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Which markets, which strategy families, how many measured systems and how far back the data goes. This page is not a snapshot: it reads the numbers from the platform every time you open it.

Platform data as of October 13, 2026

published systems: 13,102
US markets: 20
strategy families: 12
distinct strategies: 787
data since: 2010
in profit: 47%

The markets

Which tickers the systems are measured on

Indices, ETFs and stocks from the US market. For each one: how far back the data goes and how many systems run on it.

Indices

NDX
Nasdaq-100
767 systems
429 monthly · 338 weekly
406 in profit (53%)
data since 2010
VIX
Cboe Volatility Index
729 systems
405 monthly · 324 weekly
403 in profit (55%)
data since 2010

ETFs

SPY
SPDR S&P 500 ETF
787 systems
430 monthly · 357 weekly
376 in profit (48%)
data since 2010
IWM
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
429 systems
210 monthly · 219 weekly
229 in profit (53%)
data since 2010
QQQ
Invesco QQQ (Nasdaq-100)
421 systems
209 monthly · 212 weekly
205 in profit (49%)
data since 2010

Stocks

XOM
Exxon Mobil
790 systems
431 monthly · 359 weekly
369 in profit (47%)
data since 2010
DIS
Walt Disney
789 systems
431 monthly · 358 weekly
382 in profit (48%)
data since 2010
WFC
Wells Fargo
788 systems
431 monthly · 357 weekly
249 in profit (32%)
data since 2010
CCL
Carnival
787 systems
430 monthly · 357 weekly
175 in profit (22%)
data since 2010
MSFT
Microsoft
787 systems
430 monthly · 357 weekly
531 in profit (67%)
data since 2010
MU
Micron Technology
787 systems
430 monthly · 357 weekly
392 in profit (50%)
data since 2010
C
Citigroup
786 systems
428 monthly · 358 weekly
190 in profit (24%)
data since 2011
V
Visa
786 systems
429 monthly · 357 weekly
442 in profit (56%)
data since 2015
JPM
JPMorgan Chase
785 systems
428 monthly · 357 weekly
396 in profit (50%)
data since 2010
AAPL
Apple
778 systems
427 monthly · 351 weekly
433 in profit (56%)
data since 2020
GS
Goldman Sachs
423 systems
211 monthly · 212 weekly
204 in profit (48%)
data since 2010
BAC
Bank of America
422 systems
210 monthly · 212 weekly
176 in profit (42%)
data since 2010
INTC
Intel
421 systems
211 monthly · 210 weekly
107 in profit (25%)
data since 2010
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
420 systems
212 monthly · 208 weekly
248 in profit (59%)
data since 2010
MA
Mastercard
420 systems
209 monthly · 211 weekly
240 in profit (57%)
data since 2014

The strategy families

What kind of trades the systems make

Every system belongs to a family: the way it combines options. From the simplest, a single option, to the ones with protection.

A single option

Sell Put
Basic
You collect a premium by committing to buy the stock at a price below today’s. You gain if the price stays above that level; if it collapses, the loss can be large.
4,974 systems on 20 markets · 76% in profit
Sell Call
Basic
You collect a premium by committing to sell the stock at a price above today’s. You gain if the price stays below that level; if it rallies hard, the loss has no ceiling.
4,903 systems on 20 markets · 23% in profit
Buy Put
Basic
You pay a premium for the right to sell at a set price. You gain if the price falls far enough; the most you can lose is the premium you paid.
512 systems on 20 markets · 19% in profit
Buy Call
Basic
You pay a premium for the right to buy at a set price. You gain if the price rises far enough; the most you can lose is the premium you paid.
497 systems on 20 markets · 65% in profit

You collect a premium, with or without protection

Short Strangle
Advanced
You sell a put below the price and a call above it. You collect two premiums and gain if the price stays between the two levels; if it breaks out hard on one side, the loss can be large.
803 systems on 20 markets · 49% in profit
Short Iron Condor
Advanced
A sold strangle with two protections further out. You gain if the price stays within a range; the largest possible loss is known from the start.
202 systems on 20 markets · 10% in profit
Short Call Vertical Spread
Intermediate
You sell a call and buy another one higher up as protection. You gain if the price stays below the level; you collect less, but the largest possible loss is known from the start.
201 systems on 20 markets · 6% in profit
Short Put Vertical Spread
Intermediate
You sell a put and buy another one lower down as protection. You gain if the price stays above the level; you collect less, but the largest possible loss is known from the start.
201 systems on 20 markets · 36% in profit

You pay a premium, the risk is capped

Long Strangle
Advanced
You buy a put below the price and a call above it. You gain if the price moves hard, in either direction; the most you can lose is the two premiums you paid.
387 systems on 20 markets · 38% in profit
Long Call Vertical Spread
Intermediate
You buy a call and sell another one higher up to pay less. You gain if the price rises, up to a cap; the most you can lose is what you paid.
201 systems on 20 markets · 64% in profit
Long Put Vertical Spread
Intermediate
You buy a put and sell another one lower down to pay less. You gain if the price falls, up to a cap; the most you can lose is what you paid.
201 systems on 20 markets · 19% in profit
Long Iron Condor
Advanced
The reverse of the one above: you pay to gain if the price leaves the range, in either direction; the most you can lose is what you paid.
20 systems on 20 markets · 60% in profit

The map

How many systems for each market and family

Each cell counts the published systems for that market and that family. The brighter the colour, the more systems there are.

Market	Sell Put	Sell Call	Short Strangle	Buy Put	Buy Call	Long Strangle	Short Iron Condor	Long Call Vertical Spread	Long Put Vertical Spread	Short Call Vertical Spread	Short Put Vertical Spread	Long Iron Condor
NDX	308	292	40	30	27	19	10	10	10	10	10	1
VIX	308	266	40	30	18	16	10	10	10	10	10	1
SPY	308	308	40	30	30	20	10	10	10	10	10	1
IWM	142	138	41	18	18	19	11	10	11	10	10	1
QQQ	138	136	40	18	18	19	10	10	10	11	10	1
XOM	308	309	40	30	30	21	11	10	10	10	10	1
DIS	310	308	40	30	30	20	10	10	10	10	10	1
WFC	309	308	40	30	30	20	10	10	10	10	10	1
CCL	308	308	40	30	30	20	10	10	10	10	10	1
MSFT	308	308	40	30	30	20	10	10	10	10	10	1
MU	308	308	40	30	30	20	10	10	10	10	10	1
C	310	309	40	29	30	17	10	10	10	10	10	1
V	308	309	40	29	30	19	10	10	10	10	10	1
JPM	308	308	40	29	30	19	10	10	10	10	10	1
AAPL	308	304	40	29	28	18	10	10	10	10	10	1
GS	137	138	41	18	18	20	10	10	10	10	10	1
BAC	137	137	40	18	18	20	10	10	10	10	11	1
INTC	136	136	40	18	18	21	10	11	10	10	10	1
AMD	138	136	41	18	16	20	10	10	10	10	10	1
MA	137	137	40	18	18	19	10	10	10	10	10	1

How to read these numbers

What they count, and what they don’t

A system is one strategy measured on one market, from the start of the data to today, with fixed rules.
Monthly systems open one trade a month, weekly ones one a week. All of them enter on percentile limits: price levels that history has rarely crossed.
We publish the systems that lost too. “In profit” means the system closed the whole period above zero: 6,153 out of 13,102.
12,778 of 13,102 systems are measured on at least 30 trades. Below that a result says little, and the platform flags it.
The library was last updated on July 12, 2026.

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