Nikhil Kamath Has Not Taken A Trading Day Off In 18 Years
Nikhil Kamath · Ep #6 | WTF is Health? ft. Nikhil Kamath, Suniel Shetty, Nithin Kamath and Mukesh Bansal · Nikhil Kamath · Jul 2, 2023 · at 32:41
Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath describes his intense trading habits and market addiction to Mukesh Bansal and Nithin Kamath.
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“You know, like, since the day I started trading, I'm talking like, 17, 18 years. I think I was sick once. Sick enough not to trade. And I was in the hospital for 10 days or something. I'm talking, what was that, 1213 years ago? Something like that. 1213 years ago, I had a liver problem. I was in the hospital for a fortnight maybe. But outside of that, I've not missed a single day trading. So I've not had a single day off in pretty much 18 years outside of that”
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