Trade Recaps
BankNifty Monthly Condor, Cycle 3: The Target That Was Actually Hit
BankNifty monthly iron condor, +₹7,400 — booked almost exactly on the system's written 50% profit target, sixteen days in, with no margin pressure forcing the decision. Cycle 3, and the cleanest exit yet.
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Sensex Strangle #2: The Trade That Followed the Rules
Sensex weekly short strangle, +₹2,922 — booked at the system's written day-before-expiry checkpoint after last week's whipsaw. Two trades in, one data point either way.
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MIDCPNIFTY Breakout, 10-08: Fourth Trade, Same Missing Rule
MIDCPNIFTY naked short put, +₹1,235. A clean, small win — and the fourth discretionary breakout trade in a row without a written rule behind it.
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BankNifty Breakout, 04-08: The Same Structure That Won
BankNifty bear call spread, +₹1,163 — the winning half of a two-instrument pair that was really one bet. Being right here and wrong on MIDCPNIFTY still netted me −₹772 on the day.
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MIDCPNIFTY Breakout, 04-08: A Loss the Hedge Contained
MIDCPNIFTY bear call spread, −₹1,935. A discretionary breakout that went the wrong way — and the only reason the loss is this small is a hedge I bought because margin left me no choice.
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TMPV Swing: A Support Bounce on Margin, +₹5,100
First stock swing trade in the journal. Bought 307 shares of TMPV at a support zone using MTF, held two weeks, out at a 5.5% gain for ₹5,100. Delivery-based, directional, leveraged — a different animal from the options book, with a different set of risks.