Short, Mid & Long term | What do timelines really signify?

To facilitate trading decisions, “Cycle” takes into account the three-time frames namely, Short term, Mid-term & Long term and uses it in various following contexts: 

ContextShort TermMid Term Long Term
Trading frequencyWeekly-MonthlyMonthly-YearlyYearly
Price range move100%100-500%500-1000%
Stop-Loss25-30%30-40%50%
Risk ProfileHighAverageLow
Investment Duration< 1 year1 year – 3 year2 years – 10 years
ReversalPrevious DayPrevious WeekPrevious Month
Timeframes in cycle app

 “Cycle” conveys signals for every stock against all three respective time frames i.e. short term, mid-term & long term. The signals will essentially be BUY, SELL or WAIT. 

 Please refer to other “Cycle” tutorials on Short term investment & Long term investment for learning how to make use of various signal combinations.

Buy – Wait – Wait | What does this signal combination mean?

Swing Trader’s Guide to Buy Wait Wait Signal

The Buy Wait Wait Signal indicates an opportunity to book profit and exit the current holdings.

You should keep a track of when the Wait signal changes to identify the correct opportunity to enter when the Wait turns to Buy signal again.

Short-Term Trader’s Guide to Buy Wait Wait Signal

For Short Term Investors, the Buy Wait Wait signal indicates an opportunity to book profit and exit the current holdings.

You should keep a track of when the Wait signal changes to identify the correct opportunity to enter when the Wait turns to Buy signal again.

Long-Term Trader’s Guide to Buy Wait Wait Signal

For Long Term Investors, the Buy Wait Wait signal indicates a no fit for the long term as there is no indication of a positive move from the stock

To make this decision even more bullish – Look for stocks with a CRS score of 80+ which indicates that the particular stock is in the top 20% performers in the last year with respect to price performance.

Always remember to put a stop-loss in the order as nobody can be 100% sure about the signals that they provide and it’s always better to be safe rather than sorry later. Cycle app suggests stop-loss for each time-frame

Buy – Wait – Buy | What does this signal combination mean?

Swing Trader’s Guide to Buy Wait Buy Signal

The Buy Wait BuySignal indicates an opportunity to book profit and exit the current holdings.

You should keep a track of when the Wait signal changes to identify the correct opportunity to enter when the Wait turns to Buy signal again.

Short-Term Trader’s Guide to Buy Buy SellSignal

For Short Term Investors, the Buy Buy Sell signal indicates a strong buy momentum in the short term. Indicating that you can enter this stock as it is in a fully bullish mode in the near term as of now. But be aware of reversals.

You should sell and book profit when the short term or medium term signal turns to Wait.

Long-Term Trader’s Guide to Buy Buy Sell Signal

For Long Term Investors, the Buy Buy Sell signal indicates a no fit for the long term as there is no indication of a positive move from the stock

To make this decision even more bullish – Look for stocks with a CRS score of 80+ which indicates that the particular stock is in the top 20% performers in the last year with respect to price performance.

Always remember to put a stop-loss in the order as nobody can be 100% sure about the signals that they provide and it’s always better to be safe rather than sorry later. Cycle app suggests stop-loss for each time-frame

Buy – Buy – Sell | What does this signal combination mean?

Swing Trader’s Guide to Buy Buy Sell Signal

The Buy Buy Sell Signal indicates a strong buy momentum in the short term. Indicating that you can enter this stock as it is in a fully bullish mode in the near term as of now. But be aware of reversals.

You should sell and book profit when the short term signal turns to Wait.

Short-Term Trader’s Guide to Buy Buy SellSignal

For Short Term Investors, the Buy Buy Sell signal indicates a strong buy momentum in the short term. Indicating that you can enter this stock as it is in a fully bullish mode in the near term as of now. But be aware of reversals.

You should sell and book profit when the short term or medium term signal turns to Wait.

Long-Term Trader’s Guide to Buy Buy Sell Signal

For Long Term Investors, the Buy Buy Sell signal indicates a no fit for the long term as there is no indication of a positive move from the stock

To make this decision even more bullish – Look for stocks with a CRS score of 80+ which indicates that the particular stock is in the top 20% performers in the last year with respect to price performance.

Always remember to put a stop-loss in the order as nobody can be 100% sure about the signals that they provide and it’s always better to be safe rather than sorry later. Cycle app suggests stop-loss for each time-frame

Buy – Buy – Wait | What does this signal combination mean?

Swing Trader’s Guide to Buy Buy Wait Signal

The Buy Buy Wait Signal indicates a strong buy momentum in the short term. Indicating that you can enter this stock as it is in a fully bullish mode in the near term as of now. But be aware of reversals.

