DIRECTIONAL OPTION SELLING IN INDEX: AN EDUCATIONAL IDEA
Verdict
Real minute-level backtest. Scored as the nearest tested variant: strangle sold at 10:00 with 30% per-leg stop-loss, square-off 15:15, on 2,126 real trading days 2015–2026 (1-minute NIFTY option premiums — every crash, election and expiry day included), real charges and spread, 1 lot.
Net ₹+175,251 (≈ ₹+14,604/yr, +9.7%/yr on ~₹1.5L margin — a modest but real edge), 53% green days, avg ₹+82/day, max drawdown ₹-84,438. Yearly: 2015: ₹+2. 2016: ₹-4,455. 2017: ₹-23,752. 2018: ₹-7,235. 2019: ₹+20,592. 2020: ₹+94,807. 2021: ₹+24,731. 2022: ₹-48,813. 2023: ₹+16,713. 2024: ₹+59,054. 2025: ₹+9,577. 2026: ₹+34,030.
Worst days: 07-Apr-25 ₹-13,418 | 07-Mar-22 ₹-9,125 | 16-Mar-26 ₹-8,993 | 21-Jan-25 ₹-8,243 | 12-May-25 ₹-8,240. The per-leg stop caps normal disasters, but it fills at market on the breach — a violent single minute can blow through it (see the worst-day figure).
Intraday premium-selling verdicts are scored against our precomputed 12-year variant grid; the nearest variant to this video's described rules is shown. Flagged for human review.
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