Traders' Diary: Buy, sell or hold strategy on Bharat Forge, IDFC First Bank, GAIL, TVS Motor, Birlasoft, over a dozen other stocks today

In this edition of Traders' Diary, the Zee Business research team shares exclusive research on more than a dozen stocks that investors and traders can track on Thursday, October 26. Here's a list of 20 stocks that are on analysts Varun Dubey and Kushal Gupta's radar.

Here's the complete list of investment and trading ideas for the day:

Varun Dubey 

Buy Bannari Aman Sugar shares in the cash segment for a price target of Rs 2,670 with a stop loss at Rs 2,530

Sell Bharat Forge futures for a target of Rs 1,000 with a stop loss at Rs 1,045

Buy the Rs 1,420 call option of IndusInd Bank for a target of Rs 53 with a stop loss at Rs 37

Technical pick: Sell Can Fin Homes November futures for a target of Rs 702 with a stop loss at Rs 730

Fundamental pick: Buy Axis Bank shares for a target of Rs 975 with a stop loss at Rs 936

Cricket World Cup stock idea: Buy IDFC First Bank shares for a three-week target of Rs 96 

Investment idea: Buy GAIL shares for a one-year target of Rs 150 

News-based pick: Buy Lakshmi Machine shares for a target of Rs 14,200 with a stop loss at Rs 13,500

My Choice picks: 

• Buy Sona BLW shares for a target of Rs 533 with a stop loss at Rs 503
• Sell Laurus Labs shares for a target of Rs 344 with a stop loss at Rs 357

Kushal Gupta

Buy MapMyIndia shares in the spot market for a one-year target of Rs 2,400

Sell Tech Mahindra November futures for a target of Rs 1,100 with a stop loss at Rs 1,150

Buy the Rs 1,580 put option of TVS Motor Company at Rs 50 for a target of Rs 70 with a stop loss at Rs 35

Technical pick: Sell Indian Hotels November futures for a target of Rs 380 with a stop loss at Rs 397

Fundamental pick: Sell Birlasoft November futures for a target of Rs 515 with a stop loss at Rs 535

Cricket World Cup stock idea: Buy ABSL AMC shares for a one-year target of Rs 525

Investment idea: Buy Ideaforge Tech shares for a one-year target of Rs 900

News-based pick: Sell JSPL November futures for a target of Rs 636 with a stop loss at Rs 662

My Choice picks: 

• Sell Kotak Mahindra Bank November futures for a target of Rs 1,700 with a stop loss at Rs 1,765
• Buy ICICI Bank shares for a target of Rs 1,010 with a horizon of 3-4 months

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