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Tipsheet indices
Twelve of the Tipsheet models, published as index levels the way an index provider would: total return, before any cost or tax, each set to 1,000 at the end of 2006 so they compare directly. Over the last year Tipsheet Dual Momentum India rose most (24.4%) and Tipsheet Nifty 500 Trend least (−12.8%). Every level before an index's launch date is back-calculated.
Written for readers who want a rule's record as one comparable number a day. Data to 6 Oct 2026.
What these are, and what they are not
Tipsheet indices are reference series computed by tipsheet from public data, for research and comparison only. They are not official indices, are not licensed for use as benchmarks by any fund or product, cannot be invested in, and are not recommendations or investment advice. Levels before each index's launch date are back-calculated with hindsight.
The indices today
Values on 6 Oct 2026. Every index, the NSE rows included, is set to 1,000 on 31 December 2006, so the value is what 1,000 at the end of 2006 has grown to, and the values compare directly. Returns over three years and longer are a year. The launch is the day the rule entered this library; everything earlier is a backtest.
Before any fund cost, trading cost or tax. The models' pages show the same rules after costs and Indian tax. Since 2007, Tipsheet Dual Momentum India compounded fastest (13.7% a year), over a back-calculated history. The last rows are NSE's own indices bought and held, on the same basis, for comparison: they are not Tipsheet indices. NSE launched the LargeMidcap 250 in November 2017 and the Multicap 50:25:25 in December 2020, so their earlier years are NSE's back-calculation. Since 2007, seven of the 12 Tipsheet indices compounded faster than the Nifty 500 (11.4% a year).
| Index | Value | 1 month | This year | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | Since 2007, a year | History from | Launched | More |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tipsheet GTAA India | 7,787 | −3.8% | −2.9% | 2.3% | 14.5% | 10.2% | 10.9% | Apr 2005 | 2 Oct 2026 | |
| Tipsheet GTAA Global | 8,483 | −2.3% | 2.7% | 7.9% | 16.8% | 11.0% | 11.4% | Apr 2005 | 8 Oct 2026 | |
| Tipsheet Dual Momentum India | 12,735 | −4.3% | 10.4% | 24.4% | 31.7% | 17.9% | 13.7% | Apr 2005 | 2 Oct 2026 | |
| Tipsheet Dual Momentum Global | 8,951 | −1.1% | 1.9% | 3.3% | 18.0% | 9.3% | 11.7% | Apr 2005 | 8 Oct 2026 | |
| Tipsheet Sector Rotation | 7,988 | −5.0% | 3.2% | 6.3% | 8.8% | 6.7% | 11.1% | Apr 2005 | 8 Oct 2026 | |
| Tipsheet Trend India | 11,043 | −2.0% | 1.1% | 4.8% | 12.4% | 9.4% | 12.9% | Apr 2006 | 8 Oct 2026 | |
| Tipsheet Trend Global | 10,123 | −1.4% | 3.6% | 7.1% | 14.2% | 10.1% | 12.4% | Apr 2006 | 8 Oct 2026 | |
| Tipsheet Nifty 500 Trend | 7,485 | −5.9% | −15.5% | −12.8% | 4.6% | 2.9% | 10.7% | Apr 2005 | 8 Oct 2026 | |
| Tipsheet Size Rotation | 8,471 | −1.1% | −7.3% | −7.1% | 6.1% | 5.5% | 11.4% | May 2006 | 8 Oct 2026 | |
| Tipsheet Factor Rotation | 8,153 | −1.3% | 0.9% | 3.7% | 11.9% | 10.6% | 11.2% | May 2006 | 8 Oct 2026 | |
| Tipsheet Dynamic Allocation | 7,504 | −2.8% | −1.4% | −0.0% | 9.0% | 7.4% | 10.7% | Apr 2005 | 8 Oct 2026 | |
| Tipsheet Multi-Asset 60/20/20 | 11,140 | −3.8% | −1.1% | 4.1% | 15.4% | 12.1% | 13.0% | Apr 2005 | 2 Oct 2026 | |
| Nifty 500 (NSE, for comparison) | 8,419 | −4.5% | −6.3% | −3.3% | 9.7% | 8.8% | 11.4% | Apr 2005 | – | |
| Nifty LargeMidcap 250 (NSE, for comparison) | 11,078 | −4.8% | −5.3% | −1.9% | 11.1% | 10.6% | 12.9% | Apr 2005 | 30 Nov 2017 | |
| Nifty500 Multicap 50:25:25 (NSE, for comparison) | 10,891 | −4.3% | −3.2% | −1.0% | 11.2% | 10.7% | 12.8% | Apr 2005 | 2 Dec 2020 |
Against the market
Each chart rebases its lines to 100 at the start of the window shown, from 2007, the first year every index has; drag the date range below a chart to pick another start and every line rebases to it. The grey line is the Nifty 500, bought and held, on the same basis: before costs and tax.
Trend and dynamic allocation: growth of 100
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Allocation across assets: growth of 100
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Rotation within equity: size, sectors and factors: growth of 100
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How each has moved
One panel per index over its whole history, on its own scale, weekly. 1,000 is the end of 2006; the panels start on different dates because a rule begins only when it has the history it needs.
Tipsheet indices, 1,000 at the end of 2006
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How they are built
- Each index is a model's rule applied to total-return series: NSE's total-return indices, domestic gold, the NSE 5-year G-sec index and the 91-day T-bill, and for the global indices the S&P 500 in rupees, one session behind Mumbai.
- Every index is 1,000 on 31 December 2006, the last session before the first year all of them cover; history before that date is kept, with values below or above 1,000.
- The level is before any fund cost, trading cost or tax: what the rule's holdings returned, as an index provider would publish it. The model pages carry the same rule after costs and tax.
- Trades happen at the close of the session after a decision. Monthly rules decide on a month's last session, the trend indices on a week's last.
- From its launch date an index is never restated: each day's return is written once to a hash-chained log, and the level chains those returns. A change to a rule would start a new version, linked to the old one on the day it changes.
- The sector and factor indices use NSE's own history, which NSE itself back-calculated before each index's launch (most factor indices launched between 2016 and 2020). The models page also shows versions that count each sector and factor only from its launch, to show what that hindsight was worth.
- Before launch, levels are back-calculated from today's data with a rule chosen after that history was known. Read them as a backtest.
The workings
Data
Every chart has a table view, a CSV download and a link to its published JSON. Bundles are listed in data status.