Backtesting
Monday, February 25th 2019
How to Backtest a Multi-Leg Option Strategy
How to Backtest a Multi-Leg Option Strategy
Summary
Backtesting a multi-leg option strategy can be done using the ORATS Wheel. To backtest a four leg Iron Condor strategy for SPY, sign up and request a user key, choose "New Backtest," select "SPY" and "Iron Condor," and press "SUBMIT." Once complete, view the report and adjust the strategy as needed.
Backtesting is a great way to see how a strategy performed historically. The ORATS Wheel helps you to backtest your strategy. Here we backtest a four leg Iron Condor strategy for SPY.
STEPS:
- Sign up and request your user key here: wheel.orats.com
- Choose the button 'New Backtest'
- Symbol type 'SPY' and dropdown menu choose Iron Condor.
- Press the SUBMIT button.
- In My Backtests your strategy will say 'processing'
- Once complete, click on the strategy link and view the report. The SPY:IronCondor has a 2.39% return with the stock price as the denominator.
- Adjust the strategy. Let’s test selling a two week Iron Condor. Edit the strategy and change Days to expiration (dte) new min,max around 14 days become 8,20.
- The SPY:IronCondor has a -0.70% return, worse than the 2.39% return so we might prefer the original days to expiration.
We hope you enjoy using the Backtester. If you have any questions please check out our videos or email us at support@orats.com.
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