Re: 1 lakh to 652 lakhs in 497 trading days - Winning 20% of Trade in NIFTY Futures -
On top of this we can use other stuff like
1. Theoretical Price Vs Market Price - If market price is cheaper than the Theoretical price then it would be good to buy. Vice versa for selling.
2. We can also use Implied Volatily (IV) to choose our strategies. For Retail traders who usually Buy Options... The General rule on IV is to buy Options only when IV is low. Once again what is low is questionable. So we can calculate the Average IV for the day and choose the strike if the IV is less than Average IV. (IV is in fact derived from Theoretical and Market price). The market price would be normally higher than the Theorectical price. But if it goes below the Theorectical price then it might be a Opportunity to Buy.
Some of the Options Recommendations that could be automated based on IV are
IV Low and Market Bearish - Buy Naked PUTs
IV Low and Market FLAT - Buy Straddles and Strangles
IV Low and Market Bullish - Buy Naked CALLs
When the IV is Neutral - Do nothing - Do not Trade
When the IV is High - Good for selling - So it would be the reverse of the IV Low
IV High and Market Bearish - Sell Naked CALLs
IV High and Market FLAT - SELL Straddles and Strangles
IV High and Market Bullish - SELL Naked PUTs
There are more complex strategies like Spreads, Butterflies which would be difficult to Automate.
Saw this thread late... i was suggesting something on similar lines before. The Option data from NSE chain is available. i think a simple rule could be applied
a) For calls
- a +ve change in price (indicated by "net change") with +ve change in OI indicates long build up... Trend is up
- a +ve change in price with -ve OI indicates long unwinding..i.e call writers are panicking and a strong bullish bias
- a -ve change in price with a +ve change in OI indicates call writing.. i.e shorts are getting in system... trend is down