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VolatilityTrader
(100722273)

Created by: VixTrader VixTrader
Started: 03/2016
Options
Last trade: 1,131 days ago
Trading style: Options Premium Collecting Volatility Long / Short
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Subscription terms. Subscriptions to this system cost $299.00 per month.

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Trading Category: Options
Premium Collecting
Category: Equity

Premium Collecting

A trading strategy that, while typically profitable on a trade-by-trade basis, has some possibility of infrequent, but extremely large, losses.
Volatility Long / Short
Category: Equity

Volatility Long / Short

This strategy constructs portfolios that make bets about whether market volatility will increase or decrease.
33.0%
Annual Return (Compounded)

Rate of Return Calculations

Overview

To comply with NFA regulations, we display Cumulative Rate of Return for strategies with a track record of less than one year. For strategies with longer track records, we display Annualized (Compounded) Rate of Return.

How Annualized (Compounded) Rate of Return is calculated

= ((Ending_equity / Starting_equity) ^ (1 / age_in_years)) - 1

Remember that, following NFA requirements, strategy subscription costs and estimated commissions are included in marked-to-market equity calculations.

All results are hypothetical.

(85.3%)
Max Drawdown
3066
Num Trades
92.7%
Win Trades
1.1 : 1
Profit Factor
38.1%
Win Months
Hypothetical Monthly Returns (includes system fee and Typical Broker commissions and fees)
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYTD
2016              (4.4%)+19.3%+40.3%+55.2%+45.2%+11.9%+15.2%(7.7%)+24.6%+4.4%+458.1%
2017(28.3%)(28%)+23.1%+11.4%+7.1%+10.7%(11.4%)+27.8%+11.3%+5.2%(3.1%)+10.4%+19.1%
2018+6.2%+27.3%(2.3%)+7.2%+8.2%(6.4%)+19.9%(5.8%)+4.8%(5.2%)+8.7%(36.7%)+10.8%
2019+21.0%+12.1%+8.4%(3.2%)(4.1%)+8.0%+6.9%  -  +11.1%+2.3%(9.6%)(1.4%)+59.5%
2020(11.6%)+2.3%(9.8%)+25.3%+20.1%+14.1%+14.0%(12.4%)(12.6%)+24.2%(66.1%)(30%)(64%)
2021(16%)+16.5%  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  (2.1%)
2022  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  0.0
2023  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  0.0
2024  -    -    -                                                        0.0

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Trading Record

This strategy has placed 4,957 trades in real-life brokerage accounts. The most recent trade in a real-money brokerage account occurred more than 1130 days ago.

