I built an open-source options backtester to replicate two publicly described strategies and compare my results with their published performance.

    Strategy My backtest Published result Period tested
    Early Retirement Now — 0DTE + 1DTE puts 1.55% annualized options return 7.06% Jan 2017–Jul 2026
    WealthyOption — 3 puts + 3 calls 17.58% CAGR / 21.43% max drawdown 23.1% CAGR / 19.2% max drawdown Jan 2017–Jul 2026

    The comparison isn’t perfectly equivalent because the periods, data and execution models differ. ERN’s published result also includes discretionary decisions that cannot be fully replicated.

    I published the code, assumptions, requests and complete results here:

    https://github.com/Javier-Garzo/ern-wo-options-backtester

    My main goal was to see whether these two strategies held up over a longer period and to give others an open-source project they can use to reproduce the tests. If you have any questions about the results or methodology, feel free to ask me here.

    I backtested two published short-duration options strategies over the last 10 years
    byu/Leather_Classroom_26 inoptions



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