This article sets the right expectation on trade frequency for Bespoke Strategies — how many trades you should expect in a month, in a week, and on an average day, along with the capital you should keep ready to act on them.

Monthly and Weekly Trade Frequency

Both Swing Select Equity and Swing Select Derivatives are designed to generate approximately 10 to 12 trade signals every month.

Broken down further, here is what a typical month looks like:

• Per month: 10 to 12 trades
• Per week: 2 to 3 trades
• On average: roughly one trade every two days

This is the realistic pace you should plan around. Bespoke Strategies are not designed to place you in a large number of trades every single day — the strategy is selective by design, and every signal goes through the same technical process before it is sent to you.

Please note that this range is a typical expectation, not a fixed guarantee. The actual number of trades in a given month depends on market conditions. In a strongly trending market, you may see signals cluster more frequently. In a quiet or range-bound market, the strategy may generate fewer signals, since it is designed to trigger only when a genuine technical setup forms rather than force trades to fill a quota.

Trade Frequency vs Number of Positions Running at Once

It is important not to confuse two different numbers:

• 10 to 12 trades a month refers to how many new trade signals are sent to you over the course of a month.
• 10 positions at a time refers to the maximum number of open positions the strategy runs concurrently at any given point:
  • Swing Select Equity runs 10 positions at a time, with an equal ticket size suggested across them.
  • Swing Select Derivatives runs 10 positions at a time, each placed as a Limit Order with a hedge, structured as a Basket Order.

These are related but separate concepts. As existing positions close, the freed-up slot is filled by the next signal generated by the strategy — you do not need to track this manually or hunt for past triggers to fill it yourself.

What to Expect on a Daily Basis

The "one trade every two days" figure is a monthly average, not a fixed daily schedule. In practice, trade signals do not arrive evenly spaced out. Here is what that looks like day to day:

• Zero-trade days are normal. With 10 to 12 trades spread across roughly 20 trading days in a month, most days will have no new signal at all. This does not mean anything is wrong — it means the market has not thrown up a genuine setup that day.
• Multiple signals can land on the same day. On some days, two or three trade triggers may arrive together, especially when several stocks break out around the same time. So while the average works out to roughly one trade every two days, activity is naturally clustered rather than perfectly spread out.
• Signals are concentrated within specific windows during market hours. Based on our experience:
  • The majority of entry trades trigger between 9:30 AM and 11:00 AM.
  • Stop-loss triggers are typically pushed after 2:30 PM.
  • There is a very low likelihood of a trade triggering between 11:30 AM and 2:00 PM.

So on any given day, you are more likely to see activity in the morning window, with stop-loss updates coming later in the day if applicable, and long stretches of the mid-day session with no activity at all.

For Swing Select Collection Subscribers

Swing Select Collection bundles Swing Select Equity and Swing Select Derivatives together. Since you are running both strategies simultaneously, you should expect a combined total of roughly 20 to 24 trades a month — 10 to 12 from each strategy — rather than the 10 to 12 figure that applies to a single standalone strategy.

Capital You Should Keep Ready

Since you cannot predict exactly which day a signal will arrive, the capital required should be planned for the full set of positions the strategy can run, not just the next expected trade.

Swing Select Equity Follow the equal ticket size concept across all 10 positions. Since these are equity trades, you have full freedom to choose your participation amount, but a minimum ticket size of ₹1,00,000 per trade is recommended. Ideal total capital: ₹10 lakhs.

Swing Select Derivatives Be ready to take up to 10 concurrent positions. Margin requirement per trade typically ranges between ₹50,000 and ₹1,00,000, depending on the exchange margin requirement and the hedge, which brings the effective margin down. Ideal total capital: ₹10 lakhs.

Setting the Right Expectation

To summarize:

• Expect 10 to 12 trades a month, or roughly 2 to 3 trades a week, per Bespoke strategy you are subscribed to. Collection subscribers should expect a combined 20 to 24 trades a month, since both strategies run together.
• Zero-trade days are normal, and signals can occasionally cluster with more than one trade on the same day — the daily pattern will not be perfectly even.
• Keep capital ready for the full position count the strategy runs, not just for one trade at a time.
• Actual trade frequency can vary with market conditions — the strategy is built to trigger on genuine setups, not on a fixed schedule.

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