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Long
Short
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Win
Loss
Both
Opened Date/TimeSymbolDescriptionSideQtyAvg PriceClosed Date/TimeAvg PriceDrawdownP/L
2/22/21 10:22 ROKU2126N425 ROKU Feb26'21 425 put SHORT 4 1.00 2/22 20:10 8.00 0.7%
Trade id #134193358
Max drawdown($2,928)
Time2/22/21 15:55
Quant open4
Worst price8.32
Drawdown as % of equity-0.70%
($2,806)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $5.60
2/22/21 10:20 JD2126B107 JD Feb26'21 107 call SHORT 6 0.47 2/22 20:10 0.30 0%
Trade id #134193283
Max drawdown($6)
Time2/22/21 10:27
Quant open6
Worst price0.48
Drawdown as % of equity-0.00%
$94
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $8.40
2/22/21 10:15 QS2126B90 QS Feb26'21 90 call SHORT 15 0.45 2/22 20:10 0.40 0.23%
Trade id #134193069
Max drawdown($975)
Time2/22/21 14:42
Quant open15
Worst price1.10
Drawdown as % of equity-0.23%
$54
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $21.00
2/22/21 10:06 ROKU2126B600 ROKU Feb26'21 600 call SHORT 7 0.56 2/22 20:10 0.07 n/a $333
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $9.80
2/22/21 9:59 JD2126N96 JD Feb26'21 96 put SHORT 10 0.40 2/22 20:10 1.50 0.26%
Trade id #134192416
Max drawdown($1,100)
Time2/22/21 15:59
Quant open10
Worst price1.50
Drawdown as % of equity-0.26%
($1,114)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $14.00
2/22/21 9:56 TTD2126B960 TTD Feb26'21 960 call SHORT 1 4.00 2/22 20:10 1.12 0.02%
Trade id #134192275
Max drawdown($97)
Time2/22/21 10:16
Quant open1
Worst price4.97
Drawdown as % of equity-0.02%
$286
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $2.00
2/22/21 9:53 ZM2126B442.5 ZM Feb26'21 442.5 call SHORT 2 2.00 2/22 20:10 0.85 0.01%
Trade id #134192188
Max drawdown($60)
Time2/22/21 10:05
Quant open2
Worst price2.30
Drawdown as % of equity-0.01%
$227
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $2.80
2/22/21 9:52 BIDU2126B410 BIDU Feb26'21 410 call SHORT 4 1.00 2/22 20:10 0.70 0.3%
Trade id #134192160
Max drawdown($1,244)
Time2/22/21 10:10
Quant open4
Worst price4.11
Drawdown as % of equity-0.30%
$114
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $5.60
2/22/21 9:45 WYNN2126B135 WYNN Feb26'21 135 call SHORT 8 0.55 2/22 20:10 0.55 0.28%
Trade id #134191629
Max drawdown($1,160)
Time2/22/21 12:27
Quant open8
Worst price2.00
Drawdown as % of equity-0.28%
($11)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $11.20
2/22/21 9:44 WYNN2126N118 WYNN Feb26'21 118 put SHORT 8 0.50 2/22 20:10 0.23 n/a $205
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $11.20
2/22/21 9:38 BIDU2126N280 BIDU Feb26'21 280 put SHORT 4 1.10 2/22 20:10 0.63 0.02%
Trade id #134191284
Max drawdown($76)
Time2/22/21 9:48
Quant open4
Worst price1.29
Drawdown as % of equity-0.02%
$182
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $5.60
2/22/21 9:38 TTD2126N840 TTD Feb26'21 840 put SHORT 1 4.00 2/22 20:10 16.00 0.33%
Trade id #134191273
Max drawdown($1,380)
Time2/22/21 11:14
Quant open1
Worst price17.80
Drawdown as % of equity-0.33%
($1,202)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $2.00
2/22/21 9:35 QS2126N60 QS Feb26'21 60 put SHORT 5 2.25 2/22 20:10 2.03 n/a $103
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $7.00
2/19/21 15:59 AAPL2126N126 AAPL Feb26'21 126 put SHORT 10 0.54 2/22 20:10 1.88 0.43%
Trade id #134169456
Max drawdown($1,826)
Time2/22/21 10:58
Quant open10
Worst price2.37
Drawdown as % of equity-0.43%
($1,350)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $14.00
2/19/21 15:56 ZM2126N395 ZM Feb26'21 395 put SHORT 2 3.71 2/22 20:10 11.40 0.42%
Trade id #134169340
Max drawdown($1,757)
Time2/22/21 15:42
Quant open2
Worst price12.50
Drawdown as % of equity-0.42%
($1,540)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $2.80
2/18/21 15:42 QS2126B100 QS Feb26'21 100 call SHORT 15 1.40 2/22 20:10 0.19 0.05%
Trade id #134144216
Max drawdown($225)
Time2/18/21 15:46
Quant open15
Worst price1.55
Drawdown as % of equity-0.05%
$1,794
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $21.00
1/20/21 9:30 QS QUANTUMSCAPE CORP LONG 1,500 58.76 2/22 20:10 64.76 7.66%
Trade id #133479671
Max drawdown($27,203)
Time2/1/21 0:00
Quant open1,500
Worst price40.62
Drawdown as % of equity-7.66%
$8,994
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $13.00
2/22/21 9:33 TSLA2126N680 TSLA Feb26'21 680 put SHORT 1 4.00 2/22 15:55 11.49 n/a ($751)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $2.00
2/18/21 11:14 TWLO2119N425 TWLO Feb19'21 425 put SHORT 2 2.25 2/20 9:36 0.00 0.07%
Trade id #134135897
Max drawdown($290)
Time2/19/21 0:00
Quant open2
Worst price3.70
Drawdown as % of equity-0.07%
$449
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $1.40
2/18/21 11:12 QS2119B90 QS Feb19'21 90 call SHORT 15 0.28 2/20 9:36 0.00 0.13%
Trade id #134135825
Max drawdown($555)
Time2/18/21 14:48
Quant open15
Worst price0.65
Drawdown as % of equity-0.13%
$410
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $10.50
2/16/21 15:49 QS2119N42 QS Feb19'21 42 put SHORT 15 0.44 2/20 9:36 0.00 0.04%
Trade id #134093900
Max drawdown($165)
Time2/16/21 15:59
Quant open15
Worst price0.55
Drawdown as % of equity-0.04%
$650
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $10.50
2/18/21 11:29 QS2119B95 QS Feb19'21 95 call SHORT 15 0.25 2/20 9:36 0.00 0.07%
Trade id #134136585
Max drawdown($300)
Time2/18/21 14:51
Quant open15
Worst price0.45
Drawdown as % of equity-0.07%
$365
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $10.50
2/16/21 15:46 TSLA2119N745 TSLA Feb19'21 745 put SHORT 1 3.75 2/20 9:35 0.00 0.21%
Trade id #134093802
Max drawdown($814)
Time2/17/21 0:00
Quant open1
Worst price11.89
Drawdown as % of equity-0.21%
$374
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $1.00
2/16/21 15:53 DOCU2119N250 DOCU Feb19'21 250 put SHORT 6 0.60 2/20 9:35 0.00 0.58%
Trade id #134094037
Max drawdown($2,250)
Time2/17/21 0:00
Quant open6
Worst price4.35
Drawdown as % of equity-0.58%
$356
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $4.20
2/16/21 15:47 AAPL2119N130 AAPL Feb19'21 130 put SHORT 10 0.41 2/19 15:59 0.14 0.63%
Trade id #134093832
Max drawdown($2,490)
Time2/18/21 0:00
Quant open10
Worst price2.90
Drawdown as % of equity-0.63%
$252
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $14.00
2/16/21 15:58 ZM2119N420 ZM Feb19'21 420 put SHORT 2 1.70 2/19 15:56 2.81 0.4%
Trade id #134094258
Max drawdown($1,566)
Time2/18/21 0:00
Quant open2
Worst price9.53
Drawdown as % of equity-0.40%
($226)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $2.80
1/8/21 10:11 TSLA2112B930 TSLA Feb12'21 930 call SHORT 8 57.80 2/13 9:35 9.27 4.32%
Trade id #133272531
Max drawdown($14,844)
Time1/8/21 12:50
Quant open8
Worst price76.35
Drawdown as % of equity-4.32%
$38,814
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $6.60
2/8/21 10:31 TSLA2112N760 TSLA Feb12'21 760 put SHORT 7 2.20 2/13 9:35 0.00 1.65%
Trade id #133913357
Max drawdown($6,160)
Time2/10/21 0:00
Quant open7
Worst price11.00
Drawdown as % of equity-1.65%
$1,535
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $4.90
2/2/21 15:06 TSLA2105N800 TSLA Feb5'21 800 put SHORT 6 1.83 2/6 9:35 0.00 0.18%
Trade id #133802504
Max drawdown($680)
Time2/4/21 0:00
Quant open6
Worst price2.96
Drawdown as % of equity-0.18%
$1,092
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $4.50
1/28/21 14:44 TSLA2105N750 TSLA Feb5'21 750 put SHORT 1 3.85 2/6 9:35 0.00 0.57%
Trade id #133676337
Max drawdown($2,028)
Time1/29/21 0:00
Quant open1
Worst price24.13
Drawdown as % of equity-0.57%
$384
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $1.00

