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I moved to the risk-first approach from the return-first approach. From that day, I trade with maximum loss in mind. If the maximum loss hits, I exit,” says Jain. The 43-year-old algo trader is a mechanical engineer by training who ran a successful digital marketing business before getting lured to the world of options trading.

Nifty had a phenomenal run in the month of October and November and has potentially delivered over 10 percent return in just two months. There were lots of stirs and juggle globally in the past couple of weeks, but the market ignored the noise and deliberately moved higher.

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As per market sources, the Ministry of Food Processing Industry has written to the Commerce Ministry proposing a ban after starch manufacturers raised the case of higher maize prices and non-availability. As maize is not included under the essential commodity, it is unlikely that the government would impose an export ban.

Going forward, in the near term, FPIs are likely to make only modest purchases in performing sectors and may continue to sell and book profits in sectors where they are sitting on big profits, VK Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services, said.More money is likely to move into cheaper markets like China and South Korea where the valuations are compelling now, he noted.

Gold finished the week ending on November 9 almost unchanged at $1797.26, which is a sign of strength considering that the US 10-year yields at 3.584% were up 2.63% on the week, and the US Dollar Index gained 0.38% to close at 104.90.Gold held well despite the US ISM services (November reading came in at 56.50 as against the forecast of 53.30), factory orders ( October reading stood at 1% vs the forecast of 0.70% and PPI

Nifty after peaking out near 18887 levels, witnessed some profit booking, led by the major frontline IT stocks witnessing some profit booking and shedding their gains from their peak levels, accompanied by the Metal sector also lost some momentum.

The Nifty took some breather and closed a tad below 18500 levels losing 1% during the week. Despite gains of more than 0.5% from banking space, Technology stocks turned spoiler as NSEIT index declined by more than 6% last week

"The Bank Nifty index after a breakout is not able to surpass the hurdle of 44,000 on the upside. The index lower-end support is at 43000 and if breached, will lead to aggressive selling on the downside towards 42,000-41,400 levels."

In the last 2 years, we have seen major reforms like pledge - re-pledge to make sure that the security given for margin remains in client accounts, upfront margin requirements for all trades, Peak margin system to avoid over leverage, and segregation of client funds and securities.