Recent entries — trading, stocks, books, and dispatches from the road.
One number, invented for a printed chart service almost a century ago, still quietly tells you more about a stock than its own price chart does. Here's exactly how Mansfield Relative Strength works, where it actually came from, and how to read it without fooling yourself.
NIFTY opened at 24,292.7, dipped to a low of 24,250.0 by late morning on fresh short building, then spent the rest of the session grinding back up to close at 24,341.9, up 60.0 points (+0.25%) — a session that recovered almost all of its early damage without ever making a dramatic move.
A new SEBI mechanism, a decade of retail losses, a design most people never actually read the fine print on — and the real story of what changed, why, and what it means for anyone still holding an option into the close.
Market strategy — structured, not speculative.
NSE index derivatives, options, and individual stocks — all read through the same structural lens: CPR, pivot, order flow, and market profile. Not one instrument or one setup, but one consistent framework applied wherever it fits, treating every position as a calculated system, not a guess.
I also track AI and the networking industry closely — see Packet & Parameter, a weekly deep-dive.
A curated record of global expeditions and captured frames.
No bag full of glass, no gear-review energy — one body, one lens, and a bias toward standing closer instead of buying wider. The Sony a7R V (ILCE-7RM5) does the work, almost always paired with an 85mm. That focal length is basically a standing rule: no lazy wide shot that tries to swallow the whole scene, no zooming out of a decision I should've made with my feet. If it doesn't fit in an 85mm frame, I'm probably standing in the wrong place, not missing the right lens.
That's also why temples and tight architectural detail are where this setup earns its keep — the 85mm doesn't reward coverage, it rewards picking one thing and actually looking at it.
The kit's about to get less minimal, though. A 200mm is coming next, for the shots the 85mm simply can't reach — Girivalam at a distance, a gopuram from across a tank, anything where getting closer means getting in someone's way. A wide lens is coming too, for the opposite problem: interiors, thousand-pillared halls, the moments where the story is the whole space, not one detail inside it. The 85mm taught me restraint. These two are for when restraint isn't actually the right call.
If you're ever around and want a portrait shot with this setup — or just want to talk gear, temples, or anything else on this site — tell me about it at nexusandlens@gmail.com, as usual.
Global Expeditions
A blue-lit face against a black sky, eyes closed, completely unbothered by the crowd underneath. One frame, and a few minutes of standing still.
High-Definition Frames
Three frames from an early morning at Lalbagh — a path, a canopy, and blossoms over still water.
High-Definition Frames
Wasn't planning to shoot anything that evening — just went for the food. Three frames I didn't expect to take.
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