Statistics

  • Strategy began
    3/7/2016
  • Suggested Minimum Cap
    $100,000
  • Strategy Age (days)
    2940.29
  • Age
    98 months ago
  • What it trades
    Options
  • # Trades
    3066
  • # Profitable
    2841
  • % Profitable
    92.70%
  • Avg trade duration
    11.9 days
  • Max peak-to-valley drawdown
    85.29%
  • drawdown period
    Sept 08, 2020 - Jan 08, 2021
  • Annual Return (Compounded)
    33.0%
  • Avg win
    $1,954
  • Avg loss
    $23,092
  • Model Account Values (Raw)
  • Cash
    $490,910
  • Margin Used
    $0
  • Buying Power
    $490,910
  • Ratios
  • W:L ratio
    1.08:1
  • Sharpe Ratio
    0.47
  • Sortino Ratio
    0.68
  • Calmar Ratio
    0.432
  • CORRELATION STATISTICS
  • Return of Strat Pcnt - Return of SP500 Pcnt (cumu)
    220.35%
  • Correlation to SP500
    0.22560
  • Return Percent SP500 (cumu) during strategy life
    162.49%
  • Return Statistics
  • Ann Return (w trading costs)
    33.0%
  • Slump
  • Current Slump as Pcnt Equity
    458.70%
  • Instruments
  • Percent Trades Futures
    0.00%
  • Slump
  • Current Slump, time of slump as pcnt of strategy life
    0.44%
  • Return Statistics
  • Return Pcnt Since TOS Status
    n/a
  • Instruments
  • Short Options - Percent Covered
    32.77%
  • Return Statistics
  • Return Pcnt (Compound or Annual, age-based, NFA compliant)
    0.330%
  • Instruments
  • Percent Trades Options
    0.82%
  • Percent Trades Stocks
    0.18%
  • Percent Trades Forex
    n/a
  • Return Statistics
  • Ann Return (Compnd, No Fees)
    21.8%
  • Risk of Ruin (Monte-Carlo)
  • Chance of 10% account loss
    57.50%
  • Chance of 20% account loss
    33.00%
  • Chance of 30% account loss
    19.00%
  • Chance of 40% account loss
    5.00%
  • Chance of 60% account loss (Monte Carlo)
    0.50%
  • Chance of 70% account loss (Monte Carlo)
    0.50%
  • Chance of 80% account loss (Monte Carlo)
    n/a
  • Chance of 90% account loss (Monte Carlo)
    n/a
  • Chance of 100% account loss (Monte Carlo)
    n/a
  • Automation
  • Percentage Signals Automated
    0.59%
  • Risk of Ruin (Monte-Carlo)
  • Chance of 50% account loss
    1.00%
  • Popularity
  • Popularity (Today)
    819
  • Popularity (Last 6 weeks)
    959
  • Trading Style
  • Any stock shorts? 0/1
    1
  • Popularity
  • Popularity (7 days, Percentile 1000 scale)
    858
  • Trades-Own-System Certification
  • Trades Own System?
    -
  • TOS percent
    n/a
  • Win / Loss
  • Avg Loss
    $23,093
  • Avg Win
    $1,954
  • Sum Trade PL (losers)
    $5,195,900.000
  • Age
  • Num Months filled monthly returns table
    97
  • Win / Loss
  • Sum Trade PL (winners)
    $5,551,620.000
  • # Winners
    2841
  • Num Months Winners
    37
  • Dividends
  • Dividends Received in Model Acct
    35212
  • Win / Loss
  • # Losers
    225
  • % Winners
    92.7%
  • Frequency
  • Avg Position Time (mins)
    17190.20
  • Avg Position Time (hrs)
    286.50
  • Avg Trade Length
    11.9 days
  • Last Trade Ago
    1127
  • Leverage
  • Daily leverage (average)
    3.91
  • Daily leverage (max)
    45.35
  • Regression
  • Alpha
    0.06
  • Beta
    0.61
  • Treynor Index
    0.12
  • Maximum Adverse Excursion (MAE)
  • MAE:Equity, average, all trades
    0.01
  • MAE:PL - Winning Trades - this strat Percentile of All Strats
    61.57
  • MAE:PL - worst single value for strategy
    -
  • MAE:PL - Losing Trades - this strat Percentile of All Strats
    62.13
  • MAE:PL (avg, winning trades)
    -
  • MAE:PL (avg, losing trades)
    -
  • MAE:PL (avg, all trades)
    3.37
  • MAE:Equity, average, winning trades
    0.00
  • MAE:Equity, average, losing trades
    0.04
  • Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - All trades
    -50.041
  • MAE:Equity, losing trades only, 95th Percentile Value for this strat
    -
  • MAE:Equity, win trades only, 95th Percentile Value for this strat
    -
  • MAE:Equity, 95th Percentile Value for this strat
    0.15
  • Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - Winning trades
    1.629
  • Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - Losing trades
    -1.369
  • Hold-and-Hope Ratio
    -0.020
  • Analysis based on MONTHLY values, full history
  • RATIO STATISTICS
  • Ratio statistics of excess return rates
  • Statistics related to Sharpe ratio
  • Mean
    0.51725
  • SD
    0.62009
  • Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)
    0.83415
  • Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)
    0.82293
  • df
    56.00000
  • t
    1.81799
  • p
    0.03721
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    -0.08187
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    1.74294
  • Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    -0.08919
  • Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    1.73505
  • Statistics related to Sortino ratio
  • Sortino ratio
    1.36386
  • Upside Potential Ratio
    2.64648
  • Upside part of mean
    1.00368
  • Downside part of mean
    -0.48644
  • Upside SD
    0.50619
  • Downside SD
    0.37925
  • N nonnegative terms
    39.00000
  • N negative terms
    18.00000
  • Statistics related to linear regression on benchmark
  • N of observations
    57.00000
  • Mean of predictor
    0.11816
  • Mean of criterion
    0.51725
  • SD of predictor
    0.14337
  • SD of criterion
    0.62009
  • Covariance
    0.00278
  • r
    0.03131
  • b (slope, estimate of beta)
    0.13542
  • a (intercept, estimate of alpha)
    0.50125
  • Mean Square Error
    0.39111
  • DF error
    55.00000
  • t(b)
    0.23231
  • p(b)
    0.40858
  • t(a)
    1.69856
  • p(a)
    0.04753
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    -1.03277
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    1.30361
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    -0.09015
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    1.09264
  • Treynor index (mean / b)
    3.81963
  • Jensen alpha (a)
    0.50125
  • Ratio statistics of excess log return rates
  • Statistics related to Sharpe ratio
  • Mean
    0.29575
  • SD
    0.70261
  • Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)
    0.42092
  • Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)
    0.41526
  • df
    56.00000
  • t
    0.91739
  • p
    0.18144
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    -0.48359
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    1.32171
  • Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    -0.48731
  • Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    1.31784
  • Statistics related to Sortino ratio
  • Sortino ratio
    0.53483
  • Upside Potential Ratio
    1.62406
  • Upside part of mean
    0.89805
  • Downside part of mean
    -0.60231
  • Upside SD
    0.43188
  • Downside SD
    0.55297
  • N nonnegative terms
    39.00000
  • N negative terms
    18.00000
  • Statistics related to linear regression on benchmark
  • N of observations
    57.00000
  • Mean of predictor
    0.10724
  • Mean of criterion
    0.29575
  • SD of predictor
    0.14395
  • SD of criterion
    0.70261
  • Covariance
    -0.00336
  • r
    -0.03325
  • b (slope, estimate of beta)
    -0.16229
  • a (intercept, estimate of alpha)
    0.31315
  • Mean Square Error
    0.50208
  • DF error
    55.00000
  • t(b)
    -0.24672
  • p(b)
    0.59698
  • t(a)
    0.94129
  • p(a)
    0.17534
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    -1.48050
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    1.15593
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    -0.35356
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    0.97986
  • Treynor index (mean / b)
    -1.82240
  • Jensen alpha (a)
    0.31315
  • Risk estimates for a one-period unit investment (parametric)
  • assuming log normal returns and losses (using central moments from Sharpe statistics)
  • VaR(95%)
    0.26580
  • Expected Shortfall on VaR
    0.32361
  • assuming Pareto losses only (using partial moments from Sortino statistics)
  • VaR(95%)
    0.06539
  • Expected Shortfall on VaR
    0.15339
  • ORDER STATISTICS
  • Quartiles of return rates
  • Number of observations
    57.00000
  • Minimum
    0.34240
  • Quartile 1
    0.98596
  • Median
    1.03897
  • Quartile 3
    1.12250
  • Maximum
    1.59360
  • Mean of quarter 1
    0.84993
  • Mean of quarter 2
    1.01763
  • Mean of quarter 3
    1.07949
  • Mean of quarter 4
    1.24864
  • Inter Quartile Range
    0.13654
  • Number outliers low
    3.00000
  • Percentage of outliers low
    0.05263
  • Mean of outliers low
    0.63156
  • Number of outliers high
    4.00000
  • Percentage of outliers high
    0.07018
  • Mean of outliers high
    1.43950
  • Risk estimates for a one-period unit investment (based on Ex
  • Extreme Value Index (moments method)
    -1.63363
  • VaR(95%) (moments method)
    0.05890
  • Expected Shortfall (moments method)
    0.06113
  • Extreme Value Index (regression method)
    -0.02770
  • VaR(95%) (regression method)
    0.16915
  • Expected Shortfall (regression method)
    0.25891
  • DRAW DOWN STATISTICS
  • Quartiles of draw downs
  • Number of observations
    6.00000
  • Minimum
    0.06203
  • Quartile 1
    0.12446
  • Median
    0.27196
  • Quartile 3
    0.35302
  • Maximum
    0.75854
  • Mean of quarter 1
    0.07154
