Dumb Straddle - FIN

Strategy Description: This is an intraday Strategy on FINNIFTY
Weekly Options.
Entry: It sells intraday FINNIFTY ATM options at 9:20 AM with 20% stop loss at each of the legs and exit at 2:50 PM.

Strategy Details

It will sell intraday BankNIFTY ATM options at 9:20 AM. It will have two stop losses –

  • One is % based stop loss i.e. it will close the trade if 20% of the premium is hit. So, if a call options is sold at 100, then it will get squared off if the price reaches 120.
  • One is a time-based stop loss, i.e. It will close the trade at 14:50. In the event that the stop-loss mechanism described earlier is not triggered, It will square off the trade irrespective of profit or loss at that said time.
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Disclaimer

SEBI has released circular no. SEBI/HO/MIRSD/DOP/P/CIR/2022/117 on September 02, 2022, regarding the performance/returns claimed by unregulated platforms providing algorithmic trading strategies, imposing restrictions on disclosing past performance or anticipated returns of any strategy. Due to slippage and varying costs (e.g., different brokerage fees), strategy returns exhibit significant fluctuations. That’s why, we are presenting backtested benchmark results instead.

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This is called Dumb Straddle Strategy because it looks like a too simple strategy based on Straddle.
It was supposed to sell sell intraday ATM options at the start of the market but since inception it is selling 5 minutes after the market start i.e. 9:20 AM to avoid the maddening volatility of market start.
Currently, brokers initiate an automatic square-off process 30 minutes before the market closes, precisely at 15:00. This timing aligns with the heightened volatility observed during the market’s final half-hour. That’s why, we set our reference time at 14:50.