Long Butterfly Spread 60 gg NO SL NO TP

Butterfly Spread • Jan 1, 2018 - Dec 10, 2025

Backtest Performance

Backtest Metrics

Number of trades
76
Trades with profits
40
Win rate
52.63%
Largest profit
$4,567.82
Trades with losses
36
Loss rate
47.37%
Largest loss
-$1,347.00
Avg. return per trade
95.45%
Avg. days in trade
30
Avg. BPR per trade
$4,290.79
Avg. premium
$938.02
Avg. P&L per trade
$222.84
Avg. win size
$1,021.04
Avg. loss size
-$664.05
Total P&L
$16,935.75
Used capital
$100,000.00
Return on used capital
0.00%
CAGR
1.99%
MAR ratio
0.26
Max drawdown
-7.58%
Total premium
$71,289.26
Total fees
$319.20
Premium capture rate
24.17%
Sharpe ratio
0.22

Backtest Summary

This backtest shows a Butterfly Spread strategy on SPY from Jan 1, 2018 - Dec 10, 2025, placing 76 trades that stayed open for an average of 30 days. With a solid 52.63% win rate (40 winners and 36 losers), the strategy proved reliable. This translated to $16,935.75 in total profits. On average, each position made $222.84. Annualized, that's a 2.0% return (CAGR) - modest but positive. Impressively, the maximum drawdown was only 7.6%, showing excellent risk control. The Sharpe ratio of 0.22 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
2018-02-05 $4.91 $0.05 Days In Trade $-490.05 -98.98%
2018-03-05 $7.33 $0.05 Days In Trade $724.25 99.32%
2018-04-09 $3.37 $6.30 Days In Trade $288.53 86.74%
2018-05-14 $8.65 $2.92 Days In Trade $-576.87 -66.22%
2018-06-18 $9.77 $0.05 Days In Trade $968.37 99.49%
2018-07-23 $8.02 $0.05 Days In Trade $792.67 99.38%
2018-08-27 $8.08 $0.05 Days In Trade $798.63 99.38%
2018-10-01 $8.90 $0.05 Days In Trade $881.52 99.44%
2018-11-05 $1.31 $0.05 Days In Trade $-129.55 -96.17%
2018-12-10 $4.92 $1.93 Days In Trade $-302.62 -60.72%
2019-01-14 $7.60 $0.16 Days In Trade $-747.33 -97.86%
2019-03-18 $2.10 $4.24 Days In Trade $-218.49 -102.31%
2019-04-22 $4.16 $4.48 Days In Trade $28.65 7.83%
2019-07-01 $3.52 $0.05 Days In Trade $343.21 98.58%
2019-08-05 $0.08 $8.69 Days In Trade $857.16 10,226.37%
2019-09-09 $7.88 $6.79 Days In Trade $-112.89 -13.83%
2019-10-14 $2.62 $3.20 Days In Trade $54.19 22.20%
2019-11-18 $4.41 $0.42 Days In Trade $-402.69 -90.41%
2019-12-23 $12.58 $0.05 Days In Trade $1,248.64 99.60%
2020-01-27 $5.15 $13.91 Days In Trade $871.41 169.90%
2020-03-02 $0.16 $0.05 Days In Trade $-14.97 -68.89%
2020-04-06 $13.82 $0.05 Days In Trade $1,372.97 99.64%
2020-05-11 $10.18 $1.09 Days In Trade $-913.38 -89.33%
2020-06-15 $1.60 $12.78 Days In Trade $-1,121.26 -697.52%
2020-07-20 $11.12 $1.87 Days In Trade $-928.96 -83.16%
2020-08-24 $1.80 $0.05 Days In Trade $171.16 97.22%
2020-09-28 $31.17 $0.05 Days In Trade $3,108.33 99.84%
2020-11-02 $6.50 $0.05 Days In Trade $640.85 99.23%
2020-12-07 $9.37 $0.05 Days In Trade $928.49 99.47%
2021-01-11 $3.60 $5.89 Days In Trade $225.78 63.84%
2021-03-15 $4.06 $11.15 Days In Trade $-713.10 -174.69%
2021-04-19 $0.97 $2.54 Days In Trade $153.67 163.05%
2021-05-24 $0.60 $12.10 Days In Trade $1,146.07 1,902.35%
2021-06-28 $6.34 $1.12 Days In Trade $-525.47 -82.27%
2021-08-02 $0.73 $7.49 Days In Trade $671.85 924.29%
2021-10-11 $14.24 $15.34 Days In Trade $-114.14 -7.74%
2021-11-15 $10.01 $3.92 Days In Trade $-612.27 -60.79%
2021-12-20 $0.84 $13.04 Days In Trade $-1,224.38 -1,456.59%
2022-01-24 $25.95 $0.05 Days In Trade $2,585.84 99.81%
2022-02-28 $21.36 $0.05 Days In Trade $2,126.96 99.77%
2022-03-28 $6.66 $0.05 Days In Trade $-664.68 -99.25%
2022-05-02 $7.64 $10.57 Days In Trade $289.02 38.33%
2022-06-06 $3.09 $0.05 Days In Trade $299.81 98.38%
2022-07-11 $31.44 $31.21 Days In Trade $19.26 0.74%
2022-08-15 $11.71 $37.08 Days In Trade $2,533.16 216.59%
2022-09-19 $3.04 $8.48 Days In Trade $539.89 178.89%
2022-10-24 $43.01 $0.05 Days In Trade $4,292.26 99.88%
2022-11-28 $2.20 $0.05 Days In Trade $211.26 97.73%
2023-02-06 $13.93 $14.88 Days In Trade $91.58 6.86%
2023-03-06 $1.99 $12.78 Days In Trade $-1,082.36 -540.83%
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Back 1

Previous Backtest

Overall P&L: +$10,372.46
Win Rate: 47.4%
Max Drawdown: 7.2%

Strategy Details

Use exact DTE matching

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