TSI: The Indicator Most Traders Have Never Used | Kaushik Akiwatkar | The Noiseless Trader
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Why 2.0/5? (stars grade the EDGE — per-trade expectancy, consistency, drawdown — not the headline return)
- ✕ Roughly ZERO per-trade edge (+0.01R) — real costs eat whatever is there
- ✕ Payoff 0.77 — the average winner is SMALLER than the average loser
- ✕ 5 of 9 tested years were negative (2018, 2019, 2022, 2025) — the edge is regime-dependent
- ✕ Max drawdown -40% on the ₹2L portfolio — the compounded return came with deep pain along the way
Verdict
Auto-backtested. AI-decoded: True Strength Index (TSI) momentum crossover strategy: buy TSI bullish cross in bullish Supertrend trend, exit on bearish cross or consolidation signal. Ran on 159 large/mid-caps, real costs. 7,551 trades, win 57%, payoff 0.77, expectancy +0.01R/trade (avg -0.12%/trade).
This is essentially breakeven. The payoff ratio is thin. Regime-dependent — positive in only 44% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -8% | -8% | +11% | +5% | -16% | +10% | +14% | -10% | -19% |
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 | 260 | 47% | -0.26R | -1.97% |
| 2019 | 736 | 56% | -0.03R | -0.36% |
| 2020 | 855 | 62% | +0.14R | +0.84% |
| 2021 | 1337 | 59% | +0.06R | +0.17% |
| 2022 | 851 | 48% | -0.16R | -1.21% |
| 2023 | 1068 | 66% | +0.20R | +0.72% |
| 2024 | 1319 | 58% | +0.01R | +0.00% |
| 2025 | 801 | 57% | -0.02R | -0.41% |
| 2026 | 324 | 39% | -0.28R | -1.59% |
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 | ████████ | 48 | 67% | +1.4% | +17% | +69% | +38% |
| 2 | ████████ | 50 | 58% | +0.6% | +22% | +29% | +20% |
| 3 | ████████ | 50 | 64% | +0.9% | +22% | +43% | +16% |
| 4 | ████████ | 46 | 63% | +0.7% | +15% | +30% | +15% |
| 5 | ████████ | 40 | 65% | +1.7% | +15% | +67% | +12% |
| 6 | ████████ | 48 | 60% | +0.7% | +10% | +33% | +10% |
| 7 | ████████ | 35 | 54% | +0.2% | +16% | +6% | +10% |
| 8 | SHRIRAMFIN free peek | 49 | 59% | +0.5% | +10% | +25% | +9% |
| 9 | ████████ | 59 | 69% | +1.2% | +14% | +69% | +8% |
| 10 | ████████ | 36 | 56% | +0.9% | +25% | +32% | +8% |
| 11 | ████████ | 48 | 58% | +0.2% | +11% | +11% | +7% |
| 12 | ████████ | 56 | 64% | +0.6% | +11% | +32% | +5% |
| 13 | ████████ | 52 | 65% | +0.4% | +13% | +23% | +5% |
| 14 | ████████ | 45 | 58% | +0.2% | +11% | +7% | +4% |
| 15 | ████████ | 48 | 54% | -0.3% | +30% | -13% | +4% |
| 16 | ████████ | 55 | 53% | -0.6% | +10% | -34% | +3% |
| 17 | ████████ | 38 | 45% | -1.0% | +15% | -39% | +3% |
| 18 | ████████ | 45 | 49% | -0.9% | +13% | -41% | +3% |
| 19 | ████████ | 42 | 48% | -0.9% | +14% | -40% | +2% |
| 20 | ████████ | 41 | 63% | +0.9% | +20% | +35% | +1% |
| 21 | ████████ | 38 | 47% | -1.6% | +9% | -59% | -32% |
| 22 | ████████ | 36 | 39% | -2.5% | +8% | -89% | -23% |
| 23 | ████████ | 45 | 47% | -0.7% | +18% | -31% | -22% |
| 24 | ████████ | 68 | 57% | -0.4% | +13% | -28% | -18% |
| 25 | ████████ | 50 | 50% | -1.1% | +16% | -53% | -17% |
| 26 | ████████ | 68 | 68% | +0.5% | +14% | +31% | -16% |
| 27 | ████████ | 57 | 46% | -0.6% | +12% | -33% | -14% |
| 28 | ████████ | 58 | 57% | +0.0% | +14% | +3% | -14% |
| 29 | ████████ | 38 | 39% | -2.0% | +11% | -75% | -13% |
| 30 | ████████ | 48 | 42% | -1.5% | +8% | -72% | -13% |
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 | 82 | 49% | -0.13R | -0.45% |
| BANKNIFTY | 84 | 57% | +0.04R | -0.15% |
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