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A rule-based intraday option-buying strategy with a trailing stop, tested on 1-minute Nifty options from 2021 to 2025. All 144 settings lost money after costs, and random entries did about as well. The numbers.One lot too big: why a 0.5% risk rule rejected 99.5% of stock-futures tradesResearch · 2026-11-05
We tested a stock-futures strategy on real contract data at ₹20 lakh. One lot risked ₹24,000 to ₹40,000 against a ₹10,000 budget, so it made one trade in six years. The arithmetic, by capital and risk.The +25% a day back-test: how a rolling-strike bug nearly fooled usResearch · 2026-11-05
A machine-learning option-buying test showed 62% wins and 25% a day. The cause was one line of data handling. How we found it, what the honest result was, and a checklist for spotting look-ahead errors.Weekly market review, 26 to 30 October 2026: Nifty gains 2.0% to 23,053, India VIX falls 9% to 15.30, but Friday's breadth is the weakest of the weekMarket review · 2026-11-01
Five sessions, a 2.0% weekly gain: Nifty 50 closed at 23,053.10 and the Sensex at 74,459 (+1.83%), India VIX eased to 15.30, healthcare led the sectors, and yet only 618 of about 2,700 stocks advanced on Friday.Weekly market review, 19 to 23 October 2026: Nifty slips 2.4% to 22,600, small-caps lose 7% and breadth collapsesMarket review · 2026-10-27
Four sessions, four declines: Nifty 50 closed the week at 22,600 (-2.36%), India VIX jumped 20% to 16.86, only one sector index finished higher, and 2,368 of about 2,700 stocks fell on Friday.What the April 2026 STT rise did to option and futures trading costsResearch · 2026-10-27
STT on options premium rose from 0.10% to 0.15% and on futures from 0.02% to 0.05% from 1 April 2026. Worked examples of per-trade, monthly and yearly cost, and what they do to thin-edge strategies.Selling Nifty weekly option premium on EMA signals: five years, 3,300 trades, no edgeResearch · 2026-10-27
A rule-based ATM short seller on Nifty weekly options, tested on 1,250 sessions from December 2020: a 24% win rate, losses in every full year and no better than selling at random times.Buying the RSI-50 turn in Nifty 500 stocks: a back-test with 27 variantsResearch · 2026-10-27
A long-only rule that buys when RSI(14) crosses back above 50 after 50 days below it, tested on the Nifty 500 universe with a 25% drawdown limit: 5.0% a year against 12.4% for the index, and no variant beat chance.How to test a trading idea without fooling yourself: pre-registration and sealed hold-outsResearch · 2026-10-27
The checklist we use before publishing any back-test: written rules, three data windows, cost stress, random-entry controls, reality checks, and honest amendments. With real examples where ideas failed.
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