Live · paper record

Overview

Paper portfolios of Rs 50.00 L each, tracked from their own inception dates. Tracking since Mon 5 Oct 2026; marked to the close of Thu 8 Oct 2026.

Live figures cover only the period since each portfolio's inception. Simulated history is under Backtests.

I built this to put my investment process to a real test. Every decision is written down and timestamped before the market opens, each portfolio trades on paper at the next open with realistic Indian costs, and nothing is ever restated after the fact. Zen v1 has been live since 5 October 2026. The backtest behind it, its risk statistics and the full audit trail are all here, and the data archive and research code are on GitHub.

See the backtest Research on GitHub

Zen v1

Live

Systematic · since 5 Oct 2026

NAV

Rs 48.20 L

Rs 48,19,863

Since inception: −3.60%
Today: −2.71%
vs Nifty 500: −2.51 pp
Drawdown: −3.60%
Holdings: 10
Cash: Rs 6,375

Zen v3

Not started

Systematic · capital Rs 50.00 L

Starts once its backtest is verified

The rules are fixed and published. The portfolio starts from cash on its own inception date, once the backtest has been completed and independently verified.

Growth of 100

Each series is 100 at its first close in the range; a portfolio is 100 at the close before its own inception. Scroll or drag on the chart to zoom.

The interactive chart needs the charting library; the same figures are in the table below.

Chart as a table (month ends)

Live portfolios and the main benchmark rebased to 100, month ends
Date	Zen v1	Nifty 500
8 Oct 2026	96.40	98.91
1 Oct 2026	100.00	100.00

Recent activity

Full log

5 Oct 2026, 09:15 IST

Zen v1FillBuy96HEROMOTOCOatRs 5,204.20

inception
5 Oct 2026, 09:15 IST

Zen v1FillBuy4,028BEPLatRs 124.12

inception
5 Oct 2026, 09:15 IST

Zen v1FillBuy168GRASIMatRs 2,970.97

inception
5 Oct 2026, 09:15 IST

Zen v1FillBuy3,788GHCLTEXTILatRs 131.98

inception
5 Oct 2026, 09:15 IST

Zen v1FillBuy326GESHIPatRs 1,531.43

inception
5 Oct 2026, 09:15 IST

Zen v1FillBuy767UFLEXatRs 651.80

inception
5 Oct 2026, 09:15 IST

Zen v1FillBuy294AUROPHARMAatRs 1,695.39

inception
5 Oct 2026, 09:15 IST

Zen v1FillBuy1,125OILatRs 444.44

inception

Data freshness

Latest date in each zen source used for this build.

Prices (NSE bhavcopy): 8 Oct 2026
Filings (announcements): 8 Oct 2026, 20:48 ISTrefreshed 8 Oct 2026, 20:50 IST
Quarterly results: 8 Oct 2026, 18:12 ISTrefreshed 8 Oct 2026, 20:50 IST
Corporate actions: 8 Oct 2026refreshed 8 Oct 2026, 20:50 IST
Indices: 8 Oct 2026

Commits

zen (data and engine): 4429163
zen-portfolios (ledger): 22fbf77
Generated: 8 Oct 2026, 21:32 IST

Inception

Zen v1: 5 Oct 2026
Zen v3: not set