The premise
You watch the market. You don't day-trade — you swing-trade or hold for weeks-to-months — but you want to be informed enough to react when things change. 15 minutes a day is the budget.
The routine splits across three windows: pre-market (5 min), one intraday check (5 min), post-market (5 min).
Pre-market — 09:00 IST
5 minutes before market open. Goals: orient, prepare, set traps.
Open the Market Dashboard
/market. Glance at the index snapshot — what did global cues set up? Note sectoral leaders into today.
Scan watchlist conviction
Open Portfolio / Watchlist. Sort by conviction band. Note any band changes since yesterday (a stock that was Moderate Bullish yesterday and is now Strong Bullish today is a candidate for the day's attention).
Check upcoming filings
Insights → Earnings → Expected Today — note any watchlist names expected to report after close.
Intraday — one slot of your choosing, 11:30 IST or 14:00 IST
Pick one. The 11:30 slot catches early-session moves; the 14:00 slot catches afternoon momentum patterns.
Check active alerts
/alerts → triggered list. Has anything fired since open? Decide for each: act, ignore, or modify.
Look at the scanner briefly
/scanner — what signals are firing today? Don't open every result; scan for any of your watchlist symbols appearing.
Spot-check one watchlist name
Pick the highest-conviction watchlist stock and open its Overview tab. Read the strip. If conviction has weakened since open, that's information.
Post-market — 16:00 IST
5 minutes after market close. Goals: review, set tomorrow's traps.
Read the day's filings
/announcements. Watchlist filter on. Skim the day's material filings — earnings, board meetings, large orders. Read summaries; click PDFs only when something matters.
Review the heatmap
/heatmap. 30-second visual confirmation of which sectors led/lagged. Identify outliers.
Set or modify alerts
Anything you want to know about tomorrow that requires a price move or signal trigger? Set the alert now, while you're already in the workflow.
What's deliberately not in the routine
- Reading every filing — the materiality filter does this for you
- Watching the screen all day — three discrete 5-minute slots beats continuous attention
- Chart-watching during market hours — set alerts and react to triggers; don't watch ticks
- Reading the news — most "news" is reaction commentary; primary sources (filings, exchange data) are higher signal
When to add to the routine
You're allowed to spend more time when:
- Earnings season — most of your watchlist reports in one month. Plan for 30+ minutes a day during peak weeks.
- Open positions — when you've entered a trade, your attention budget for that stock should increase until you exit
- Major macro event — RBI policy day, budget day, US Fed events, election results
For non-event weeks, 15 minutes a day is enough to stay informed.
The mistake to avoid
The most common mistake among active investors is over-reaction to intraday moves. A stock down 4% at 11:00 AM might close flat. A stock up 6% at 14:00 might close +1%. Intraday volatility is signal noise for swing traders.
The platform's conviction engine computes daily values, not intraday. Match your decision cadence to your data cadence — most useful information arrives once a day, post-close.
The weekly companion
The daily routine pairs with a weekly review (Sunday evening, ~30 minutes):
- Triage your watchlist by conviction
- Check the Trade Journal for any new closed trades and their attribution
- Review the week's filings in aggregate
- Adjust screens or alerts that haven't been useful
See Using conviction to triage your watchlist.
Start with the dashboard