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Five trades, one loser of ₹45, and a ₹65,408 Tuesday on SENSEX

22 September 2026 · AlgoRishi
01040911162122 Month-to-date cumulative P&L (signals book, 900 qty virtual) +₹1,07,310
Tracked on real market prices · virtual capital · past performance is not indicative of future results.

If you have ever watched the first thirty minutes of a session, taken a trade because the market "looked strong", and then sat there while it went absolutely nowhere — today will feel familiar. That is exactly how our Tuesday started.

₹65,408today's P&L
5trades taken
₹45total loss on the one losing trade
₹1,07,310September so far

The morning call that went nowhere

At 09:31 the machine bought the 74800 call at ₹371.20. Seven minutes later it was out at ₹371.15. On 900 quantity that is a loss of ₹45 — not a typo, forty-five rupees.

This is the boring half of the job, and it is the half most retail traders never build. The level broke, the machine took it, the move did not follow through, and the trailing floor pulled it out flat. No averaging down. No "let me give it ten more minutes". No second call option to justify the first one.

A trade that costs you ₹45 is not a failure. It is the price of finding out that a move was not real — paid in full, immediately, and in the smallest possible amount.

Then the market turned

The real session began at 10:36, on the other side. The machine bought the 74900 put at ₹335.95 on 460 quantity. Six minutes later it exited at ₹423.50, having already scaled out a chunk along the way for ₹8,800. Total on that single trade: ₹49,073.

Two more put entries followed in the next fifteen minutes as the move extended — 74800 puts at ₹334.70 (out at ₹342.40, ₹6,930) and again at ₹341.90 (out at ₹352.40, ₹9,450). One duplicate position closed flat at exactly the entry price, contributing nothing.

SENSEX — 22 Sep 2026, morning session (shape only, not to scale) 09:15 09:31 10:36 10:51 09:31 call bought — no follow-through exited 09:38, ₹45 10:36 put bought on the break lower scaled out, trailed, exited 10:42 flat / choppy the move that paid
The shape of the session: an hour of nothing, then a fifteen-minute window that produced almost all of the day's result.

The full book

InOutSideStrikeEntryExitQtyP&L
09:3109:38Call74800₹371.20₹371.15900−₹45
10:3610:42Put74900₹335.95₹423.50460₹49,073
10:4510:46Put74800₹334.70₹342.40900₹6,930
10:4910:51Put74800₹341.90₹352.40900₹9,450
10:4910:51Put74800₹341.90₹341.90900₹0

What the machine actually does

There is no prediction in any of this. The engine maps out the levels where SENSEX has previously stalled or bounced — support and resistance — and then waits. It only acts when a level is broken and confirmed. Every position carries a fixed stop-loss from the moment it is placed. Profits are taken in parts through a scale-out, and what remains is protected by a trailing floor that rises but never falls.

Think of it like a batsman who has decided, before walking out, that he will only play the ball pitched outside off stump and leave everything else. He will miss some scoring opportunities. But he will not get bowled trying to flick a straight one.

Notice the holding times: 7 minutes, 6 minutes, 1 minute, 2 minutes. Nothing was held for hours waiting to "come back". The exit rule decides, not the hope.

Honest month-to-date context

September now stands at ₹1,07,310 across twelve trading sessions. That number includes three losing days: −₹19,350 on 1 September, −₹26,200 on 10 September, and −₹19,800 on 15 September. It also includes several small days of ₹2,070 and ₹3,600 that barely moved the needle.

A single day like today can hide that shape entirely, which is why we publish the whole month and not just the good Tuesdays. A method that produces one ₹65,408 day and three five-figure red days is a method with real variance in it, and no session tells you anything about the next one.

Past results describe what already happened. They do not indicate what the next session, week, or month will do. Options can lose their entire premium value, and the majority of retail F&O traders in India lose money.

The one thing worth taking away

Today's whole result came from one fifteen-minute window. The rest of the morning was a ₹45 loss and a flat trade. If the engine had been unwilling to take that 09:31 call and be wrong quickly, it would very likely also have been unwilling to take the 10:36 put — because they came from the same rule.

Being wrong cheaply is what buys you the right to be in the market when the real move arrives.

Disclosure: AlgoRishi publishes signal tracking on real market prices using virtual capital, for information and education only. Nothing here is investment advice or a recommendation to trade. Futures & options trading involves substantial risk of loss. Past performance is not indicative of future results. AlgoRishi is not a SEBI-registered investment adviser or research analyst.