Adaptive Super Trend, Weekly Strangle Strategy

Combines a directional Adaptive Super Trend for swing trading Nifty and Reliance with a non-directional Weekly Strangle options strategy for income. Focuses on

Published · Updated · Methodology: Mixed

Part of: Supertrend Strategies

  • Methodology: Mixed
  • Content type: strategy
  • Timeframes: 15 minutes, 45 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day, 20 minutes, Weekly (for options), Week plus one (for options), Monthly (for options)
  • Markets: Nifty, Reliance (stocks), Options (Call options, Put options), Midcap Nifty

Indicators used

  • Adaptive Super Trend
  • Super Trend

Source video

Decoded from: Revealing My Profitable Trading Strategy by Trading with Groww — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:00 - Trading journey: from ₹60L capital (2019) to quitting his job
  • 01:12 - Strategy 1: Directional trades using the Adaptive Super Trend indicator
  • 05:34 - Strategy 2: Weekly strangle — the "bread and butter" probability-based trade
  • 07:55 - Risk management when trades go against you (hedges & adjustments)
  • 08:30 - How much capital you actually need to start trading
  • 13:00 - Fixed profit/loss targets and why you shouldn't average down

Strategy overview

Supertrend is an ATR-based trend filter that flips between a long and a short state as price crosses its band — but the Supertrend work is only half of what this entry contains. The source video presents two structurally opposite engines under a single "my strategy" banner: directional trades driven by an Adaptive Supertrend, and a weekly options strangle that the creator calls the "bread and butter" of the account. These are not variants of one idea. A trend signal needs sustained directional movement to pay; a strangle is a probability-based, non-directional structure whose outcome hangs on expiry and range rather than on being right about direction. The timeframe list reflects that split cleanly — intraday charts on one side, weekly-to-monthly expiry cycles on the other.

The pairing matters for how any performance claim should be read. Two engines with opposite regime preferences can smooth each other's equity curve or can quietly stack risk, and a headline result attached to the combination says nothing about which leg produced it. The "adaptive" qualifier compounds this: where a standard Supertrend holds one configuration and can be replayed over history as a single fixed system, a version whose parameterization is revisited over time cannot. Backtesting any one frozen configuration of it is not a backtest of the strategy, because the version actually running at each past moment depends on what the selection process saw at the time — and the video itself keeps the plain Supertrend in the frame as a reference point against the adaptive one.

The chapter structure is the other tell. Beyond the two signal sections, the video spends its time on capital requirements, what to do when a position moves against you, fixed profit and loss targets, and why not to average down — which is where the real weight of a short-premium book sits. For a strangle, the entry is the smaller decision; the adjustments and hedges afterwards define the risk. No rule-level extraction is available for this entry, so this page covers the concepts and the framing the source uses rather than a step-by-step reconstruction.

Topics

adaptive super trend · weekly strangle · nifty options strategy · swing trading · options selling strategy · pine script · trading strategy · tradingview strategy · 15 minute strategy · reliance trading strategy · midcap nifty options · options trading strategy · super trend strategy

Frequently asked questions

What is an Adaptive Supertrend and how does it differ from a standard Supertrend?

A standard Supertrend is built on ATR with a fixed multiplier, producing one trend state per bar. An adaptive version lets its configuration change rather than holding it constant, so the system's behaviour depends not only on the indicator formula but on how and when its settings are revisited. The source video runs both, using the standard version as a comparison point.

What is a weekly strangle in options trading?

A strangle combines a call and a put at different strikes on the same expiry. Traded on a weekly cycle, it is a non-directional position: its result depends on how far price travels and how time and volatility behave before expiry, not on picking a direction. The video presents it as a probability-based trade and devotes separate sections to hedges and adjustments when it moves against the position.

Does it make sense to combine a trend indicator with an options strangle?

They respond to different market conditions — a trend signal wants sustained movement, a strangle generally prefers contained ranges — so running both means the account carries directional and non-directional exposure at the same time. That is a portfolio decision rather than a signal one, and it means any aggregate result cannot be attributed to either leg on its own.

How can I evaluate a two-part strategy like this one?

The two halves need different tooling: the indicator leg can be tested on historical chart data, while the options leg depends on expiry, strike selection and assignment mechanics that a chart backtest does not model. Strategy Decoder extracts the structure of strategies from video sources so you can see what a setup actually consists of before deciding what is testable and what is not.

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