16th October 2026: Best Stocks to Buy or Sell ft. Raja Venkatraman

Raja Venkatraman is a technical analyst and co-founder of NeoTrader, and his daily stock picks appear in Mint. A typical call names a stock, whether to buy or sell, a trigger price, a stop loss and one or two targets.

Because the list is not available to me, this article does not review the stocks. It covers the market conditions on the day, a method for using his levels and the checks that protect a trader from common mistakes. Please take the names and levels from the original Mint article.

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Raja Venkatraman Stock Picks: What Is and Is Not Known

Item	Status
Analyst	Raja Venkatraman, co-founder of NeoTrader
Date	16 October 2026
Format	Stocks to buy or sell, with trigger, stop loss and target (usual format)
Stock names	Not retrieved (paywalled)
Entry, stop loss and target levels	Not retrieved (paywalled)
Holding period	Not retrieved

Earlier lists were short term trades with a stop loss close to the entry, so position size matters. I do not assume that this list follows the same pattern, and the original post should be the guide.

Risk: Acting on a Raja Venkatraman pick without the original levels, or with second hand levels, creates a trade with no defined risk.

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Market Backdrop for the Raja Venkatraman Picks on 16 October

Item	Level	Note
Nifty close on 15 Oct	22,997.35, up 1.66%	Best day in four months
GIFT Nifty	About 23,106, up 118 points	Positive start indicated
Resistance	23,000 to 23,150	HDFC Securities and Systematix
Support	22,776 to 22,900	Moving averages and Fibonacci
US close on 15 Oct	Dow up 1.08%, S&P 500 up 0.33%, Nasdaq up 0.08%	After a chip sell-off
Results today	Urban Company, DLF, Punjab National Bank	BSE list

A positive start helps buy trades, but the index is close to resistance at 23,000 to 23,150. If a pick is a results stock, an earnings gap can jump the stop loss, so check the results calendar before you trade.

Risk: A technical level can fail on a gap opening that ignores the stop loss.

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How to Trade Raja Venkatraman Calls With Discipline

Step	Action	Reason
1	Take the levels from the original article	Avoid errors
2	Wait for the trigger to be crossed	Do not pre-empt the setup
3	Compute the risk reward	Skip trades below your minimum
4	Size the position from the stop loss distance	Cap the loss
5	Place the stop loss at entry	Remove emotion
6	Book part at the first target	Lock in gains
7	Exit by the planned holding period	Avoid drift

For a sell call, the same steps apply in reverse: the stop loss sits above the entry. Retail traders in cash equities should check if a sell call can be taken as an intraday short, or whether it only suggests exiting a holding. I do not know which applies to the sell ideas, so confirm it from the source.

A simple rule is to risk no more than 1% of capital on one trade. If the stop loss is 2% below the entry, the position can be 50% of the risk budget divided by the move, which I show as a general example and not as advice (my calculation).

Risk: Several trades from one list can move together if they sit in the same sector.

Tracking the Raja Venkatraman Calls Over Time

Metric	What to record
Hit rate	Share of calls that reached the first target before the stop loss
Average gain and loss	Compare winners and losers
Slippage	Gap between the trigger and your fill
Holding time	Days to target or stop

The picks of 13 and 15 October were also reviewed in earlier Univest articles, and the same limit applied when the names were paywalled. A log of your own results is the only reliable test of any analyst list.

What to Watch Next

1. The original Mint article by Raja Venkatraman, for the names, triggers and targets
2. Whether Nifty holds above 22,900 and clears 23,150
3. Urban Company, DLF and PNB results, if any pick is in those stocks
4. Volume at the trigger, since a breakout on low volume often fails
5. Global cues after the 7% fall in Kospi on 15 October

Conclusion

The Raja Venkatraman list for 16 October is paywalled, so I give no stock names. Use the original Raja Venkatraman levels, size the trade from the stop loss and check the Nifty resistance at 23,150.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Raja Venkatraman?

Ans. Raja Venkatraman is a technical analyst and co-founder of NeoTrader, whose daily stock picks appear in Mint.

Which stocks has Raja Venkatraman picked for 16 October 2026?

Ans. The names are behind a paywall and I could not retrieve them, so I do not state any. Please read the original Mint article.

What does a Raja Venkatraman call usually include?

Ans. A stock, a buy or sell view, a trigger price, a stop loss and one or two targets, though I could not confirm the format for this list.

Where did Nifty close on 15 October 2026?

Ans. Nifty closed at 22,997.35, up 1.66%, with resistance at 23,000 to 23,150 and support at 22,776 to 22,900.

How should I size a trade from a Raja Venkatraman pick?

Ans. Decide the maximum loss you accept, divide it by the gap between entry and stop loss, and trade that quantity or less.

Can a stop loss fail?

Ans. Yes. A gap opening or a results announcement can take the price past the stop loss, so the loss can be larger than planned.

Are Raja Venkatraman picks guaranteed to work?

Ans. No, no Raja Venkatraman call is guaranteed. Any technical call can fail, and a log of your own results is the better test.

Is this article investment advice?

Ans. No. It is educational and not a recommendation to buy or sell.