📈 Trade on Earnings Calls - LONG-ONLY

Backtest Results: January 2025 - January 2026

🟢 LONG ONLY - Buy Gap Ups

⚠️ WARNING: Strategy Underperforms

This LONG-ONLY strategy shows significant losses. The SHORT-ONLY approach (fading gap-downs) is recommended instead.

Strategy Parameters

Direction
LONG ONLY
Momentum Threshold
0.5%
Position Size
$10,000
Min Price
$10
Max Gap
15%
Stop Loss
30%
Max Spread
0.5%
Entry Window
4AM-11AM ET
-$244,649
Total P&L
43.2%
Win Rate
0.67
Profit Factor
-3.99
Sharpe Ratio
3,498
Total Trades
$330,619
Gross Profit
$575,268
Gross Loss
-$69.94
Avg Trade
$218.94
Avg Win
-$289.82
Avg Loss
-$253,078
Max Drawdown
223
Trading Days

Strategy Comparison: SHORT vs LONG

Metric SHORT-ONLY ✅ LONG-ONLY ❌ Difference
Total P&L +$159,014 -$244,649 -$403,663
Win Rate 51.8% 43.2% -8.6%
Profit Factor 1.29 0.67 -0.62
Sharpe Ratio 3.15 -3.99 -7.14
Max Drawdown $34,076 $253,078 +$219,002
Avg Trade +$45.56 -$69.94 -$115.50
Total Trades 3,491 3,498 +7

📊 The SHORT-ONLY strategy outperforms LONG-ONLY by $403,663 over the backtest period.
This validates the mean-reversion hypothesis: earnings gap-downs tend to recover (SHORT wins), while gap-ups tend to fade (LONG loses).

Equity Curve (Cumulative P&L)

Daily P&L Distribution

Monthly Performance

Recent Trades (Last 20)

Date Symbol Action Entry Time Entry Price Qty Exit Price P&L P&L %

Top 10 Winning Symbols

Symbol Total P&L Trades Avg P&L

Top 10 Losing Symbols

Symbol Total P&L Trades Avg P&L