Strota Learn
A focused F&O and smart-money education library for Indian markets — built for traders who learn faster from live data than from textbook chapters. Short pages. One concept each. Today's actual numbers.
How this differs from Zerodha Varsity: Varsity is the gold-standard encyclopedia — long, structured, comprehensive. Strota Learn is the trading-floor playbook with today's data — short, applied, current. Read Varsity once to learn the theory. Come back to Strota Learn daily to see what the theory looks like on NIFTY right now.
Modules
01
F&O Market Mechanics
Indian-market-specific rules: lot, expiry, MWPL, settlement, STT, European-style, rollover, contract specs.
02
Smart Money Basics
FII vs DII, participant categories, cash vs derivative positioning, hedging signals, persistence patterns.
03
Reading the Option Chain
Every column, every signal — LTP, OI, IV, PCR, max pain, dominant OI strikes, IV smile.
04
Options Greeks Applied
Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega — each with live NIFTY ATM widget showing current values.
05
Options Strategies India
Fifteen strategies plus selection framework — one chapter per strategy with live NIFTY widgets and applied examples.
06
OI Buildup Playbook
The four classifications with current-day stock examples, streak patterns, sector breadth.
07
Expiry Day Mechanics
After SEBI's overhaul: one weekly per exchange (NIFTY Tuesday, SENSEX Thursday), BANK NIFTY monthly — settlement, rollover, IV crush and expiry strategy.
08
Bulk, Block & Insider
Disclosure rules (current as of 2025): bulk vs block deals, SEBI PIT insider trades, promoter pledge, and reading the shareholding pattern.
09
Sector Rotation Patterns
Banking, IT, Auto, Pharma, Metal & Energy — the structural drivers behind each sector's rotation and how to read the cyclical-vs-defensive map.
10
Risk & Position Sizing
F&O-specific sizing for retail capital, stop placement, drawdown tolerance, the 2% rule — and the Rs 15 lakh contract reality.
While you wait for the rest
The seven existing landing pages and ten live-data hubs already cover the practical ground. Specifically:
- Options Greeks Explained — Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega in one page
- How to Read an Option Chain — every column, every signal
- OI Buildup Explained — the four classifications with India examples
- FII vs DII Explained — foreign vs domestic institutional flow
- Options Strategies for Indian Markets — 10 strategies with lot sizes + STT
- Smart Money Concepts — the four signal streams