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O wheel backtest snapshot

Public recipe: 10 DTE / 2% OTM puts and calls, ~2-year simulated window.

This page is a published historical simulation for O, not a live run and not a claim that O collected premium. This simulation produced $1,607 in premium over 2024-10-04 to 2026-10-02.

Premium
$1606.51
Total P&L
$106.51
Assign %
41.7%
Call-away %
50.0%
Cycles
10
Trades
42

Buy & hold vs the wheel

Oct 4, 2024 – Oct 2, 2026

The wheel finished $894.51 ahead of buy & hold (wheel made money while buy & hold lost).

Buy & hold
Buy 100 shares and hold
Wheel strategy
Puts → calls · keep premiums as cash
Profit or loss$-788.00$106.51
Largest drop$1403.00$1317.10

Try this ticker in the backtest

This page is one fixed recipe (10 DTE / 2% OTM). The interactive tool lets you change DTE, OTM, or dates.

Why this result

Every sentence below is filled from the stored engine row. This page does not add a market story.

This simulation ran 2024-10-04 to 2026-10-02 (42 trades, 10 cycles).

Simulated premium was $1,607. Simulated stock / assignment P&L was −$1,500. Combined realized P&L was $107.

Puts were assigned on 41.7% of put trades (10 of 24). Calls were assigned away on 50.0% of call trades (9 of 18).

This simulation’s wheel P&L ($107) beat buy-and-hold P&L (−$788) on the stored window.

Largest wheel drawdown in the stored series was $1,317. Buy-and-hold drawdown was $1,403.

Of 42 priced entries, 12 used Black-Scholes fills from implied volatility, 12 used historical option bars, and 18 used Black-Scholes fills from realized volatility. The engine flagged this run as using modeled fills.

Cash-secured puts

Phase 1 totals from the stored engine summary

Trades
24
Assignments
10 (41.7%)
Simulated premium
$834
Avg premium
$35

Covered calls

Phase 2 totals from the stored engine summary

Trades
18
Called away
9 (50.0%)
Simulated premium
$772
Stock / assignment P&L
−$1,500
Problem

A snapshot is not a custom backtest

One fixed recipe — 10 DTE / 2% OTM — not your DTE or OTM

No underlying price tape and no per-trade list on this page

Results are simulated and can use model fills when quotes are missing

A failed weekly refresh removes this page until the next success

Solution

What this simulation produced

Simulated premium

This simulation produced $1,607 in premium (42 trades, 10 cycles).

Assignment rate

Simulated put assignment rate 41.7%; call-away rate 50.0%.

Wheel vs buy-and-hold

This simulation’s wheel P&L ($107) beat buy-and-hold P&L (−$788) on the stored window.

Window

Requested 2024-10-04–2026-10-04; actual 2024-10-04–2026-10-02.

How it works

Get started in 3 simple steps

1

Read the stored result

Premium, assignment, wheel P&L, and buy-and-hold P&L come from one engine row. The why-this-result copy is filled from those fields only.

2

Compare the two P&L paths

The chart is the same 100-share wheel vs buy-and-hold series as the interactive tool. Underlying closes and the trade tape stay off this page.

3

Change the recipe in the tool

Start a trial and open the gated wheel backtest to change DTE, OTM, or dates.

Key Metrics

Simulated premium

$1,607

Assignment rate

41.7%

Wheel P&L

$107

Buy-and-hold P&L

−$788

Limitations

Premiums may include model fills (BSM/IV) when market quotes were missing.

Pricing sources: 12 IV / 12 bar / 18 HV

  • Simulated public wheel tool: no commissions, fees, or slippage.
  • Assignment and call-away settled on underlying close at expiry (not option mid marks mid-life).
  • Some entry premiums used synthetic BSM pricing (IV or realized vol) rather than historical option bars.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about getting started

Did O collect this premium?

No. This simulation produced $1,607 in premium. That is not cash O or you collected.

Why can premium be large while wheel P&L is smaller or negative?

This row stored $1,607 of simulated premium and −$1,500 of simulated stock / assignment P&L. Combined realized P&L is $107.

Is the chart the same as the interactive backtest?

It plots the same stored wheel and buy-and-hold P&L series. It does not plot underlying closes or individual trades. Open the gated tool for the tape and parameter changes.

Why a 404 sometimes?

Unknown tickers and missing snapshots 404. A failed weekly refresh deletes the row so yesterday’s success is never shown as current.

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