$300-$30,000 Options Challenge: Week 5 Was Red But This Backtest Shows Where Im Going

Date: 2026-07-27 13:00:36

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Chapters
0:00 Week 5 was red (-$132)… but here’s the bigger plan

0:10 What we’re covering (Week 5 breakdown + $33K backtest roadmap)

0:29 Week 5 scorecard (all stats on screen)

1:06 Why this is a better kind of bad week than Week 3

1:38 Trade breakdown: June 16 (-$120 / -57.1%)

1:48 Trade breakdown: June 17 (+$81 / +46.6%) and (+$27 / +45.0%)

2:03 Trade breakdown: June 18 (-$120 / -96.8%)

2:15 Introducing the bigger 0DTE backtest (roadmap, not forcing it)

2:43 Backtest settings (exact rules)

4:05 Strong backtest ≠ permission to oversize (risk + drawdown)

4:40 Plan update after Week 5 (tighten loss control + build to $2,000)

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