About

Options trading, without the jargon.

Stockman is a reading library for Indian options traders — from the first time you open an option chain to the day you run your own iron condor on Nifty.

What we publish

Every post here does one of three things: explains a concept (Open Interest, Max Pain, Volatility Skew), walks you through a tool (Option Chain, Strategy Builder, Smart OI), or compares approaches you're choosing between (call buying vs put selling, IV vs HV).

We don't publish price predictions, tips, or trading calls. We publish frameworks you can apply yourself.

Who this is for

Mostly three kinds of readers:

  • Beginners who are sick of YouTube explanations that start with "in the complex world of..."
  • Intermediate traders who know the basics but keep getting surprised by things like pin-risk, IV crush, or Thursday expiry behaviour.
  • Advanced traders who want a second source to cross-reference against their own research — especially for Indian-market specifics.

How we write

Every article includes a real worked example in ₹, Nifty or Bank Nifty specifics, and an FAQ answering what new traders actually search for.

Who we are

Stockman is maintained by Stockman Team. The collective has active experience trading Indian index and single-stock options, which shapes every post we publish — we write about the tools we actually use.

Editorial policy

Stockman publishes educational content for Indian options traders. The rules below govern what we put out and how we handle mistakes — they exist so readers know exactly what they're getting.

  • Not investment advice. Nothing published here is personalised financial advice. Every post is general educational material. We are not a SEBI-registered investment adviser. Consult a SEBI-registered adviser before committing capital based on anything you read here.
  • Experience first. Every concept we publish has been tested by at least one team member on live Indian markets. If we haven't traded it, we won't claim it works.
  • Numbers are worked, not rounded off. Each post contains at least one ₹-denominated worked example using current Nifty or Bank Nifty levels. Lot sizes, strike increments, and SEBI rules are cross-checked against the NSE website at the time of publication.
  • Sources for regulatory + tax claims. Any claim about SEBI rules, STT, or tax treatment is sourced from the official circular or the Income Tax Act — we link the primary source, never a second-hand summary.
  • Corrections policy. Factual errors — wrong numbers, broken rules, outdated SEBI guidance — are fixed within 48 hours of being flagged. Material corrections are called out at the top of the post with the original text struck through. Minor typos are fixed silently.
  • Freshness. Every evergreen post carries a pubDate and, once revised, an updatedDate. Posts touching data that decays (current expiries, current lot sizes, current margin rules) are reviewed at least once a quarter.
  • AI use. We use AI assistants for drafting, editing, and research. Every post is reviewed by a human before publication and every numerical claim is manually verified. AI-generated text is never published without human review.