  • Mean of quarter 2
    0.25469
  • Mean of quarter 3
    0.28922
  • Mean of quarter 4
    0.56641
  • Inter Quartile Range
    0.22856
  • Number outliers low
    0.00000
  • Percentage of outliers low
    0.00000
  • Mean of outliers low
    0.00000
  • Number of outliers high
    1.00000
  • Percentage of outliers high
    0.16667
  • Mean of outliers high
    0.75854
  • Risk estimates based on draw downs (based on Extreme Value T
  • Extreme Value Index (moments method)
    0.00000
  • VaR(95%) (moments method)
    0.00000
  • Expected Shortfall (moments method)
    0.00000
  • Extreme Value Index (regression method)
    0.00000
  • VaR(95%) (regression method)
    0.00000
  • Expected Shortfall (regression method)
    0.00000
  • COMBINED STATISTICS
  • Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)
    0.76890
  • Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)
    0.38217
  • Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)
    0.50382
  • Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs
    0.67472
  • Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal
    1.18095
  • 0.00000
  • 0.00000
  • Analysis based on DAILY values, full history
  • RATIO STATISTICS
  • Ratio statistics of excess return rates
  • Statistics related to Sharpe ratio
  • Mean
    0.47769
  • SD
    0.58928
  • Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)
    0.81062
  • Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)
    0.81014
  • df
    1262.00000
  • t
    1.77980
  • p
    0.47498
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    -0.08277
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    1.70372
  • Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    -0.08310
  • Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    1.70338
  • Statistics related to Sortino ratio
  • Sortino ratio
    1.17147
  • Upside Potential Ratio
    7.92681
  • Upside part of mean
    3.23228
  • Downside part of mean
    -2.75460
  • Upside SD
    0.42612
  • Downside SD
    0.40777
  • N nonnegative terms
    702.00000
  • N negative terms
    561.00000
  • Statistics related to linear regression on benchmark
  • N of observations
    1263.00000
  • Mean of predictor
    0.13002
  • Mean of criterion
    0.47769
  • SD of predictor
    0.19328
  • SD of criterion
    0.58928
  • Covariance
    0.02831
  • r
    0.24853
  • b (slope, estimate of beta)
    0.75774
  • a (intercept, estimate of alpha)
    0.34000
  • Mean Square Error
    0.32606
  • DF error
    1261.00000
  • t(b)
    9.11115
  • p(b)
    0.34343
  • t(a)
    1.45664
  • p(a)
    0.47391
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    0.59458
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    0.92090
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    -0.13151
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    0.88983
  • Treynor index (mean / b)
    0.63041
  • Jensen alpha (a)
    0.37916
  • Ratio statistics of excess log return rates
  • Statistics related to Sharpe ratio
  • Mean
    0.30365
  • SD
    0.59071
  • Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)
    0.51404
  • Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)
    0.51374
  • df
    1262.00000
  • t
    1.12862
  • p
    0.48412
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    -0.37897
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    1.40685
  • Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    -0.37917
  • Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    1.40664
  • Statistics related to Sortino ratio
  • Sortino ratio
    0.70569
  • Upside Potential Ratio
    7.31419
  • Upside part of mean
    3.14722
  • Downside part of mean
    -2.84357
  • Upside SD
    0.40481
  • Downside SD
    0.43029
  • N nonnegative terms
    702.00000
  • N negative terms
    561.00000
  • Statistics related to linear regression on benchmark
  • N of observations
    1263.00000
  • Mean of predictor
    0.11119
  • Mean of criterion
    0.30365
  • SD of predictor
    0.19434
  • SD of criterion
    0.59071
  • Covariance
    0.02863
  • r
    0.24938
  • b (slope, estimate of beta)
    0.75802
  • a (intercept, estimate of alpha)
    0.21937
  • Mean Square Error
    0.32750
  • DF error
    1261.00000
  • t(b)
    9.14475
  • p(b)
    0.34290
  • t(a)
    0.84110
  • p(a)
    0.48493
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    0.59540
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    0.92064
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    -0.29230
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    0.73104
  • Treynor index (mean / b)
    0.40058
