TRIED & TRADED
The Archive

Everything we've tested

The written tests and the full queue behind them, in one place.

A verdict appears here once its test has run

The shelf

Everything run, and everything queued behind it
The queue

Options
backtesting

Credit spreads, iron condors and flies, the wheel and covered calls, calendars and diagonals, and the undefined-risk trades most people are told never to touch.

3 written · 11 queued →
▸ How a verdict is decided, and what a backtest cannot tell you, is set out on the methodology page.

Written so far

Everything else in the queue is waiting on a run
Investigation

The wheel on high-IV tickers

The most recommended options strategy on the internet, run properly.

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Bullish setup

The bull put spread at 16 delta

High win rate, defined risk, and no need to be right about direction. Allegedly.

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Bearish setup

The bear call spread into a downtrend

Falling markets are supposed to pay you twice. We checked whether they do.

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How a verdict is decided Get each test as it lands →

What should we test next?

Reader requests jump the queue
The ferret

"Tell me what everyone keeps repeating, and I'll go and check it."

If there's a strategy you keep seeing recommended and you've never seen anyone actually check it, tell us. Requests with a specific claim attached — a delta, a tenor, a moving average, a rule — get tested first, because they're the ones we can test fairly.

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