May22-W2: The strike which I should have let go
The downtrend was written on the wall and many of my blogs. Nifty was sliding heavily and I was going fine. The strike of 15900 PE started giving problems. To counter the problem, I opted for mean reversion and sold 16100 PE on Wednesday. The plan was a success and I exited from 16100 PE.
However, I did not exit from 15900 PE. Why? Because I stupidly believed in the Thursday expiry. Also, I did not want to have a red figure on my otherwise super green P&L. I was in a profit of around Rs. 65K on Wednesday.
Nifty showed no mercy for my foolish behavior. It crashed and burned. I added fuel to the fire by again opting for mean reversion. This is despite knowing well that the strategy won’t work at all. I eventually ended up with a loss of around Rs. 45K on that strike.
A known lesson got revised. A strike which gave problem will continue to give problem. Exit it at the earliest chance
| Net Profit (after deducting brokerage) | Capital deployed (approx) | Week’s ROI | Annualized ROI for this week | Total no. of weeks traded till today | Average weekly return till today |
| Rs. 40,959.64 | Rs. 16,31,886 | 1.07% | 2.51% | 5 | 2.01% |
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