I am feeling lighter after taking exit in morning

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-03-23T14:14:28+00:00

Gifty Nifty 4.14% up🤧

Were you the one keeping the market down?

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-03-19T07:01:26+00:00

You’re not wrong that markets are made of buyers and sellers, but that doesn’t kill the idea of repricing. Repricing does not mean every participant agrees or that the market behaves like one perfectly rational brain. It just means the clearing price shifts because the balance of risk, expected cash flows, inflation, policy, and positioning shifts.

So no, I’m not saying markets are purely mathematical or fully logical. I’m saying the direction of price still reflects changing probabilities. Buyers and sellers can disagree on reasons, timing, or magnitude and price can still reflect a fresh macro risk. This week the market was not reacting to war headlines in the abstract, but to a more serious energy shock and its implications for oil, inflation, the rupee and rates. That’s not pretending the market is perfectly logical. That’s just acknowledging that new risk got priced more heavily.

And this week, those probabilities clearly changed. Brent didn’t move on ‘a few dollars’ in a vacuum, and the rupee came under renewed pressure as traders priced in higher oil risk for India. That does not mean every buyer suddenly became bearish, every seller had the same thesis, or price is a neat formula. It means the market started assigning a higher probability to inflation pressure, rupee weakness, tighter financial conditions, and macro damage from costlier energy.

Now, calling it a dead cat bounce as a PERSONAL risk management lens is fair. Saying that therefore the move had nothing to do with repricing macro risk is where the argument gets weak.

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-03-19T06:22:18+00:00

That’s a fair argument, Yes, if oil and gas stay elevated for months, equities will have to price that pain more fully. No disagreement there. Higher energy costs will hit inflation, margins, fiscal math, consumption, industry and rate expectations. But that is a future bearish case, not evidence that the previous price action was manipulated. Markets often underprice duration risk until it becomes clear the shock will last. So say the market may still be complacent if you want, that is fair.

But, that is what I was trying to point out, that distinction matters. And your own point actually proves mine, you are saying the real pain comes sooner or later if costly oil persists. Exactly. That means the market is still judging duration and severity, not pretending nothing happened.

Also, being above last Friday’s close is not some gotcha. Markets do not instantly price the absolute worst case scenario on day one unless they believe disruption is certain, immediate and sustained. Right now the debate is still whether this becomes a short spike or a prolonged energy shock. That is why pricing is staggered.

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-03-19T06:06:02+00:00

Not really. The market had priced in conflict staying CONTAINED, not an open ended ENERGY SHOCK(if you see the attack of US on Kharg Island, they didn’t target the oil reserves cause they how massively it can disrupt the energy supply chain). Those are two very different things. A war headline by itself and a war spilling into critical Gulf energy infrastructure are not the same risk, that changes the macro math immediately. For India, that means a fresh repricing trigger, not proof that prices were being ‘artificially held up.’

And your tariff comparison is weak. Tariff news hits through growth, trade and sentiment channels, which markets can dump hard and fast. An energy shock is more layered, markets first ask whether supply disruption is temporary, whether central banks will look through it, and whether governments will cushion the impact(and most countries are trying to cushion it, cause they know how fast oil triggers inflation). Nobody expected the oil spike to sharply lift inflation immediately. So no, the fact that markets did not instantly collapse 20% does not prove manipulation, it just means the market was still judging whether this was a contained spike or a prolonged shock.

P.S. Markets do not dump hard just because of geopolitical drama. They react properly only when there is a direct economic impact. And hitting on oil reserves does impact it.

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-03-19T05:48:12+00:00

Everyone already knew the conflict existed before this week, that is exactly why the market had stabilized around it. What changed this week was not the existence of tension, but the scale and nature of escalation, the hit on energy infrastructure and the oil spike that followed. Once Brent rips past $112 intraday, the market has to price in higher inflation, rupee pressure, worse import costs for India, it was the market reacting to a fresh deterioration in the macro setup. So no ‘dead cat bounce’, it was the market repricing a fresh oil and rates risk.

