Credit Put Spread

Credit Put Spread • Dec 10, 2020 - Dec 10, 2025

Backtest Performance

Backtest Metrics

Number of trades
252
Trades with profits
176
Profit rate
69.84%
Largest profit
$34,051.10
Trades with losses
76
Loss rate
30.16%
Largest loss
-$72,394.90
Avg. return per trade
15.62%
Avg. days in trade
6
Avg. BPR per trade
$9,000.00
Avg. premium
$21,013.22
Avg. P&L per trade
$2,861.67
Avg. win size
$19,402.45
Avg. loss size
-$35,443.31
Total P&L
$721,139.80
Used capital
$100,000.00
Return on used capital
0.00%
CAGR
52.37%
MAR ratio
0.72
Max drawdown
-72.55%
Total premium
$5,295,331.40
Total fees
$6,134.80
Premium capture rate
13.73%
Sharpe ratio
0.82

Backtest Summary

This backtest shows a Credit Put Spread strategy on SPX from Dec 10, 2020 - Dec 10, 2025, placing 252 trades that stayed open for an average of 6 days. With a solid 69.84% win rate (176 winners and 76 losers), the strategy proved reliable. This translated to $721,139.80 in total profits. On average, each position made $2,861.67. When annualized, that's a 52.4% return (CAGR), which suggests strong growth potential if maintained over time. The journey was quite volatile though - at its worst, the account was down 72.6%, which would require strong conviction to ride out. The Sharpe ratio of 0.82 shows modest risk-adjusted performance. Overall, this is a viable strategy that could be improved with some fine-tuning.

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Trade Log

Date Entry Exit Exit Reason P&L Return Action
2020-12-10 $20.67 $0.00 Expiration $8,259.40 100.00%
2020-12-17 $18.80 $14.62 Expiration $2,078.70 22.25%
2020-12-24 $17.02 $0.00 Expiration $10,198.92 100.00%
2020-12-31 $20.72 $0.40 Expiration $10,145.55 98.07%
2021-01-07 $19.48 $0.00 Expiration $11,675.22 100.00%
2021-01-14 $20.28 $0.00 Expiration $14,179.13 100.00%
2021-01-21 $17.77 $90.00 Expiration $-57,806.80 -406.54%
2021-01-28 $22.91 $0.00 Expiration $9,154.16 100.00%
2021-02-04 $17.75 $0.00 Expiration $10,636.38 100.00%
2021-02-11 $18.86 $0.00 Expiration $11,300.28 100.00%
2021-02-18 $19.25 $0.00 Expiration $11,536.80 100.00%
2021-02-25 $25.12 $0.00 Expiration $12,547.55 100.00%
2021-03-04 $28.14 $0.00 Expiration $14,057.75 100.00%
2021-03-11 $21.56 $0.00 Expiration $15,071.35 100.00%
2021-03-18 $22.73 $0.05 Expiration $18,126.00 99.78%
2021-03-25 $19.23 $0.05 Expiration $19,150.10 99.74%
2021-04-01 $16.07 $0.05 Expiration $15,989.10 99.69%
2021-04-08 $17.97 $0.00 Expiration $17,940.50 100.00%
2021-04-15 $17.32 $0.00 Expiration $17,296.90 100.00%
2021-04-22 $21.11 $0.00 Expiration $21,082.70 100.00%
2021-04-29 $17.96 $44.29 Expiration $-26,355.40 -146.60%
2021-05-06 $17.63 $90.00 Expiration $-72,394.90 -410.46%
2021-05-13 $22.22 $30.90 Expiration $-6,961.84 -39.04%
2021-05-20 $20.15 $0.00 Expiration $18,114.03 100.00%
2021-05-27 $14.77 $0.00 Expiration $14,742.20 100.00%
2021-06-03 $19.11 $0.00 Expiration $19,082.90 100.00%
2021-06-10 $15.77 $5.25 Expiration $10,495.70 66.71%
2021-06-17 $16.84 $0.00 Expiration $16,816.00 100.00%
2021-06-24 $13.77 $0.00 Expiration $13,741.70 100.00%
2021-07-01 $12.15 $0.00 Expiration $12,126.00 100.00%
2021-07-08 $20.26 $0.00 Expiration $20,230.90 100.00%
2021-07-15 $18.38 $7.21 Expiration $11,148.60 60.78%
2021-07-22 $16.21 $0.00 Expiration $16,182.60 100.00%
2021-07-29 $16.53 $12.78 Expiration $3,721.40 22.67%
2021-08-05 $17.92 $0.00 Expiration $17,892.10 100.00%
2021-08-12 $15.07 $45.89 Expiration $-30,849.10 -204.57%
2021-08-19 $19.60 $0.00 Expiration $19,570.80 100.00%
2021-08-26 $17.16 $0.00 Expiration $17,138.80 100.00%
2021-09-02 $15.30 $17.91 Expiration $-2,639.10 -17.08%
2021-09-09 $18.05 $18.98 Expiration $-956.60 -5.16%
2021-09-16 $18.02 $78.62 Expiration $-60,630.60 -336.40%
2021-09-23 $18.38 $83.92 Expiration $-65,569.90 -356.68%
2021-09-30 $25.98 $0.00 Expiration $23,354.37 100.00%
2021-10-07 $21.95 $38.79 Expiration $-16,870.70 -76.76%
2021-10-14 $19.56 $0.00 Expiration $19,532.90 100.00%
2021-10-21 $16.44 $0.00 Expiration $16,409.50 100.00%
2021-10-28 $19.31 $0.00 Expiration $19,279.00 100.00%
2021-11-04 $18.03 $29.07 Expiration $-11,070.90 -61.28%
2021-11-11 $19.71 $0.00 Expiration $19,679.60 100.00%
2021-11-18 $17.38 $7.19 Expiration $10,164.60 58.63%
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