Curriculum — SMTS

01

Week 01 · Beginner

Foundations — FA vs TA

Before charts, we build the mental model. What TA is, what FA is, and why price action consistently leads fundamentals in real-world markets.

Saturday SESSION 01 / 12

Introduction · What is FA and TA?

Fundamental vs Technical Analysis
Price Reflects All Known Information
Tools Setup — TradingView & Screener.in

Sunday SESSION 02 / 12

How TA Works · Why TA is Ahead of FA

How Institutions Accumulate Before News Breaks
FA = What to Buy · TA = When to Buy
Reading Your First Chart — Nifty 50 Weekly

Week 1 Principle

"Price is the most forward-looking data point that exists. The chart is a real-time map of what the most informed participants believe a company is worth — before anyone else knows."

02

Week 02 · Foundational

Market Structure — S/R & Trends

Support, resistance, zones, and trends are the grammar of every chart. Mastering these gives you more edge than 80% of participants.

Saturday SESSION 03 / 12

Basics of TA · Support, Resistance & Zones

Why S/R Exists — Market Memory & Psychology
Zones vs Lines — Drawing Them Correctly
The Role-Reversal Principle

Sunday SESSION 04 / 12

What Are Trends · Why Trends Matter

Trend Structure — Higher Highs & Higher Lows
The Three Phases of a Trend
Multi-Timeframe Trend Alignment

Week 2 Principle

"S/R zones are areas of collective market memory — places where emotion concentrated repeatedly. The more touches, the stronger the zone. Master this before you ever add an indicator to a chart."

03

Week 03 · Intermediate

Momentum & Volume

Stage Analysis and momentum trading identify stocks in the right phase. Volume is the fuel — it tells you whether a move has conviction or is hollow.

Saturday SESSION 05 / 12

Intro to Momentum Trading · Stage Analysis

What is Momentum — Stocks in Motion Stay in Motion
Weinstein's 4 Stages — Only Buy Stage 2
Relative Strength as the Stage 2 Filter

Sunday SESSION 06 / 12

Price & Volume Correlation

The 4 Volume Signatures — Expansion, Contraction, Climax, Dry-Up
Wyckoff — Smart Money Leaves Footprints in Volume
Volume Divergence — The Early Warning Signal

Week 3 Principle

"Volume precedes price. Before any significant move, volume signals accumulation or distribution first. The stage tells you where it's going. The volume tells you whether to believe it."

04

Week 04 · Intermediate

Stock Scanning & Selection

5,000+ listed stocks. You need a systematic process to surface the 10–15 worth watching each week and a quality filter to know which are worth trading.

Saturday SESSION 07 / 12

How to Scan Stocks · Main Criteria

The Scanning Funnel — NSE 500 to 10–15 Names
Core Technical Filter — MA, 52-Week High, Volume
Sector Rotation as the Macro Filter

Sunday SESSION 08 / 12

Linearity · Nature of the Stock

What is Linearity — Smooth vs Erratic Movers
Reading a Stock's Character & Personality
Building Your Personal Stock Universe — 20 to 30 Names

Week 4 Principle

"Trade the same 20–30 stocks repeatedly until you know their rhythm, character, and behaviour at key levels. Familiarity with how a stock moves is an edge most traders never develop."

05

Week 05 · Advanced

Execution — Entry, SL & Risk

Knowing what to buy is half the work. Knowing exactly where to enter, where your stop goes, how large to size the position, and precisely when to exit — that's where money is made or lost.

Saturday SESSION 09 / 12

Entry Techniques · Trailing Stop-Loss

Three Entry Methods — Breakout, Pullback, Base Entry
Structural Stop-Loss Placement
Trailing the Stop Below Successive Higher Lows

Sunday SESSION 10 / 12

Risk Management · Position Sizing · Exit Criteria

The 1–2% Rule & Position Size Formula
Portfolio Heat — Maximum 6–8% Total Open Risk
The Three Exit Rules — Stop Hit, Target, Trend Change

Week 5 Principle

"Position size is determined by where your stop is — not by how confident you feel. A structural stop, a calculated size, and a defined risk — that is the edge."

06

Week 06 · Practitioner

Market Breadth · Drawdown Avoidance

The final week zooms out to the entire market. Breadth tells you the health beneath the surface. Cash is a position. Knowing when to stay out is the discipline that makes everything sustainable.

Saturday SESSION 11 / 12

Market Breadth · Nature of the Stock Market

% of Stocks Above 200-Day MA — The Primary Gauge
Advance-Decline Line & 52-Week Highs vs Lows
India VIX — Reading the Fear Gauge

Sunday SESSION 12 / 12

Avoiding Drawdowns · Staying in Cash · Full Synthesis

Cash is a Position — When to Go 100% Defensive
Re-Entry Discipline After a Drawdown
Full System Synthesis — The Complete 6-Week Process

Week 6 Principle

"The best traders are not the most active ones. They are disciplined enough to stay in cash when conditions are unfavourable, and patient enough to wait until everything aligns before they act."

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