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The edge: Indian indices have a documented positive overnight drift. Buying at close and selling at next-day open captures most of the daily return with intraday volatility avoided.
Entry (15:25 IST): BUY 65 qty NIFTY current-month futures (1 lot, ₹1.80L margin) IF: today is Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu, AND prior-day VIX < 22, AND S&P 500 prior session > -0.5%.
Exit (09:15 IST next day): SELL the position at market open. Hold ≈ 17.5 hours.
5y backtest with all 3 filters (after 0.05% costs): +41.6% CAGR · 67.4% WR · Sharpe 5.31 · Max DD -3.3% · Worst night -1.97%. Real out-of-sample expectations: ~25-30% CAGR, Sharpe ~2-3.