Avinash

Co-Founder, Research & Community

I write the comparisons and answer the support messages. Both are easier to trust if you know what I have actually traded — including the parts that stopped working.

Trading since 2020
Manual → algo → investing
Writes and tests every comparison

At Traders Journal

Writes and publishes the blog
Tests and reviews every tool we compare
Community and customer support

The record

Including the strategies that stopped working, and why.

2020
Started trading, deliberately small
New, so I kept capital small and refused to scale until I found some edge. I made mistakes, but rarely paid heavily for the same one twice.
2021
Excel showed numbers, not the trade
The ratios were right; the chart I was looking at was missing. Telegram gave every trade a screenshot and a reason. That gap is what this product closes.
2022
The strategy that stopped climbing
Bought courses, followed the rules properly. Worked a few months, then flattened. A profitable strategy still has cycles.
2023
Backtesting replaced hope with evidence
I needed the normal drawdown, the weak conditions, the trades worth skipping. Backtesting showed when the rules had evidence and when they did not.
2024
Moved to rule-based automation
My journal showed execution was hurting decent strategies — late entries, wider stops, weeks waiting for one setup. Rules removed the mood.
2024–2025
Seven profitable months, then the rules changed
Eleven months of zero-DTE straddles and strangles; seven profitable, the rest near breakeven. SEBI limited weekly options and the conditions behind the system went away. I stopped rather than defend it.
2025
Positional trading into long-term investing
Bigger capital changed the maths: less screen time, fewer charges, lower tax on applicable listed-equity gains. Style is a fit problem, not a status ladder.