Strategy review
Opening Range Breakout (Same Stocks Daily)
Reviewed video: “Power of Trading | Same Stocks Every Day on Intraday”
The claim
Pick one high-ATR (>3%), high-ADX (>25) stock. Mark the 15-min opening range. Trade the first break (long above / short below), one trade a day, stop at the OR boundary (capped 2×ATR), exit at 3:15.
How we tested it
Mechanized exactly per the video on 48 Nifty-50 stocks, 5-min bars, 2 years, with the real Zerodha intraday cost model + slippage. Tested with and without the ADX/ATR stock filter.
The data
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| All days (no filter) | -0.14R |
| ADX>25 & ATR>3% filter | -0.08R |
| Filter, 2026 only | -0.12R |
Our verdict
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 simple.
But it's net negative in every variant, including 2026. The opening-range break is essentially a coin flip (40% win, payoff 1.16), and the ~14bps round-trip friction plus whipsaw false-breakouts tax it below zero. Intraday gets chopped before any trend pays — the same ADX filter is profitable on the daily timeframe but can't rescue intraday.
Bottom line
★★☆☆☆ 2.0/5