Nifty-Bank Nifty options trading strategies

  Note: I am not a SEBI registered advisor and sharing strategies for learning purpose only Logic of the strategy: This is a intra-day strategy and  has to be executed on Sensex 1 day before expiry and on expiry day At 0922 sell Sensex ATM CE/PE weekly options based on spot with target of 50% and SL of 60% on both legs In case SL is hit for any leg Sell 100 PT opposite leg with SL of 50% e.g. if SL is hit on ATM CE then sell 100 Point PE In case target is hit for legs taken in point 2 then again sell the ATM leg of same side with target of 50% and SL of 60%. E.g. if ATM CE taken in point 2 hits the target then again ATM CE will be sold.  If SL is hit on any legs taken in point 4, then follow logic of point 3.  Exit at 15:15 Keep a MTM SL of 4k per lot Stock Mock link for the strategy ->  Sensex 1DTX & XD Adjustment Back Testing Details  (Updated as of 23-May-25) Actuals (Started trading from 12-Jul-24)

  Entry time : 1120 Exit time    : 1515 Day                : Sensex expiry day only (Thursdays) Instrument:  Sensex Strike : Sell ATM CE & PE based on SPOT price Stop Loss:  65% for both ATM legs with adjust to cost i.e. if SL is hit for 1 leg then SL for other leg will be adjusted to its entry price MTM SL: 3000 per lot Slippage : 0.5% Capital:  2.84 Lakhs per lot Back testing (Updated as of 2-May-25) Actual trade based profit/loss (Started trading on 16-Aug-24 ) Note: I am not a SEBI registered advisor and sharing strategies for learning purpose only

Entry time : 0919 Exit time    : 1455 Day                : Nifty expiry day only (Thursdays) Instrument: Nifty Strike : Sell ATM CE & PE based on SPOT price Stop Loss:  40% for both ATM legs with adjust to cost i.e. if SL is hit for 1 leg then SL for other leg will be adjusted to its entry price Slippage : 0.5% Capital:  3.25 Lakhs per lot Back testing (Updated as of 2-May-25) Actual trade based profit/loss (Started trading on 26-Sep-24 ) Note: I am not a SEBI registered advisor and sharing strategies for learning purpose only

In this blog post, I will be talking about the various trading platforms I have used in past 3 years of Algo trading.  Tradetron Tradetron was the first platform which I started using in Jun' 21 which was the start of my algo trading journey. Coming to the advantages of the platform, it is a no code platform which means you have lot of flexibility in setting up the strategies in the way you want. Even without knowing coding you can set up the Tradetron to execute your trading logic.  This platform can be used to set up simple time based straddles, strangles as well as complex strategies e.g. legs with varying SL, varying entry/exit times etc. During my start of trading journey there were lot of strategies floating on YT which were using Super trend. Was able to automate them using this platform but found that their returns were not as good as advertised.  It even provides the logic for stock options trading which is not usually available on other trading platforms. Along ...

FY 24-25 One more financial year passes by with returns near to 9%. This year started with every day expiry regime where many traders made good profit. However for my system this kind of regime created more challenges and returns were not that good excluding the May month.  Everyday expiry regime changed to 2 day expiry regime from Dec and returns in initial months after this change increased as compared to every day expiry regime. However the last month in this financial year (Mar 2025) had high monthly loss with most of the strategies giving losses with very few ending flat to slight green.   A view of returns across various months in this FY (Net returns after deducting brokerage & charges)   Feb'25 month had given good returns with all the strategies except one ending in green. However same set of strategies gave a heavy loss in Mar'25 month. Such is the uncertainty in the market.  From Dec, had started two positional strategies - started selling covered call...