Editorial Policy

This page sets out how articles here are researched, what they will and will not cover, and what happens when something turns out to be wrong. It exists so that you can judge the writing by a stated standard rather than taking it on trust.

Sourcing

Claims about regulation are cited to the primary source, which usually means a SEBI or NSE circular, and linked so you can read it yourself. Where a secondary source is used, it is named. If a number appears in an article, it should be traceable to something you can check.

Where a worked example uses code, the intention is that you can reproduce it. Two of the libraries referenced across the site are published openly on PyPI and their source is on GitHub.

Market data is deliberately lagged

SEBI restricts the use of live or recent market data in educational content. Every price, strike and premium used in an example here is historical, lagged by at least three months, and labelled as an illustration. Nothing on this site is a live trade idea, and it is not written to be acted on today.

What is not covered

No individual stock is ever recommended, rated or given a price target. The subject matter is index-level: structures on the major indices, portfolio construction, risk, costs and market mechanics. That is partly a regulatory boundary and partly an editorial one, since the useful, durable part of this subject is the method rather than the tip.

Independence

Nothing here is sponsored. There is no paid placement, no affiliate link, and no broker relationship. No one pays to appear in an article or to have one written. If that ever changes, it will be disclosed prominently at the top of any affected article, not buried in a footer.

The views on this site are personal. They are not those of any employer, and no employer reviews or approves what is published here.

Corrections

Articles are corrected rather than quietly deleted. The policy is:

• A factual error is fixed as soon as it is confirmed, and the article carries a dated note saying what changed.
• A typographical or formatting fix is made without a note, since it changes nothing about the substance.
• When an article is materially rewritten or brought up to date, its updated date changes and that date is shown on the page.
• An article that becomes wrong because the rules changed is either updated or marked as superseded. It is not left standing as though it were still current.

If you think something here is wrong, please tell me at jeevan@financefluentblog.com. Corrections are welcome and are not treated as an inconvenience.

Dates

Every article shows when it was published and, where it applies, when it was last materially updated. Those dates are honest. Articles are not restamped with a recent date to look fresher than they are.