I was here from 2010.
Life was cool when I was not known, or when I had less than 500 followers.
I started posting more after quitting my job three years back, and even more after my knee ACL surgery.
I did every mistake a new investor does.
You name it, I might have done it.
Bought stocks from Moneycontrol discussion boards 20 years ago without understanding the business or risks.
After some initial success, got false confidence, took a ₹2 lakh personal loan, invested it, and burned almost everything.
Averaged down thinking price has to come back.
Bought penny stocks and low market-cap names thinking they will rise fast.
Followed TV recommendations.
Every stupid mistake a beginner investor makes, I have done it.
In Telugu there is a line:
“Bhogi kaanivaadu Yogi kaaledu.”
One who has not gone through indulgence, mistakes, burns and temptations cannot become wise like a yogi.
So when I say something today, it is not theory.
It is burn marks speaking.
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Other mistakes I did as a new investor:
Buying just because the stock had fallen 50%, thinking it had become cheap.
Confusing low price with cheap valuation ₹10 stock looked cheaper than ₹1,000 stock.
Looking only at profits, not cash flow, debt, pledging, dilution or promoter quality.
Selling winners too early and holding losers forever.
Thinking every operator-driven move is “smart money accumulation.”
Believing every turnaround story without checking whether the balance sheet can survive.
Buying because some big investor entered, without understanding their time horizon or position size.
Taking allocation too big in stocks I did not understand properly.
Not respecting liquidity — easy to enter, impossible to exit.
Getting emotionally attached to stocks and defending them like family members.
Mistaking bull market luck for personal skill.
Thinking more information means better decision-making.
Watching price every day but not watching business progress.
Ignoring opportunity cost holding dead stocks while better stocks kept moving.
Learning risk only after losing money.
Sir just want to know how u suddenly showed up in X and where were you before and what’s you story your past mistakes ?