Because the truth is:you’re not trading against humans anymore.You’re up against bots that don’t blink, don’t panic, and don’t watch YouTube videos titled“Top 3 Option Strategies for Monthly Income.”
🧠How to Survive in Indian Markets When Bots Are Hunting Your Stop-Loss
📅EduInvesting.in | May 13, 2025🎯Tagline: “Retail vs Robot — and you’ve been bringing a spoon to a gunfight.”
🦾 The Harsh Truth: Your Opponent is a Server in Singapore
“Market manipulation? Nahi bhai, it’s just faster maths.”
Welcome tothe algo age, where:
- Your option chain loads in 2 seconds
- The bot places 10,000 orders in 0.02 seconds
- Your SL is like candy in front of a hungry 6-year-old
- Your chart? Already outdated before you draw a line
🐍 How Bots Eat
Retail Traders Alive
1.Stop-Loss Hunting
They detect large retail clusters at common SL levels (like 40 pts below day’s high), nudge prices there, trigger exits, and reverse.
2.Fake Breakouts
Sudden volume + price action — you enter.One candle later, it’s a dump and your SL is gone. Bot made ₹4, you made trauma.
3.Option Chain Tricks
They load up OTM calls, fake gamma moves, spike premiums, and offload before you even say“premium decay.”
4.Cross-Exchange Arbitrage
NSE-BSE-BankNifty trades bouncing faster than your broadband.
💥 Real-World Example: The Bank Nifty Candle That Betrayed 1L Traders
- Market went up, option buyers entered
