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Updated 2025-06-04·Editorial policy·Trading system

What is Correction?

Correction is temporary price decline against prevailing trend, often 5–15% in equities.

Formula

Correction Anatomy: Market at all-time high: 22,000 Correction begins: -10% → 19,800 Deepening: -15% → 18,700 Correction low: -18% → 18,040 Recovery begins: +5% → 18,942 +10% → 19,844 Back to highs: 22,000 Total duration: 4-6 months typical

Indian market context (NSE)

Reference levels: Nifty 50 at 24,300, Reliance Industries at ₹1,300, Bank Nifty futures at 55,000 (lot size 30). Examples below show how Correction shows up on Indian index, equity, and futures books — update to live quotes in your journal.

Nifty 50 perspective

Correction in Indian context at Nifty 24,300: apply SEBI/regulatory framing where relevant and tag index trades separately in weekly review.

Reliance Industries perspective

Correction using Reliance at ₹1,300 as a liquid large-cap example — adjust numbers to your live quote and contract note.

Bank Nifty futures perspective

Correction with Bank Nifty futures at 55,000 — respect lot size 30 and quarterly vs monthly contract rules on NSE.

How to validate

  • Validate Correction readings by session tag — open hour stats differ from midday.
  • Check behaviour on gap-up/gap-down days separately on Nifty tags.
  • Correlate with India VIX buckets (calm vs elevated) before changing rules.
  • Confirm liquidity notes were filled on fast-market days.

How to track in TradeLyser

  • Tag session phase and liquidity state on each trade influenced by Correction.
  • Daily journal: one line on market structure context (gap, range, trend).
  • Filter analytics by session tag during monthly review.
  • Note India VIX at session open when structure rules depend on volatility.

Best practices

  • Pre-define how Correction maps to session tags each quarter.
  • Reduce size on expiry and event sessions when structure breaks.
  • Journal gap days explicitly — averages hide gap risk.
  • Align structure tags with India cash session hours (9:15–15:30).

Common pitfalls

  • Applying midday rules to the opening 15 minutes without adjustment.
  • Trading illiquid names with the same Correction assumptions as Nifty.
  • Forgetting overnight gap risk on “intraday” tags.
  • Over-tagging — so many structure labels that review becomes noise.

How to use this in TradeLyser

Log correction % from swing high; align pullback trades with depth band.

Related terms

FAQ

Correction become bear market?

Depth and duration thresholds — predefine.

Trade every correction?

Only if playbook says — tag depth filter.

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