The table below shows the performance for the VX Short strategy. Since backtesting was done up to the end of 2016, the numbers below constitute the out of sample performance and show how the strategy has performed thus far.
As of 2020 the VX Short can also be traded with the mini VX contracts which are 1/10 of the size of the regular VX contracts. When trading the micro contracts, all dollar amounts below are divided by 10. The VX Short Mini Portfolio uses 4 mini VX contracts.
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| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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| January | $4,050 | ($1,058) | $2,900 | $300 | ($10,100) |
| February | $1,050 | ($879) | $3,850 | ($3,500) | $2,100 |
| March | $1,925 | $2,250 | |||
| April | ($1,265) | $2,900 | $350 | ||
| May | ($2,008) | $321 | ($3,100) | $6,450 | |
| June | $2,021 | ($358) | ($50) | $2,350 | |
| July | $1,121 | $71 | $3,900 | $1,050 | |
| August | $1,379 | ($700) | ($6,400) | $6,900 | |
| September | ($150) | $2,300 | ($5,750) | ||
| October | $2,421 | ($650) | $1,950 | ($100) | |
| November | ($908) | $3,450 | $2,050 | ||
| December | $442 | $2,200 | $3,650 | ||
| Total | $10,228 | ($3,403) | $16,150 | $13,700 | ($8,000) |
| ROC | 40.91% |
-13.61% |
64.60% |
54.80% |
-32.00% |