  • Jensen alpha (a)
    0.21937
  • Risk estimates for a one-period unit investment (parametric)
  • assuming log normal returns and losses (using central moments from Sharpe statistics)
  • VaR(95%)
    0.05717
  • Expected Shortfall on VaR
    0.07135
  • assuming Pareto losses only (using partial moments from Sortino statistics)
  • VaR(95%)
    0.02206
  • Expected Shortfall on VaR
    0.04695
  • ORDER STATISTICS
  • Quartiles of return rates
  • Number of observations
    1263.00000
  • Minimum
    0.77364
  • Quartile 1
    0.98847
  • Median
    1.00231
  • Quartile 3
    1.01537
  • Maximum
    1.34274
  • Mean of quarter 1
    0.96180
  • Mean of quarter 2
    0.99664
  • Mean of quarter 3
    1.00838
  • Mean of quarter 4
    1.04092
  • Inter Quartile Range
    0.02690
  • Number outliers low
    66.00000
  • Percentage of outliers low
    0.05226
  • Mean of outliers low
    0.90997
  • Number of outliers high
    66.00000
  • Percentage of outliers high
    0.05226
  • Mean of outliers high
    1.08830
  • Risk estimates for a one-period unit investment (based on Ex
  • Extreme Value Index (moments method)
    0.43469
  • VaR(95%) (moments method)
    0.03710
  • Expected Shortfall (moments method)
    0.07607
  • Extreme Value Index (regression method)
    0.28036
  • VaR(95%) (regression method)
    0.03513
  • Expected Shortfall (regression method)
    0.06036
  • DRAW DOWN STATISTICS
  • Quartiles of draw downs
  • Number of observations
    70.00000
  • Minimum
    0.00123
  • Quartile 1
    0.00891
  • Median
    0.03026
  • Quartile 3
    0.09594
  • Maximum
    0.81739
  • Mean of quarter 1
    0.00499
  • Mean of quarter 2
    0.01621
  • Mean of quarter 3
    0.04943
  • Mean of quarter 4
    0.24836
  • Inter Quartile Range
    0.08703
  • Number outliers low
    0.00000
  • Percentage of outliers low
    0.00000
  • Mean of outliers low
    0.00000
  • Number of outliers high
    7.00000
  • Percentage of outliers high
    0.10000
  • Mean of outliers high
    0.43965
  • Risk estimates based on draw downs (based on Extreme Value T
  • Extreme Value Index (moments method)
    0.56650
  • VaR(95%) (moments method)
    0.28364
  • Expected Shortfall (moments method)
    0.69264
  • Extreme Value Index (regression method)
    0.65240
  • VaR(95%) (regression method)
    0.18931
  • Expected Shortfall (regression method)
    0.45020
  • COMBINED STATISTICS
  • Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)
    0.81829
  • Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)
    0.39314
  • Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)
    0.48096
  • Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs
    1.58290
  • Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal
    5.50970
  • 0.00000
  • 0.00000
  • Analysis based on DAILY values, last 6 months only
  • RATIO STATISTICS
  • Ratio statistics of excess return rates
  • Statistics related to Sharpe ratio
  • Mean
    -2.06498
  • SD
    1.11084
  • Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)
    -1.85894
  • Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)
    -1.84819
  • df
    130.00000
  • t
    -1.31447
  • p
    0.55726
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    -4.63643
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    0.92558
  • Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    -4.62909
  • Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    0.93270
  • Statistics related to Sortino ratio
  • Sortino ratio
    -2.43741
  • Upside Potential Ratio
    5.79495
  • Upside part of mean
    4.90950
  • Downside part of mean
    -6.97448
  • Upside SD
    0.72323
  • Downside SD
    0.84720
  • N nonnegative terms
    65.00000
  • N negative terms
    66.00000
  • Statistics related to linear regression on benchmark
  • N of observations
    131.00000
  • Mean of predictor
    0.36573
  • Mean of criterion
    -2.06498
  • SD of predictor
    0.17381
  • SD of criterion
    1.11084
  • Covariance
    -0.05652
  • r
    -0.29274
  • b (slope, estimate of beta)
    -1.87092
  • a (intercept, estimate of alpha)
    -1.38072
  • Mean Square Error
    1.13696
  • DF error
    129.00000
  • t(b)
    -3.47722
  • p(b)
    0.68367
  • t(a)
    -0.90793
  • p(a)
    0.55068
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    -2.93546
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    -0.80637
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    -4.38954
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    1.62809
  • Treynor index (mean / b)
    1.10373
  • Jensen alpha (a)
    -1.38072
  • Ratio statistics of excess log return rates
