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The price range per share the company is asking for, e.g. ₹545–574. You bid somewhere in this range; almost everyone bids at the top so their order isn't rejected.

The minimum number of shares you're allowed to buy — you can't buy just 1 share of an IPO, you buy in this fixed bundle.

Band × lot — the actual rupees one minimum order costs you, e.g. ₹14,924. SME lots need 2× this (see "do lot ka niyam" below).

Short for subscription — how many times more shares were bid for than were on offer. 3.6× means 3.6 people wanted each share available.

Our call to put your money in — literally "put it in [the machine]." The green seal.

Our call to skip this one — "run." The red seal.

"A horse built for the long race" — reserved for our strongest Lagao calls, where the fundamentals (not just listing-day hype) look genuinely solid enough to hold past listing day.

"King for a day" — a Lagao riding pure listing-day momentum (subscription, grey market, anchor book) with fundamentals still unverified. Take the pop, don't mistake it for a hold.

The IPO window has shut. Verdict (hit or flop) lands on listing day.

You can bid right now — the ribbon means the window is live.

Dates are set but bidding hasn't started.

A preview before the full picture is out — used while an IPO is still open or upcoming and some numbers (subs, anchor) aren't final yet. "Picture abhi baaki hai" = the story isn't finished.

The detailed breakdown behind a call — financials, valuation, GMP, subscription, anchor book, sentiment — each tagged hit (green), flop (red), or side detail (grey).

The unofficial "black market" price shares trade at before listing — a street rumour of demand, not a real, regulated price. Treat it as gossip, not gospel.

Big institutions (mutual funds, LIC, foreign funds) who commit money a day before the public can bid. A strong "cast list" signals the pros liked the script.

What Reddit/YouTube reviewers are saying — flagged "indicator only" because random internet opinions aren't research.

The starburst badge — green "Lagao" or red "Bhaago." No seal yet means the story's still being written.

The intermission note explaining how calls work: one lot, no sizing advice, locked calls don't get edited after the fact.

"Old pictures" — every past call and how it actually turned out on listing day, hit or flop.

The fine print: this is a hobby scorecard, not investment advice, and the author isn't a SEBI-registered adviser.

Regular-sized companies listing on the NSE/BSE main board. Tickets usually run ₹13,000–15,000.

Smaller companies on the SME board. Higher minimum spend (usually ₹2–2.5 lakh, and SEBI requires bidding 2 lots minimum — "do lot ka niyam"), thinner trading, more volatile.

Initial Public Offering. The first time a private company sells shares to the public, so it can raise money and its stock starts trading on an exchange (NSE/BSE).

The range the company sets for its share price during the IPO. The final price ("cut-off") is fixed after bidding closes, based on demand.

Fresh issue: new shares created, money goes to the company. OFS (Offer for Sale): existing owners sell their own shares — money goes to them, not the company. A "pure OFS" IPO raises zero rupees for the business itself.

The three buyer categories bidding gets split into: QIB (big institutions), NII (rich individuals bidding >₹2 lakh), Retail (everyone else, you). Each category's subscription number tells you who actually wants in.

A large institution allowed to buy in a day early, at a fixed price, to signal confidence before the public round opens.

An unofficial, unregulated price quote for shares before they list — traded informally, outside any exchange. Widely watched, but not a reliable predictor; treat as sentiment, not signal.

Red Herring Prospectus — the official document a company files with SEBI before an IPO, containing its financials, risks, and business details. The primary source; everything else is secondary chatter about it.

The day the stock actually starts trading on the exchange. "Listing gain" = the % difference between issue price and the first trade price.

Price ÷ earnings per share — roughly, how many years of current profit you're paying for. Lower than peers = cheaper; much higher = priced for perfection.

PAT = Profit After Tax, the company's actual bottom-line profit. Margin = PAT as a % of revenue — how much of every rupee earned turns into profit.

Return on Net Worth — profit as a % of the company's own equity capital. Higher generally means the business uses its money more efficiently.

Debt-to-Equity — how much the company has borrowed relative to what it owns outright. Higher means more financial risk, especially if profit growth is shaky.

India's securities regulator — approves every IPO's prospectus and sets the rules (lot sizes, category quotas, disclosure) everyone here has to follow.