You should sell and book profit when the short term signal turns to Wait.

Short-Term Trader’s Guide to Buy Buy Wait Signal

For Short Term Investors, the Buy Buy Wait signal indicates a strong buy momentum in the short term. Indicating that you can enter this stock as it is in a fully bullish mode in the near term as of now. But be aware of reversals.

You should sell and book profit when the short term or medium term signal turns to Wait.

Long-Term Trader’s Guide to Buy Buy Wait Signal

For Long Term Investors, the Buy Buy Wait signal indicates a possible reversal and presents an opportunity to book profit.

You should sell when the long-term signal turns to wait and book profit. If you do not hold the stock in your portfolio then please wait for the signal to either turn into a BUY or a SELL signal before taking any form of action.

To make this decision even more bullish – Look for stocks with a CRS score of 80+ which indicates that the particular stock is in the top 20% performers in the last year with respect to price performance.

Always remember to put a stop-loss in the order as nobody can be 100% sure about the signals that they provide and it’s always better to be safe rather than sorry later. Cycle app suggests stop-loss for each time-frame

Buy – Buy – Buy | What does this signal combination mean?

Swing Trader’s Guide to Triple Buy Signal

The Triple Buy Signal on all time-frames indicates a strong buy momentum. Indicating that you can enter this stock as it is in fully bullish mode as of now.

You should sell and book profit when the short term signal turns to Wait.

Short-Term Trader’s Guide to Triple Buy Signal

For Short Term Investors, the Triple Buy Signal on all time-frames indicates a strong buy breakout. Indicating that you can enter this stock as it is in fully bullish mode as of now.

You should sell and book profit when the short term or medium term signal turns to Wait.

Long-Term Trader’s Guide to Triple Buy Signal

For Long Term Investors, the Triple Buy Signal on all time-frames indicates a strong buy breakout. Indicating that you can enter this stock as it is in fully bullish mode as of now.

You should sell when the midterm or Long term signal turns to Wait.

To make this decision even more bullish – Look for stocks with a CRS score of 80+ which indicates that the particular stock is in the top 20% performers in the last year with respect to price performance.

Always remember to put a stop-loss in the order as nobody can be 100% sure about the signals that they provide and it’s always better to be safe rather than sorry later. Cycle app suggests stop-loss for each time-frame

How to make the right investments | Proven Demand & supply approach

Making the right investment decisions can be complicated. We may read the news and find immense data on a stock that is doing pretty well in the market, and conclusively, everyone starts to talk about that stock, a few buy it, and on very rare occurrences, they end up earning great results.

But have you ever wondered the deep-rooted reason this happens? or understood the science behind how that stock is doing so well at that moment? How is its price on the rise? We have a straightforward answer to that; it is because of the Demand & Supply principle. 

Before we dive deeper into how we can use the law of demand and supply to make the right investment decisions, let us first understand the law of demand and supply.

Law of Demand and Supply 

The law of demand and supply is a universal concept where the price is a function of demand and supply. It is an economic model that determines the value in a market. It assumes that in a competitive market, holding all else equal, the unit price for a particular good, or other traded item such as labour or liquid financial assets, will vary until it settles at a point where the quantity demanded (at the current price) will equal the amount supplied (at the current price). 

In simpler words, demand and supply will keep pulling and pushing prices in either way depending on their value in its market. 

How do you make the right investment decision using the demand and supply approach?

There are a hundred reasons that could coherently affect the demand and supply of a particular company. Significant factors that could affect the demand and supply for stocks are economic data and corporate results. Great economists have tried and failed to predict, time and again, what could possibly be the central and foremost reason behind the fluctuation between the relation of demand and supply, and price and in retrospect can only be talked about and analyzed.

When the demand of a company rises and does not have supply to support it we should buy the stock. When the supply of a stock increases, without the demand to satisfy it, we should sell the stock. This could single-handedly take months of research before actually predicting the future of stock by an ordinary human being.

How do we simplify this process for you to make quick investment decisions?

  • Cycle app helps you translate the demand and supply approaches into actionable buy and sell signals through its swift algorithms; offering signals that could take months of research to reach an enforceable decision. 
  • When supply does not meet demand, it shifts to a buy signal and when demand doesn’t meet supply then shifts to sell, and when both demand and supply meet, it gives a wait signal helping you make better investments. 

To back this up, it gives a signal history of the performances of over 10000+ companies, and how using this approach has helped many make profits and save losses. 

