Applicable in all market conditions - focuses on execution quality
| Strategy Type | Execution Optimization and Transaction Cost Reduction System |
| Market Outlook | Applicable in all market conditions - focuses on execution quality |
| Risk Profile | Reduces implicit trading costs; improves net returns |
| Reward Profile | Cumulative savings from reduced slippage compound significantly |
| Time Horizon | Per-trade execution; cumulative impact over trading career |
| Capital Requirement | All capital levels benefit; larger sizes benefit more from optimization |
| Margin Type | N/A - execution methodology, not position type |
| Best Used When | Every trade - execution quality always matters |
| Pre Open | 9:00-9:08 AM - order entry, no matching |
| Pre Open Matching | 9:08-9:12 AM - price discovery |
| Normal Session | 9:15 AM - 3:30 PM - continuous trading |
| Post Close | 3:40-4:00 PM - closing session |
| High Liquidity | 9:15-10:30 AM, 2:30-3:30 PM |
| Moderate Liquidity | 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, 1:30-2:30 PM |
| Low Liquidity | 12:00-1:30 PM (lunch lull) |
| Expiry Days | Higher volume but also higher volatility |
| NIFTY Futures | 0.5-2 points (₹12.50-50 per lot) |
| BANKNIFTY Futures | 2-5 points (₹30-75 per lot) |
| NIFTY ATM Options | 1-3 points |
| OTM Options | 2-10+ points (wider spreads) |
| Illiquid Stock Options | ₹5-20+ (percentage terms very high) |
| Market | Immediate execution at best available price |
| Limit | Execute only at specified price or better |
| SL | Stop-loss - becomes market when trigger hit |
| SL L | Stop-loss limit - becomes limit when trigger hit |
| IOC | Immediate or cancel - fill what's available, cancel rest |
| GTT | Good till triggered - persistent conditional order |
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