  • Statistics related to Sharpe ratio
  • Mean
    -2.69176
  • SD
    1.11774
  • Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)
    -2.40822
  • Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)
    -2.39430
  • df
    130.00000
  • t
    -1.70287
  • p
    0.57386
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    -5.19095
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    0.38349
  • Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    -5.18134
  • Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    0.39275
  • Statistics related to Sortino ratio
  • Sortino ratio
    -2.95378
  • Upside Potential Ratio
    5.13259
  • Upside part of mean
    4.67730
  • Downside part of mean
    -7.36906
  • Upside SD
    0.66106
  • Downside SD
    0.91129
  • N nonnegative terms
    65.00000
  • N negative terms
    66.00000
  • Statistics related to linear regression on benchmark
  • N of observations
    131.00000
  • Mean of predictor
    0.35041
  • Mean of criterion
    -2.69176
  • SD of predictor
    0.17424
  • SD of criterion
    1.11774
  • Covariance
    -0.05400
  • r
    -0.27726
  • b (slope, estimate of beta)
    -1.77860
  • a (intercept, estimate of alpha)
    -2.06851
  • Mean Square Error
    1.16224
  • DF error
    129.00000
  • t(b)
    -3.27759
  • p(b)
    0.67422
  • t(a)
    -1.34631
  • p(a)
    0.57476
  • VAR (95 Confidence Intrvl)
    0.05500
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    -2.85225
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    -0.70494
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    -5.10839
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    0.97137
  • Treynor index (mean / b)
    1.51342
  • Jensen alpha (a)
    -2.06851
  • Risk estimates for a one-period unit investment (parametric)
  • assuming log normal returns and losses (using central moments from Sharpe statistics)
  • VaR(95%)
    0.11650
  • Expected Shortfall on VaR
    0.14134
  • assuming Pareto losses only (using partial moments from Sortino statistics)
  • VaR(95%)
    0.06185
  • Expected Shortfall on VaR
    0.11832
  • ORDER STATISTICS
  • Quartiles of return rates
  • Number of observations
    131.00000
  • Minimum
    0.77364
  • Quartile 1
    0.96401
  • Median
    1.00001
  • Quartile 3
    1.02151
  • Maximum
    1.34274
  • Mean of quarter 1
    0.90790
  • Mean of quarter 2
    0.98664
  • Mean of quarter 3
    1.00845
  • Mean of quarter 4
    1.06640
  • Inter Quartile Range
    0.05750
  • Number outliers low
    7.00000
  • Percentage of outliers low
    0.05344
  • Mean of outliers low
    0.83929
  • Number of outliers high
    4.00000
  • Percentage of outliers high
    0.03053
  • Mean of outliers high
    1.18909
  • Risk estimates for a one-period unit investment (based on Ex
  • Extreme Value Index (moments method)
    -0.06341
  • VaR(95%) (moments method)
    0.08606
  • Expected Shortfall (moments method)
    0.11319
  • Extreme Value Index (regression method)
    -0.03650
  • VaR(95%) (regression method)
    0.10053
  • Expected Shortfall (regression method)
    0.13698
  • DRAW DOWN STATISTICS
  • Quartiles of draw downs
  • Number of observations
    4.00000
  • Minimum
    0.01224
  • Quartile 1
    0.06169
  • Median
    0.18106
  • Quartile 3
    0.41730
  • Maximum
    0.81739
  • Mean of quarter 1
    0.01224
  • Mean of quarter 2
    0.07817
  • Mean of quarter 3
    0.28394
  • Mean of quarter 4
    0.81739
  • Inter Quartile Range
    0.35561
  • Number outliers low
    0.00000
  • Percentage of outliers low
    0.00000
  • Mean of outliers low
    0.00000
  • Number of outliers high
    0.00000
  • Percentage of outliers high
    0.00000
  • Mean of outliers high
    0.00000
  • Risk estimates based on draw downs (based on Extreme Value T
  • Extreme Value Index (moments method)
    0.00000
  • VaR(95%) (moments method)
    0.00000
  • Expected Shortfall (moments method)
    0.00000
  • Extreme Value Index (regression method)
    0.00000
  • VaR(95%) (regression method)
    0.00000
  • Last 4 Months - Pcnt Negative
    n/a
  • Expected Shortfall (regression method)
    0.00000
  • Strat Max DD how much worse than SP500 max DD during strat life?
    -322487000
  • Max Equity Drawdown (num days)
    122
  • COMBINED STATISTICS
  • Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)
    -1.47206
  • Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)
    -0.93032
  • Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)
    -1.13815
  • Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs
    -1.13815
  • Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal
    -6.58193

