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Every viral setup, mechanized and tested over years of real Indian market data — then rated out of 5. No courses, no hype, no affiliate links. Just what the numbers say.

17 strategies tested  ·  1.6/5 average  ·  0 we'd actually trade as-is
★★★½☆3.5/5

ADX + 20MA Pullback — “The Single Setup”

“This single setup can take your trading to next level”

The best strategy we've tested — and the only one where adding a filter improved the edge. The ADX>25 trend-strength gate roughly triples…

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★★★☆☆3.0/5

Value vs Momentum (Sahil Rohmehtra)

“Best Intraday Strategy for Current Market? | Value or Momentum”

The first strategy that's positive in aggregate (+0.06R large, +0.42R… sorry +0.16R small per trade), because it's genuine trend-following — the one…

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★★½☆☆2.5/5

Multibagger Screener (Financially Free)

“How to find multi baggers | Best Way to Screen Winning Stocks”

The framework is real — it correctly describes the small-cap fat-tail breakout that genuinely produces multibaggers (payoff 3.8×, biggest winner…

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★★☆☆☆2.0/5

Opening Range Breakout (Same Stocks Daily)

“Power of Trading | Same Stocks Every Day on Intraday”

The cost discipline in the video is correct, and the ADX/ATR stock filter genuinely halves the bleed — the right instinct. The setup is honest and…

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★★☆☆☆2.0/5

RSI + Stochastics / ADX Oversold Dip

“Efficient RSI + Stochastics Trading Strategy for Better Trade Timing”

A beautifully convex setup — the raw RSI<30 version produced a +105R winner and ~90 trades over 5R. The ADX trend filter is, again, a sensible…

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★★☆☆☆2.0/5

Supply & Demand Zones (GTF)

“Supply & Demand Zone strategy (Arun & Sooraj)”

The most promising directional strategy in our entire study — the only one that ever showed a positive edge. At first look (25 trades) it won 64%…

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★½☆☆☆1.5/5

The Sneaky Pivot (“Trading Like an Idiot”)

“How Trading Like an Idiot Makes Me $10,000/Month (15 Minutes a Day)”

A slick, confident pitch — 'get simpler, even dumber.' The framework is clean and genuinely easy to…

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★½☆☆☆1.5/5

Pullback Swing (Hiren Gabani)

“How to select stocks for pullback swing trades”

One of the more thoughtfully constructed setups — Stage-2 trend, orderly pullback, volume dry-up, runner exit. It clearly comes from a real…

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★½☆☆☆1.5/5

Heikin-Ashi Trend Following (Abhijit Paul)

“Heikin-Ashi trend-following strategy”

A clean, mechanical trend-follower, and Heikin-Ashi candles genuinely smooth the noise of raw…

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★☆☆☆☆1.0/5

Top Gainer/Loser AI Options Algo

“Day 1 – Building AI Algo Until I Earn ₹1 Lakh from Option | Today: +₹1237”

An honest 'building in public' format, and the creator rightly admits costs are…

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★☆☆☆☆1.0/5

Vande Bharat Intraday (Inside-Bar Breakout)

“How To Select Stocks For Intraday Trading | SAGAR SINHA”

The 'high RR' micro-stop pitch sounds appealing and does create a convex tail (a +19R winner…

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★☆☆☆☆1.0/5

3-Wire Convergence (Chirag Rathod)

“Master this Intraday Strategy Without Wasting Your Time”

The 'three wires touching like a live current' image is memorable, and the cherry-picked examples (Titan, Paytm, Godrej) look…

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★☆☆☆☆1.0/5

MA Crossover + HTF Filter (Pawan Sharma)

“Intraday moving-average crossover strategy”

A polished 'I quit my job to trade this' pitch, and the higher-timeframe filter is a sensible addition that does help versus a naive…

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★☆☆☆☆1.0/5

5-EMA Magnet + 30-min Break (Devendra)

“Intraday 5-EMA options strategy”

A tidy 'magnet' entry with an options overlay and confident…

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★☆☆☆☆1.0/5

RSI > 70 = Continuation (Jyoti Budhia)

“RSI above 70 momentum continuation strategy”

At least it tests a specific, falsifiable claim — that RSI above 70 predicts continuation rather than…

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★☆☆☆☆1.0/5

Bollinger Double-Top/Bottom Fakeout (Priyank)

“Bollinger Band fakeout reversal strategy”

A classic-looking reversal pattern with a clearly defined neckline-break…

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★☆☆☆☆1.0/5

Volume + Low-Volume Reversal (Kushal)

“Intraday volume-based reversal strategy”

The one strategy we tested that genuinely uses the volume dimension rather than just…

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