Trade with rules.
Keep the receipts.
I spent ten years building the towers your signal comes from. Now I'm building something quieter: a trading practice with rules, a written record, and no excuses.
Nikkhah Capital is my private trading desk. A scanner finds the setups. Every prediction gets logged before the outcome — timestamped, hash-chained, unrewritable. Every closed trade teaches a lesson. The lessons become the newsletter.
Right now every trade is simulated. Paper first, always. Real capital only after the record earns it.
How it works
I. The scanner watches a universe of liquid names for two setups: failed rallies at resistance, and volatility rich enough to sell. It ranks what it finds. It finds nothing most days — that's also information.
II. The log. Before any position, the prediction goes in the book: ticker, setup, entry, target, stop, horizon, thesis. Once written, it can't be edited or deleted. Wins and losses both stay.
III. The lesson. Every closed trade gets a written lesson — what the market taught, in plain words. Losses teach more than wins, and they're published just the same.
IV. The newsletter. The trades and their lessons, sent out regularly. Educational to the bone. Never financial advice.
The honesty contract
No picks. No return promises. No hindsight.
Simulated until the record says otherwise — and every issue says which is which.
The method, in one paragraph
Defined-risk option spreads only — the most you can lose is known before you enter. Every trade answers three questions: what view am I expressing, how fast should it happen, what risk am I isolating? A fourth, borrowed from Druckenmiller: what would prove me wrong, and how fast would I reverse? Price confirms before entry. Cash is a valid position. The full rules live on the Method page.
The newsletter
One setup reviewed, one lesson taught, the track record updated — each issue. The simulated trades and the reasoning behind them, written to teach. When the account goes live, the real trades take over and the record carries forward.
Currently: paper trading
Get the letter
Inside the desk
The watchlist — this week's scanner output, with the worksheet for each name.
The journal — the track record and every lesson, win or lose.
Backtests — where the rules get tested against history before they touch money.