum trading is, how price momentum, relative strength and industry momentum differ, why momentum persists, its risks and how beginners can use it.
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RS Rating Explained: How to Find High Relative Strength Stocks
What relative strength and an RS rating mean, how RS differs from RSI, why leaders often show high RS early, and how to use RS with industries and setups.
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Stage 2 Stocks: How to Spot the Uptrending Stage
Stan Weinstein's four stock stages explained simply, what a Stage 2 uptrend looks like, early vs late Stage 2, and why swing traders focus setups on Stage 2.
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Why Industry Momentum Leads Stocks
Why money rotates by industry first — and why strong stocks in weak industries often fizzle.
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Setups & breakouts
The structures swing traders wait for — and why many breakouts fail.
Swing Trading Setups: What They Are and the 3 We Use
What a swing trading setup is, why defined setups beat random entries, and a brief look at the three momentum setups on N.E.X.T: Follow Through Swing, 20 EMA Base and IPO Base.
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Follow Through Swing Setup Explained
The Follow Through Swing setup in plain English: a strong run-up, a pivot high, a short pause holding the 10 EMA, then a move above the pivot.
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20 EMA Base Setup Explained (Tight Coil)
How the 20 EMA Base works: a leader pulls back to its 20 EMA, pauses, forms a tight coil and breaks out. The two pivots, earnings growth and failure modes.
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IPO Base Trading: How New Listings Form Their First Base
How to trade new listings in India: why fresh IPOs move, listing-day volatility, what an IPO base is, the risks to know, and a simple checklist for review.
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Breakout Trading: How Breakouts Work (and Why Many Fail)
What a stock breakout is, what separates a good breakout from a poor one, why many breakouts fail, and a simple process to find NSE stocks breaking out.
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VCP Pattern Explained: Volatility Contraction in Simple Words
What the VCP (volatility contraction pattern) is, how to spot a tight base on daily charts, where the pivot and stop go, and why it fails — explained for Indian swing traders.
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Risk & money
Stop-losses, position size and how much capital you need.
Stop-Loss in Swing Trading: Where to Put It and Why
Where to put a stop-loss in swing trading: below the base low or a fixed % below entry. How stops set position size, trailing stops, gaps, and the mistakes to avoid.
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How Much Money Do You Need to Start Swing Trading in India?
How much money you need to start swing trading in India: why there's no fixed minimum, how risk per trade and position size decide it, worked ₹ examples and the costs to plan for.
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Position Size Calculator (free tool)
Enter capital, risk per trade, entry and stop-loss to get the quantity to buy, position value and 2R/3R levels.
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About N.E.X.T & comparisons
How N.E.X.T works, plans, and how it compares with other tools.
Swing DNA — the Course Built Into N.E.X.T
Swing DNA Basic and Advance: every lesson, which plan includes what, and how learning and the platform fit together.
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N.E.X.T — Frequently Asked Questions
Answers about N.E.X.T, the top-down momentum swing trading platform for Indian markets: the three scans, coverage, data updates, plans, lectures and mobile.
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Best Swing Trading Platform in India
What a swing trading platform should do for Indian traders, and how N.E.X.T approaches it.
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How the N.E.X.T Stock Rating Works
The factors behind every stock rating: trend, industry strength, relative strength and scan activity.
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StockEdge vs Tijori vs N.E.X.T
How popular Indian market tools compare for swing traders.
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N.E.X.T vs Chartink: Which Fits Your Swing Trading?
A fair look at N.E.X.T vs Chartink for Indian swing traders: build-your-own scans versus a fixed top-down process with industry ratings and focused scans.
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N.E.X.T vs TradingView Screener for Indian Swing Traders
A fair look at N.E.X.T vs TradingView for Indian swing traders: global charts and a broad screener versus an NSE top-down process with focused scans.
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Free daily market reports
Industry verdicts, momentum shifts and market mood, every trading day.
See it on the platform
Watch how N.E.X.T reads the market, rates 65+ industries and runs three focused momentum scans across 2,100+ NSE stocks.