Swing Trading | Swing Trading Strategies | Swing trading for beginners
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Why 1.5/5? (stars grade the EDGE — per-trade expectancy, consistency, drawdown — not the headline return)
- ✕ Roughly ZERO per-trade edge (+0.03R) — real costs eat whatever is there
- ✕ Only 28% of trades win — the rare big winners must keep showing up
- ✕ 5 of 9 tested years were negative (2018, 2019, 2024, 2025) — the edge is regime-dependent
- ✕ Max drawdown -63% on the ₹2L portfolio — the compounded return came with deep pain along the way
Verdict
Auto-backtested. AI-decoded: Swing trading trend-following strategy using 10-week EMA on weekly charts with consolidation pullback entries and position sizing rules. Ran on 159 large/mid-caps, real costs. 27,113 trades, win 28%, payoff 2.87, expectancy +0.03R/trade (avg -0.02%/trade).
This is essentially breakeven. The payoff is convex (winners run well past the average loser). Regime-dependent — positive in only 33% of years.
Mechanically decoded from the transcript and scored from the metrics. Flagged for human review; a hand-vetted verdict can override it.
🔴 Live forward test (no hindsight — only trades the rules fired AFTER we published this verdict)
Tracking since 2026-07-06 — no qualifying signals have fired yet. The engine re-checks every night on fresh data; results appear here the day the rules trigger.
Is it profitable? (green above the line = made money, red below = lost it)
₹2,00,000 portfolio (max 5 positions, across the stock universe — real delivery costs)
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -26% | -32% | +110% | +49% | -0% | +5% | +2% | -15% | -7% |
Simulated on the 159 large/mid-cap universe. Capital-constrained, daily mark-to-market.
Year by year (every trade the rules fired, across the tested stocks)
| Year | Trades | Win % | Expectancy | Avg return / trade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1595 | 25% | -0.05R | -0.54% |
| 2019 | 3380 | 26% | -0.04R | -0.44% |
| 2020 | 3269 | 33% | +0.18R | +1.13% |
| 2021 | 3367 | 30% | +0.11R | +0.42% |
| 2022 | 3349 | 28% | -0.00R | -0.25% |
| 2023 | 3390 | 31% | +0.17R | +0.50% |
| 2024 | 3560 | 28% | -0.01R | -0.27% |
| 2025 | 3811 | 25% | -0.07R | -0.65% |
| 2026 | 1392 | 24% | -0.09R | -0.55% |
Where this strategy made & lost money (the full stock-by-stock breakdown — 158 stocks, incl. 2026)
| # | Stock | Trades | Win% | Avg/trade | Best | Total | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ████████ | 152 | 31% | +4.8% | +211% | +728% | +54% |
| 2 | ████████ | 135 | 35% | +1.4% | +43% | +190% | +46% |
| 3 | ████████ | 150 | 32% | +2.4% | +84% | +359% | +33% |
| 4 | ████████ | 178 | 28% | +0.4% | +59% | +77% | +32% |
| 5 | ████████ | 176 | 26% | +1.7% | +85% | +305% | +30% |
| 6 | ████████ | 190 | 31% | +0.4% | +41% | +72% | +26% |
| 7 | ████████ | 172 | 32% | +2.7% | +183% | +471% | +25% |
| 8 | BANDHANBNK free peek | 62 | 13% | -1.5% | +18% | -90% | +21% |
| 9 | ████████ | 175 | 29% | +0.5% | +26% | +79% | +20% |
| 10 | ████████ | 177 | 25% | -0.1% | +67% | -18% | +20% |
| 11 | ████████ | 153 | 35% | +1.2% | +44% | +178% | +18% |
| 12 | ████████ | 162 | 30% | +0.9% | +48% | +150% | +16% |
| 13 | ████████ | 167 | 28% | +0.2% | +38% | +40% | +16% |
| 14 | ████████ | 187 | 28% | -0.4% | +20% | -74% | +15% |
| 15 | ████████ | 150 | 22% | +0.2% | +26% | +33% | +14% |
| 16 | ████████ | 112 | 21% | -0.2% | +51% | -19% | +14% |
| 17 | ████████ | 176 | 25% | +2.5% | +119% | +444% | +13% |
| 18 | ████████ | 190 | 25% | -0.3% | +37% | -53% | +13% |
| 19 | ████████ | 181 | 26% | -0.5% | +34% | -92% | +12% |
| 20 | ████████ | 164 | 25% | +0.2% | +33% | +33% | +10% |
| 21 | ████████ | 183 | 28% | -0.3% | +32% | -61% | -38% |
| 22 | ████████ | 178 | 25% | -0.4% | +30% | -72% | -33% |
| 23 | ████████ | 186 | 22% | -0.5% | +29% | -84% | -32% |
| 24 | ████████ | 182 | 30% | -0.0% | +20% | -4% | -32% |
| 25 | ████████ | 167 | 31% | +0.4% | +33% | +75% | -29% |
| 26 | ████████ | 194 | 21% | -0.5% | +35% | -94% | -27% |
| 27 | ████████ | 184 | 26% | -0.4% | +27% | -83% | -27% |
| 28 | ████████ | 95 | 34% | +0.0% | +20% | +5% | -27% |
| 29 | ████████ | 59 | 27% | -0.0% | +39% | -3% | -26% |
| 30 | ████████ | 172 | 24% | -0.2% | +58% | -27% | -23% |
Educational backtest output only — not investment advice or a recommendation to buy/sell any security. AI-generated from stored historical data; not 100% accurate. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
On the index (same rules applied to NIFTY & BANKNIFTY)
| Index | Trades | Win% | Expectancy (R/trade) | Avg return/trade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIFTY | 240 | 30% | -0.02R | -0.29% |
| BANKNIFTY | 232 | 31% | +0.03R | -0.13% |
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