Strategy Description

Please don't get scaling less than 10% to ensure you get atleast 1 option contact. The minimum amount you should allocate to this strategy is $125k, $150k is recommended. I tend to buy/sell 10 contracts at a time. so anything less than 10% scaling will result in no trade for you. I pref Interactive Broker as your trading platform. Account must be able to short option writing(writing naked calls/puts). This strategy will try to limit max draw down to less than 25% and shoot for avg gain of 5% per month. Always looking for high volatile instrument to trade.

Summary Statistics

Strategy began
2016-03-07
Suggested Minimum Capital
$35,000
# Trades
3066
# Profitable
2841
% Profitable
92.7%
Net Dividends
Correlation S&P500
0.226
Sharpe Ratio
0.47
Sortino Ratio
0.68
Beta
0.61
Alpha
0.06
Leverage
3.91 Average
45.35 Maximum
Summary
Higher leverage = greater risk.

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Leverage is the ratio of total notional value controlled by a strategy divided by its Model Account equity. Generally higher leverage implies greater risk.

Example of calculation:
The Strategy buys 100 shares of stock at $12 per share.
The Model Account equity during that day is $5,000.
The leverage is: $1200 / $5,000 = 0.24

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In addition, certain asset classes are inherently more leveraged than others. For example, futures contracts are highly leveraged. Forex positions are often even more leveraged than futures.

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