KALMATGuides — learn the method
Bases, breakouts, relative strength and market breadth — explained from first principles.
What is a base? The resting patterns strong stocks formWhy strong stocks pause before they run: base depth, length, tightening and the four patterns KALMAT scans for — The Coil (VCP-style tightening), Open Sky (all-time highs), The Long Lid (multi-year levels) and First Base (IPO bases).2026-06-27Pivots and buy zones: where a breakout actually startsThe pivot is the price where waiting ends and evidence begins. How KALMAT marks it, why chasing past the buy zone hurts, and what false pokes tell you.2026-06-27Breakouts: what a real one looks like on day oneClose above the pivot, volume several times normal, and a market that co-operates. What confirms a breakout, what a squat means, and why most attempts fail.2026-06-27Relative strength: the 1–99 rank behind every screenRS is not RSI. How ranking every stock against the whole Indian market over a year separates leaders from laggards, and why breakouts from leaders last longer.2026-06-27Liquidity: the first filter, before any chart is readWhy the scan ignores everything under ₹500 crore market cap and ₹5 crore a day traded: impact cost, exits that fail, and how thin stocks fake patterns.2026-07-12Risk first: the −8% stop, break-even, and the 50-day trailDecide the loss before the buy: ~1.5% of capital at risk, an automatic stop near −8%, moving it to break-even, then letting the 50-day line manage the exit.2026-07-12Sector rotation: money moves in groups, not in single stocksLeadership travels industry by industry. Reading the four-quadrant rotation map — leading, improving, weakening, lagging — and buying leaders in leading groups.2026-08-05Backtesting honestly: what a simulated record can and cannot saySurvivorship bias, look-ahead leaks, costs and curve-fitting: the four ways backtests lie, and how to read CAGR next to drawdown without fooling yourself.2026-08-05Reading the market health dial: breadth before breakoutsOne number from many: highs vs lows, stocks above their long-term averages, confirmed uptrends — why breakouts thrive in a healthy tape and die in a sick one.2026-08-05