Please refer to How to use Cycle tutorials for learning how to make effective use of demand and supply principles with the help of various signal combinations in short term & long term investing.

Buying a car to claim tax depreciation? Think Again!

To save income tax by reducing tax liability, Financial Experts advise you to buy a car or similar depreciating assets – Laptop, Mobile Phone etc.

But does it practically make sense to make huge expenses just to save on paying taxes?

Let’s understand it through an example of buying a car of Rs 10 Lakh.

If you buy a car of Rs.10 lakh, you can claim depreciation of that car worth 10 lakh rupees over a period of certain years, @ 15% per year on Written Down Value of Car,

The depreciation claim on the car will reduce your income by the depreciation amount, which is 15% of the claim.

Tax liability on the above said depreciation amount will be in the range of 25% to 30% depending upon your firm’s income tax slab.

Thus the total income tax benefit which you will get will be around 25% to 30% of the total,

Means in our example case we can get tax benefit up to 2.5 lakhs to 3 lakhs.

For the next 20 years of buying that car, the below table highlights how the amount and tax liability benefit would play out.

YearWritten Down Value of CarDepreciationBenefit @ 30%
1st Year10,00,0001,50,00045,000
2nd Year8,50,0001,27,50038,250
3rd Year7,22,5001,08,37532,512
4th Year6,14,12592,11827,635
5th Year5,22,00778,30123,490
6th Year4,43,70566,55619,967
7th Year3,77,15056,57216,972
8th Year3,20,57748,08714,426
9th Year2,72,49140,87412,262
10th Year2,31,61734,74310,423
11th Year1,96,87429,5318,859
12th Year1,67,34325,1017,530
13th Year1,42,24221,3366,401
14th Year1,20,90518,1365,441
15th Year1,02,77015,4154,625
16th Year87,35413,1033,931
17th Year74,25111,1383,341
18th Year63,1139,4672,840
19th Year53,6468,0472,414
20th Year45,5996,8402,052
Total Benefit2,88,372
Tax benefit of Rs 2,88,372 over a period of 20 years on upfront expenses of 10 lakhs

As highlighted in the above table, over 20 years we get a tax benefit of Rs 2.88 Lakh, by having an expense of 10 Lakh rs upfront.

Buying a depreciating asset for claiming depreciation is an absurd decision.

It is also a loss-making decision, as eventually, we will be better placed if we pay the tax upfront instead of buying just for depreciation and invest the remaining after-tax amount in appreciating assets like stocks and other investments

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What will you gain by investing the amount remaining after paying taxes?

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How does the stock-details section help you make better investment decisions?

Unlike any other investment platform, “Cycle” users too, have the access to verifiable and user-friendly historical data for all the stocks.

Rather than cluttering the minds of investors by providing a wealth of incomprehensible financial raw data. Our app smartly presents stock information in a manner easy to use yet comprehensive, versatile (non-static) and relevant to every class of investors. 

For every stock, the user can access its details by clicking on respective signals mentioned under relevant time frames (i.e. short, medium and long term). The following page will have information presented under 2 broad categories:

Key Statistics

This provides actionable insights for a given scrip by virtue of its:

Returns: Return On Investments given by the stock in a particular period depending on the timeframe

Ranking: How has the stock performed in that timeframe with respect to all other stocks

Comparative performance: In percentage is the stock in the top performers or the bottom performers.

Cycle Signal Performance History

Provides a detailed view of the historical price movement alongside the result of signals which cycle had given at the time.

Before choosing an investment strategy based upon various signal combinations we strongly recommend Cycle users leverage the information available on this page for maximising their gains. 

What does the “time-lines” signify in the cycle app?

Find out how the timelines can help you identify best investments according to your risk and commitment appetite

What is a Time frame

Time frame refers to the amount of time that a trend lasts for in a market, which can be identified and used by traders. It is generally associated with the duration of the investment.

Time frame in Cycle

To facilitate trading decisions, “Cycle” takes into account the three-time frames namely, Short term, Mid-term & Long term and uses it in various following contexts: 

ContextShort TermMid Term Long Term
Trading frequencyWeekly-MonthlyMonthly-YearlyYearly
Price range move100%100-500%500-1000%
Stop-Loss25-30%30-40%50%
Risk ProfileHighAverageLow
Investment Duration< 1 year1 year-3 year2 years-10 years
ReversalPrevious DayPrevious WeekPrevious Month

Trading under various time frames

“Cycle” conveys signals for every stock against all three respective time frames i.e. short term, mid term & long term. The signals will essentially be BUY, SELL or WAIT