Building in public
I'm building an options trading bot in public. Every mistake included.
Since early 2026 I have been writing the software that trades Indian index options for me. This is the log: how it is built, what broke, and what it cost — written down so you can skip a few of my mistakes.
What you'll find here
- The journey — Month by month, what I built and what happened.
- Mistakes that cost me — The bugs, with the rupee figure attached.
- Best practices — The rules and guards I actually run, and why.
GPT vs Claude in a live trading bot: letting two AIs vote
I asked GPT and Claude to read the same Nifty chart thousands of times and made them vote on my trades. What I learned about using AI in a trading bot.
The journeyOpening range breakout on Nifty: I tested 25 versions
My first trading bot traded one classic idea, the opening range breakout. I built 25 versions of it on Nifty options. Here's what made the good ones good.
Latest posts
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All guides →Zerodha Kite Connect: get your API key and refresh the token daily
A short, practical guide to getting a Kite Connect API key and handling the access token that expires every morning.
GuidesAlgo trading in India: the rules, the cost, and what to do first
What the law requires of a retail algo trader in India, what a system costs to run after the April 2026 STT change, and the order to build it in.
What this site is
Building an algo trading bot for Nifty options in public: the strategies, the code, the lessons, and how SEBI rules and broker APIs work in India. No tips, no calls, no returns — read the about page for exactly what I do and don't publish.