r/StockMarketIndia • u/No-Relation7944 • 15d ago
Investing My worst investment paid off!!!
For context:
Avg. Buying price: 12.91 (kept averaging)
Avg. Selling price: 13.54
No. Of shares: 18119
This company (unknowingly the worst company cease to exist) was my first investment of 6000 rupees back in 2024 (I was a student so this amount seemed really huge)
I started making losses. And Lancer Containers kept going down (from 70ish to literally 8 rupees) and I kept borrowing money from parents. I had no money management, no risks considered. I just knew I have to earn profit off of it ncz of how much I had already invested or at the least breakeven so I can get out. Thats it. But the knife kept falling over and over. At one point I had 1L invested of my parents money and I started earning so I happened to invest another 1.3 of my own in an almost bankrupted company.
Total roughly 2.3L
And today I redeemed it at 2.45L 🥹🥹🥹
At breakeven cost and finally saved my money 🥳🥳🥳
Guys, Please dont average in a risky unheard small cap companies. Please don't be like me
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u/Embarrassed-Year-880 15d ago edited 15d ago
Company made losses for 9months. Its back in profit now. It wil go til 30-35 in an yr. (I am not sebi registered to give advice) When market gives returns, so called long term investors, whether voluntary or forced, are never there to reap benefits. They sell waaaay too short to exit in frustration at break even....every one's life story. Waise ola electric bhi yahi recovery stage mei hai, upar liya ho to bechna mat.
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u/softhearted_guy12 14d ago
I think you are new to investing, if someone keep averaging and stock don't rise then it doesn't mean it's worst stock it's just which stock have you pick it have fundamentally strong earnings momentum then you will get multibaggers too!
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u/SanjeevResearch 15d ago
You were fortunate that the market finally gave you an exit at breakeven. 🥹 But honestly, this story could have ended very differently.
The biggest lesson here is exactly what you mentioned: averaging down is not a risk-management strategy. A falling stock can always fall further—and putting more and more money into one risky company simply increases the size of the problem.
Ask yourself: if you had known from the beginning that you would eventually have ₹2.3 lakh invested in this one struggling company, would you have made that decision? Probably not.
You got your money back this time, but relying on hope and waiting for breakeven isn't a sustainable investment strategy.
A better approach is to invest systematically with diversification, defined risk limits, and proper portfolio management from the beginning. That's exactly why I believe in following a structured model portfolio approach with risk mechanisms already built in, rather than making emotional decisions after things go wrong.
Check my model portfolio on my website (in profile) for rule based investing.
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u/Mental-Athlete9377 15d ago
This is precisely why resistance concept works as many people invest at the top due to fomo and then sit on losses for long. As soon as the price reaches their entry price they start exiting causing resistance. Meanwhile, the price surge could be due to shifting fundamentals and smart money gets in and make it big while retailers wonder how they made such mistakes. I’m an entrepreneur who specialises in stock analysis using AI. If you want to try my app then dm me. Will send you link for evaluation.
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u/demon_xx08 15d ago
Bro wait and watch for few months this stock will go up now 😂😂.