The strategy
Options buying is where most retail F&O losses concentrate — because retail systematically pays too much premium in overvalued-IV regimes. Our engine only buys options when the combination of direction, delta, and IV rank pass simultaneously. The result: fewer trades, better entries, less theta bleed.
Why manual execution fails
Most retail traders can describe a strategy like this conceptually but cannot execute it reliably. The reasons are boring but consistent: they miss entries because they weren't watching; they skip trades that 'don't feel right'; they move stops when positions go red; they double down after losses. None of these are fixable with willpower. They are fixable with automation.
How Sleeping Trade handles it
The engine runs this strategy continuously, with position sizing and stops enforced in code. You never override — you subscribe to the service and let the system run in your broker account. You see every trade in your broker's statement and your daily WhatsApp summary.