Iron Condor

Iron Condor • Jan 1, 2024 - May 10, 2026

Backtest Performance

Backtest Metrics

Number of trades
435
Trades with profits
320
Win rate
73.56%
Largest profit
$6,224.60
Trades with losses
115
Loss rate
26.44%
Largest loss
-$3,691.70
Avg. return per trade
-19.78%
Avg. days in trade
1
Avg. BPR per trade
$1,024.71
Avg. premium
$1,580.31
Avg. P&L per trade
$593.98
Avg. win size
$1,015.07
Avg. loss size
-$577.73
Total P&L
$258,383.47
Used capital
$10,000.00
Return on used capital
0.00%
CAGR
304.40%
MAR ratio
10.79
Max drawdown
-28.22%
Total premium
$687,433.47
Total fees
$695.20
Premium capture rate
37.64%
Sharpe ratio
-0.43

Backtest Summary

This backtest shows a Iron Condor strategy on QQQ from Jan 1, 2024 - May 10, 2026, placing 435 trades that stayed open for an average of 1 days. The results were impressive - winning 73.56% of the time (320 wins vs 115 losses), which shows remarkable consistency. This translated to $258,383.47 in total profits. On average, each position made $593.98. When annualized, that's a 304.4% return (CAGR), which suggests strong growth potential if maintained over time. The journey was quite volatile though - at its worst, the account was down 28.2%, which would require strong conviction to ride out. 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
2024-01-02 $0.33 $0.68 Early Exit $-349.00 -106.35%
2024-01-03 $1.81 $0.01 Early Exit $1,800.70 99.45%
2024-01-04 $1.73 $1.30 Take Profit $420.65 24.42%
2024-01-05 $2.80 $0.01 Early Exit $2,227.92 99.64%
2024-01-08 $0.74 $0.64 Early Exit $99.30 13.49%
2024-01-09 $0.78 $0.77 Early Exit $12.40 1.70%
2024-01-11 $0.51 $0.45 Early Exit $65.80 12.97%
2024-01-16 $0.33 $0.26 Early Exit $71.20 21.67%
2024-01-17 $0.15 $1.12 Early Exit $-966.70 -631.72%
2024-01-18 $0.63 $0.01 Early Exit $623.10 98.42%
2024-01-19 $0.16 $0.05 Early Exit $-103.60 -65.90%
2024-01-22 $1.13 $0.99 Early Exit $139.00 12.42%
2024-01-25 $0.97 $0.54 Early Exit $-429.70 -44.45%
2024-01-26 $0.15 $0.23 Early Exit $-79.10 -51.04%
2024-01-29 $1.34 $1.64 Early Exit $-305.60 -22.81%
2024-01-30 $1.65 $0.01 Early Exit $-1,645.70 -99.40%
2024-01-31 $2.06 $1.56 Take Profit $505.30 24.52%
2024-02-01 $1.30 $0.01 Early Exit $1,291.20 99.23%
2024-02-02 $0.29 $0.28 Early Exit $6.40 2.52%
2024-02-05 $1.73 $2.03 Early Exit $-302.10 -17.44%
2024-02-07 $0.19 $0.22 Early Exit $-33.90 -17.28%
2024-02-08 $0.44 $0.01 Early Exit $432.90 97.75%
2024-02-09 $1.22 $1.29 Early Exit $-68.70 -5.57%
2024-02-12 $0.55 $2.64 Early Exit $-2,085.20 -378.09%
2024-02-13 $0.85 $1.22 Early Exit $-370.70 -43.45%
2024-02-14 $0.46 $0.41 Early Exit $52.40 11.46%
2024-02-15 $0.88 $1.58 Early Exit $-708.70 -80.88%
2024-02-16 $2.85 $0.01 Early Exit $1,986.25 99.65%
2024-02-20 $1.90 $2.11 Early Exit $-204.40 -10.69%
2024-02-21 $0.44 $0.01 Early Exit $432.80 97.75%
2024-02-22 $1.15 $0.01 Early Exit $1,136.30 99.13%
2024-02-23 $0.78 $0.01 Early Exit $769.20 98.72%
2024-02-26 $2.11 $1.96 Early Exit $144.80 6.90%
2024-02-27 $0.84 $0.01 Early Exit $833.30 98.82%
2024-02-28 $0.48 $0.01 Early Exit $466.00 97.90%
2024-02-29 $0.65 $0.01 Early Exit $639.20 98.46%
2024-03-04 $1.90 $0.01 Early Exit $1,891.70 99.47%
2024-03-05 $1.48 $0.01 Early Exit $1,471.90 99.33%
2024-03-07 $0.84 $0.01 Early Exit $831.10 98.81%
2024-03-08 $1.39 $0.01 Early Exit $1,379.30 99.28%
2024-03-11 $1.80 $0.01 Early Exit $1,791.10 99.45%
2024-03-12 $0.01 $0.77 Early Exit $-763.10 -8,376.92%
2024-03-13 $0.69 $0.52 Take Profit $160.45 23.54%
2024-03-14 $2.58 $2.26 Early Exit $317.30 12.32%
2024-03-15 $1.23 $0.01 Early Exit $1,218.50 99.19%
2024-03-18 $2.10 $1.59 Take Profit $515.08 24.52%
2024-03-19 $1.44 $1.80 Early Exit $-363.80 -25.27%
2024-03-20 $1.33 $1.76 Early Exit $-423.50 -31.67%
2024-03-22 $0.62 $0.50 Early Exit $127.70 20.60%
2024-03-25 $2.96 $3.13 Early Exit $-168.90 -5.68%
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Overall P&L: +$455,833.76
Win Rate: 77.7%
Max Drawdown: 17.7%

Strategy Details

Use exact DTE matching

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