https://thealgobench.com/approaches/trend-following/Recent content in Trend following on The Algo BenchHugoen-INThu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thealgobench.com/strategies/supertrend-10-2-futures/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thealgobench.com/strategies/supertrend-10-2-futures/<h2 id="the-idea">The idea</h2> <p>Supertrend is one of the most popular trend indicators among traders: a line that sits below the price in an uptrend and above it in a downtrend, flipping when the price closes through it. Used as a complete system, you are always in the market: long while it points up, short while it points down, reversing at each flip.</p>https://thealgobench.com/landmines/trading-the-untradable/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thealgobench.com/landmines/trading-the-untradable/<h2 id="the-trap">The trap</h2> <p>The NIFTY 50 index is a calculated number, not something you can trade. When a backtest buys and sells &ldquo;NIFTY&rdquo; at the index&rsquo;s own 1-min or 5-min high, low and close, it assumes fills at prices that may never have existed on any tradeable instrument. Real trades happen in futures, options or a <strong>synthetic future</strong> (a long call plus a short put at the same strike, which behaves like a future).</p>