Methodology
My Risk Rules After a 47% Drawdown
My options strategy fell 46.8% from May to August 2026. What a drawdown is, why my 2025 rules did not stop it, and the seven rules I trade by now.
The full record of the Constellation Method, month by month since January 2025. Every recap is published, including the losing months: the trades that worked, the ones that did not, and what changed afterward. Each calendar year's results are verified by a U.S. licensed CPA.
Methodology
My options strategy fell 46.8% from May to August 2026. What a drawdown is, why my 2025 rules did not stop it, and the seven rules I trade by now.
Track Record
September closed at +2.69%. The year is down 28.9% after a 46.8% drawdown from May. Monthly returns vs the S&P 500, what went wrong, and what I changed.