Weekly Market Analysis & Algo Performance: August 8, 2026

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Model 1 Performance     (To know more about it click here)

Model 3 Performance    (To know more about it click here)     

Nifty Future Long-Short Strategy Performance   (To know more about it click here)

Weekly Portfolio Performance Chart

Equity Markets:

The week opened on a strong bullish note, continuing the previous week's momentum, but faced profit-booking and volatility in the final trading sessions due to shifting macroeconomic factors and rising crude oil prices.

Key Market Triggers

• RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC): The RBI held its policy meeting from August 3 to August 5. While the market largely priced in a status-quo rate decision, the central bank's commentary on inflation, domestic growth, and external risks caused cautious repositioning in rate-sensitive sectors like banking and autos.
• Crude Oil & Geopolitical Jitters: After cooling off in the previous week, Brent crude prices rebounded to trade higher at $83.45 per barrel by Friday. This spike followed renewed concerns over diplomatic negotiations involving Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, reviving fears of prolonged disruptions to energy corridors and triggering a risk-off sentiment globally.
• New Market Mechanics: A structural change to price discovery was implemented on Monday, August 3. Stock exchanges introduced a new Closing Auction Session (CAS) for shares with futures and options (F&O) contracts to make closing prices more transparent.
  
  

Weekly recap:

The Bank Nifty Index and Nifty IT index have outperformed the Nifty Index this week.

This week, Nifty Midcap 100 Index is up +0.87 percent.

The Nifty Index is up +0.77 percent.

Key Levels for the Nifty Index Daily Timeframe

20   EMA - 24314

50   DMA - 23984

200 DMA - 24764

Nifty Weekly Timeframe Levels

Open - 24572.70

Low -   24427.95

High -  24774.30

Close - 24570.65

Nifty closed above 20 EMA, 50 DMA suggesting short term up trend in the Nifty Index.

Model 1 & Model 3

This week, Model 1 is positive +4.06 percent and Model 3 is positive +1.82 percent. 

Model 1 has outperformed the Index by +3.29 percent and Model 3 has outperformed the Index by +0.95 percent.

Nifty Long-Short

The Long-Short strategy for the Nifty Index has returned a positive result of +3.19 percent this week.

Next Week Update

The Nifty Long-Short Strategy's current position is Long.

Long-term Performance Summary

*After brokerage and taxes, returns are determined at the performed deals.

In July 2026, Models 1 and 3 returned -6.1 percent, and -0.4 percent respectively, compared to the Nifty 50 Index's +2.2 percent return.

In July 2026, the Nifty Long-Short is Up -6.5 percent.

For the Year 2025 Model 1, 3 and Nifty Long Short returned -18%, +7%, and +32% respectively, compared to the Nifty 50 Index's return of +11%. 

For Financial Year 2025-2026 Model 1, 3 and Nifty Long Short returned -11.18%, +16.88% and -9.53% respectively, compared to the Nifty 50 Index's return of -5.05%.

 

Year To Date - 2026

Models 1 and 3 returned +9.19 percent and +0.54 percent respectively, compared to Nifty's -5.97 percent return for 2026.

The Nifty Long-Short year-to-date return (from January 1, 2026) is now -27.31 percent, compared to the Index's -5.97 percent.

Summary since inception

Since its debut, Model 1 has increased by 255.73 percent. The Nifty index has risen by 127.45 percent  over the same time span.

Since its debut, the Nifty long-short strategy has increased by 416 percent on the capital and 770 percent on the margin money.

Model 1 has been operational since July 13, 2020, whereas the Index Long-Short strategy has been operational since August 14, 2020. 

Since the inception, Model 3 is up +167.51%, compared to 130.75% for the Nifty Midcap Index. 

Model 3 has been operational since July 12th, 2021.

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