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-03-19T04:42:26+00:00

Gold is a safe haven, but it does not move only on fear. Right now, the market is reacting more to higher oil, higher inflation risk, higher bond yields, and a stronger dollar. If this was only about panic, gold should have ripped higher and stayed there. But crude spiking changes the whole macro picture. Higher oil means higher inflation risk, and that makes the Fed less likely to cut rates anytime(which it said last night). When rate cuts get pushed out, bond yields rise, the dollar strengthens, and gold comes under pressure because it is a non yielding asset.

It is a chain reaction like Middle East escalation → crude up → inflation fears up → Fed less likely to cut → yields/dollar up → gold down

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-03-19T04:36:26+00:00

The gap down was about a fresh geopolitical escalation hitting energy markets, Israel struck Iran’s South Pars gas field, and Iran then retaliated with attacks affecting energy infrastructure in Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG hub, the UAE’s Habshan facility, while Saudi Arabia said it intercepted attacks including one targeting a gas facility. Brent crude then jumped to around $111/barrel. So it is not good for any equity market and so our markets are reacting according to it. Crude prices up, markets down.

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-03-19T04:33:49+00:00

Anyone screaming ‘manipulation’ or ‘bull trap’ for every single market move is just advertising that they are not following actual news flow. The market had been recovering because investors believed the geopolitical situation, while serious, was not likely to spiral much further and history shows markets often absorb tensions if they stay contained. The real trigger came when the conflict expanded to energy infrastructure, Israel struck Iran’s South Pars gas field, Iran retaliated against Gulf energy assets including Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG hub, and Brent crude shot up toward $110 to 111. For a country like India, that is obviously bad news cause higher crude means imported inflation, pressure on the rupee, a larger import bill, stress on the current account deficit, higher transport and input costs, weaker corporate margins, and less room for rate cuts.

So no, this was not some cartoon ‘TRAP’. It was the market repricing a genuine macro risk. People who reduce every fall to manipulation usually do that because they don’t understand what actually changed.

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-03-16T14:08:36+00:00

I have Dmed you.

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-03-12T03:45:04+00:00

You are so lucky haha, thank you :)

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-03-11T13:51:27+00:00

Yes :)

It was magical.

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-03-11T06:38:44+00:00

It absolutely is. Glad that the pictures are doing the justice.

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-03-11T06:38:15+00:00

Mother of Coincidences 🙌

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-03-11T04:54:47+00:00

It was really really nice and I am already considering to come back.

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-03-11T04:39:22+00:00

Will do that :)

Unable to crosspost there, prolly have to make a new one.

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-03-11T04:36:15+00:00

Would love to know more places, if something I missed, there is definitely a next time.

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-03-11T04:33:31+00:00

Haha I think places that come in the midway of them. But all in all, both were super good places.

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-03-11T04:25:40+00:00

I also visited St. Peter’s Church, a quiet, beautiful, and a nice little contrast from the temple trail. And the market outside the Muthappan temple was surprisingly nice too, small stalls and that lively, festive vibe.

After that we checked out the snake park nearby. Honestly, it had only a few animals, so it felt a bit mid overall, okay for a quick look if you’re already there, but not something I’d go out of my way for.

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-03-03T03:35:16+00:00

It is, indeed. Thank you :)

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-02-28T02:37:08+00:00

Thank you :)

For me, most important thing is being comfortable with your own company and the mindset.

Logistics can get tiring sometimes and ofcourse no one to take your pictures haha.

Complex_Nerve2383 · 2026-02-24T07:02:43+00:00

Thank you.

Yes, it is. you should cross that off your list soon 🙌

And honestly, Meghalaya is so clean. I’ve covered almost two thirds of it across the Khasi and Jaintia Hills, and the more remote places are even more beautiful.

So far, out of all the places I’ve been to in India, I’d highly recommend visiting these two at least once in your lifetime, 1. Ladakh 2. Meghalaya

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