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  1. Pratap Prabhu
    November 25, 2022 @ 10:59 am

    Great. Seems like VIX > 20 and S1 = true is a good winning combo

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    • spintwig.com
      November 25, 2022 @ 11:13 pm

      I concur.

      Was surprised at how well short vol performed when VIX < 15, too.

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  2. Richard Meadows
    November 25, 2022 @ 4:03 pm

    Hi spintwig, this is great thanks. What’s with the equivocation between s1 and s4 throughout, though?

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    • spintwig.com
      November 25, 2022 @ 11:35 pm

      Happy to hear you’re enjoying it!

      Great catch – this was me forgetting to update my graphics template since my last post. The tables have been corrected.

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      • Richard Meadows
        November 27, 2022 @ 8:43 pm

        Oh right, that makes sense.

        Do you have options data for SPY as well as SPX? I’m curious to see whether some of these results hold true over longer periods (although I guess in this case it’s limited by VIX).

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        • spintwig.com
          November 28, 2022 @ 1:16 pm

          I do, but they’re both limited to a start date of Jan 3 2007.

          My understanding is that empirical historical data from Cboe on SPY/SPX options begins sometime in 2005. We’re not missing too much with a Jan 3 2007 start date.

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  3. Michael Shibilski
    May 23, 2023 @ 4:27 pm

    Does any options selling strategy outperform jsut plain old buy and hold SPY in the long run?

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    • spintwig.com
      May 24, 2023 @ 7:29 pm

      Yes – several of the s1 signal strategies outperform buy/hold SPY with regard to total return (and risk-adjusted return and max drawdown). This link shows various studies’ charts at a glance for easy gleaning: https://spintwig.com/tag/s1-signal/

      If we broaden the question to: does agnostically selling options each trading day outperform plain old buy/hold *any underlying* in the long run? So far, EEM (emerging markets ETF – https://spintwig.com/tag/eem/) and T (AT&T – https://spintwig.com/tag/t/) are the only underlying I’ve seen experience greater total return from daily options.

      I’m not sure how T option strats performed after the divestiture a few years ago. EEM options outperformed on a cash-secured (i.e. no leverage) basis.

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