BTST option momentum on NIFTY: an option-buying strategy that passed all eight checks
Buying the NIFTY weekly option that jumps 50% in a day and holding it overnight made money after costs over five years and passed all eight checks, the first option-buying strategy on our bench to do so. But it loses on more than half its trades, its edge has thinned since 2024, and the worst drawdown took about a third of the capital.
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