Psychology
BankNifty, 07-08: The Put That Lost, Then the Same Put That Paid
Sold the BankNifty 57800 PE, got stopped for −₹2,100, sold the same put again and made +₹2,100 back. Net zero — and the flat number hides the fact that I have no rule governing re-entry at all.
Risk Management
BankNifty Naked Call, 06-08: A Win That Tests Nothing
BankNifty naked short call, +₹1,500. No hedge this time. The uncapped tail I sized against never showed up — which means this win tested exactly nothing.
Trade Recaps
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.
Trade Recaps
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.
Trade Recaps
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.
Risk Management
Short Strangle, First Trade: Both Stops Hit, ₹1,900 Gone
The strategy that beat the condor in backtest lost on its very first live trade. CE stop hit on day one, PE stop on day two — whipsawed from both sides for ₹1,900. Exactly the failure mode a backtest smooths over, arriving first.