dumps a portion of his holding to check for price resistance patterns if the stock manages ride out even during an engineered selloff he increases his holding kacholia does not hold more than 2530 stocks in his portfolio at any given time his price target is usually 152 times the buying price that said if company fundamentals turn negative midway to target he dumps the stock dispassionately kacholia leads a simple lifestyle he also stays away from the spotlight i am a private person bull markets create heroes and bear markets create zeroes so id rather stay anonymous was kacholias response to ets request for a meetingmukul agrawal aggressive but does not put principal at riskage mid40scomfort zone aggressive trading longterm investments large betswinning stocks bharat bijlee hindustan dorroliver honda siel power mukul agrawal is the newest kid to break into the rich club on dalal street mukul smells and breathes money says a longtime acquaintance hes not scared to take large bets but he does that only after consulting several other investors and fund managers he has got a good ring of friends in the market he says agrawals bets are often in the range of rs 20 crore to rs 50 crore he is known to keep two portfolios one for investments and other for trading stocks like nesco unitech and wockhardt have yielded good returns for agrawal over the years bharat bijlee zen technologies rico auto industries kddl ltd shalimar paints and sunshield chemicals are said to be his other top picks hailing from the mumbai suburbs agrawal and his brother mayank started investing in stocks in the late90s as many investors did those days mukul agrawal started trading aggressively on market information and stock tips when he started making money on his trades he increased his bets eventually he started following the investment pattern of some of the savviest and most notorious stock traders of those times it is not known if agrawal had a direct hotline to some of these traders but their aggressive investment style impressed him at least a little according to brokers who have known him for several years this is evident from his trades in a leading pharmaceutical company where he entered and exited the counter multiple times multiple entries and exits are a pure trading strategy and mukul has perfected it very well he makes a lot of money like this says the research head of a broking firm apart from gathering market consensus agrawal is known to be a stickler for research especially when he is buying in his core portfolio mukul is aggressive but he does not put his principal at risk he meets the management of companies where has longterm investments said the equity sales head of midsized brokerage apart from equities mukul agrawal is also known to have investment interests in real estate he is said to have funded several real estate properties in suburban mumbai it is learnt agrawals success in stock markets comes