Gimbal Research exists because most market commentary is written after the fact. We start from a written rule set, apply it to two markets without exception, and publish the reasoning alongside the result.
A gimbal is the pivoted mount that holds a ship's compass level while the vessel pitches and rolls beneath it. The instrument does not brace against the sea or try to predict it. It stays true regardless.
The suspension is also known as a Cardan mount, after Gerolamo Cardano — the sixteenth-century mathematician who wrote the first systematic treatment of probability. The device that keeps a bearing steady in rough water carries the name of the man who worked out the mathematics of chance.
A framework you commit to in advance is the same idea. It is not there to outguess the market. It is there to keep you level while the market moves.
First described by Philo of Byzantium in the third century BC, and in use on ships ever since.
Conditions are written down before the market opens, not rationalised after it closes. If a name does not meet them, it does not appear — however good the story sounds.
Every idea carries a stated invalidation level. Sizing follows from that distance. A view without an exit is an opinion, not a position.
Indian and US equities are screened on identical terms. It is the only honest way to say one looks better than the other.
Results are reviewed weekly in full. A framework that only reports its good weeks is marketing, not research.
Gimbal Research is founded and run by Muhammed Irfan, a qualified accountant with 10+ years across audit, healthcare and real estate finance. The practice grew out of a personal trading framework built and tested over several years across the Nifty 500 and Nasdaq 100.
The professional background matters here for one reason: a balance sheet reads the same whether it is filed in Mumbai or in New York. The habits of audit — checking the number before believing the narrative — are the same habits that make a screening framework worth trusting.
Nothing published here is tailored to your finances, goals or tax position, and it should not be read as though it were.
We do not hold, pool or manage client funds, and we do not take discretionary authority over any account.
No issuer pays to appear in our research. Any position held in a covered name is disclosed alongside the note.