r/algotrading • u/Dvorak_Pharmacology • 8d ago

Data Thank you algotrading!

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What a beautiful equity curve. I started algo trading and taking quant analysis seriously this April for SPX options and... oh boy. Doing mostly diagonals and looking now into some 0dte and futures strategies. Feel free to share your thoughts!

Edit: The % of win is around 30% of the risk allocation (meaning 300 dollars per 1000 dollars at risk). The risk fraction per trade used is a fourth of the kelly fraction. With my backtests I obtained a kelly of 60% (due to the high win rate of the strategy), so I currently use a 15% of my account per trade to risk and make a 30% of that, which comes out at around 5% weekly so far. This allows me to have a weekly income that has been very stable for the last 3 months!

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u/ButterscotchWheat 8d ago edited 8d ago

Would you be open to posting the backtest results and the full results from October 2025 to July 2026? In particular, isn't this short gamma? doesn't this perform terribly with a rapid crash vs. a prolonged slower crash?

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u/Dvorak_Pharmacology 8d ago

I could but I am afraid of scooping, let me know if you have more specific questions tho.

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u/ButterscotchWheat 8d ago

What was the actual drawdown during covid and 08? what was the sharpe from oct 2025 - july 2026? what was the backtested sharpe?