I Made 3% in 3 Weeks Without Touching My Trade Once
Why 1.0/5? (stars grade the EDGE — per-trade expectancy, consistency, drawdown — not the headline return)
- ✕ Net -73.2% on capital over the tested window (2015-01-09 → 2026-06-08, 461 trades)
- ✓ Wins 28% with the average win (₹2,018) bigger than the average loss (₹1,023)
- ✕ Worst single trade ₹-4,159 — one bad move erases ~2 average wins
- ✕ Max drawdown -110% along the way — deep for a 'low-risk' pitch
- ✕ Short sample (461 trades over 12 months) with no true market crash in the window — the tail event that hurts option sellers most is untested
Verdict
Real option backtest. Reconstructed on actual NIFTY option premiums (2015-01-09 → 2026-06-08, 461 weekly trades) — legs: buy 1x PE-200 + sell 2x PE-400 + buy 1x PE-600, with real multi-leg costs.
Net -73.2% on ₹1L (-6.4%/yr over 11.4 years) (loses money), win 28%, avg win ₹2,018 / avg loss ₹-1,023 (wins ≥ losses), max drawdown -110% (worst week ₹-4,159). High win-rate is the normal face of short options; the drawdown and the negative skew are the real risk that a short 'backtest' window hides.
Real premiums: minute-level history resampled to daily closes (2015–2026; monthly contracts before 2019 — weeklies didn't exist).
Is it profitable? (green above the line = made money, red below = lost it)
Month by month (real NIFTY option premiums · net P/L after costs, on ₹1,00,000)
| Month | Trades | Win % | Net P/L |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 43 | 26% | ₹-7,741 |
| 2016 | 42 | 29% | ₹-3,387 |
| 2017 | 11 | 0% | ₹-4,750 |
| 2018 | 35 | 46% | ₹+6,707 |
| 2019 | 20 | 25% | ₹+2,497 |
| 2020 | 33 | 21% | ₹-17,376 |
| 2021 | 51 | 20% | ₹-26,982 |
| 2022 | 52 | 27% | ₹-14,014 |
| 2023 | 50 | 22% | ₹-8,012 |
| 2024 | 52 | 29% | ₹-19,299 |
| 2025 | 51 | 29% | ₹-15,082 |
| 2026 | 21 | 71% | ₹+34,208 |
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