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Do-it-yourself research with free NSE, BSE and industry data: bulk and block deals, bhavcopy files, circuit limits, margin trading and monthly sales figures.

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How to Track What Big Investors Are Doing: Dig Into Free Bulk and Block Deals Data

NSE and BSE publish every bulk and block deal free on their websites after market hours the same day, so you can see which large investors bought or sold. Search the client name column on both exchanges and try more than one spelling; private deals, such as investments in unlisted companies, will not show up.

October 1, 2026
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MTF in Trading: Is It Eating the Peace of Swing Trading?

MTF (margin trading facility) lets you buy shares by paying part of their value, at least 20%, while your broker lends the rest at roughly 8% to 16.5% a year. The interest and the risk of a forced sale on a margin call can turn a calm swing trade into a stressful one; the author's view is that MTF is not a scam but is best left to experts.

Oct 26, 2026
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Bulk Deal BSE Search: How GQG’s ITC Sale Showed Up in Exchange Data

GQG's ITC sale on 8 October 2026 appears in BSE's bulk and block deal data under at least two client names, and searching for only one would have shown about 17% of the volume. Search for a short keyword such as "GQG" and check both exchanges, because no matching entry appeared in NSE's data for these trades.

Oct 9, 2026
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FADA Vehicle Retail Data: A Free Monthly Pulse on India’s Auto Market

FADA's monthly vehicle retail data, free on fada.in, shows how many vehicles buyers actually registered, because it comes from the government's Vahan database rather than factory dispatches. In August 2026 that was about 17.1 lakh two-wheelers and 4 lakh passenger vehicles; read the month-on-month and year-on-year changes together.

Sep 29, 2026
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One Stock Froze, the Other Kept Sliding: How Circuit Limits Really Work

A circuit limit caps how far a stock's price can move in a day, but it works like a speed bump, not a floor. Cash-market stocks have a fixed limit, such as 20%, and freeze at it, while stocks with futures and options get a 10% band that widens in steps, which is why on 24 September 2026 Turtlemint froze while PB Fintech kept sliding.

Sep 25, 2026
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One Format, Two Exchanges: How UDiFF and ISIN Make NSE vs BSE Comparison Easy

NSE and BSE now publish their daily bhavcopy in the same UDiFF format, but each exchange still uses its own code for a company. The ISIN, a 12-character code that is identical on both exchanges (INE002A01018 for Reliance, for example), is the key that lets you join the two files and compare prices.

Sep 24, 2026