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PTrans2PGEX Strategy: A Mechanical Trading Strategy That Outperformed SPY by 950% Over 12 Years
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Taylor Drake
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December 12,2025
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15mins read
Have you ever executed what seemed like a perfect trade setup—clean technicals, solid fundamentals, everything aligned—only to watch it immediately move against you the moment you entered?
Or experienced the opposite frustration: identifying an excellent opportunity but hesitating to pull the trigger, then watching the stock rocket higher without you?
You’re not alone. Most active traders struggle with the same fundamental challenge: emotion-driven decisions that sabotage otherwise great analysis.
The psychological hurdles that destroy trading accounts include:
These psychological factors often matter more than technical skills or market knowledge. But what if you could remove emotion from the equation entirely?
That’s exactly what we’re going to show you how to do today with our 100% mechanical trading strategy.
The PTrans2PGEX mechanical trading strategy eliminates emotional decision-making by using predetermined entry and exit rules based on options market structure. This systematic approach has generated remarkable long-term performance:
Over the last decade plus of various market conditions, the results of our 100% mechanical trading strategy speak for themselves:
This isn’t about chasing hot stocks or timing perfect entries. It’s about understanding how options market structure creates predictable price movements and positioning yourself to benefit from those patterns consistently.
In today’s markets, options activity often drives stock price movement rather than the reverse. When traders buy call options above current prices, market makers must hedge by purchasing shares. As prices rise toward those strike prices, hedging pressure intensifies, creating a feedback loop that accelerates upward movement.
The PTrans2PGEX strategy identifies when this structural setup exists and positions traders to benefit from the resulting price acceleration.
PTrans2PGEX utilizes two critical levels derived from options market structure:
The beauty of this systematic trading approach lies in its simplicity:
Through extensive backtesting of our 100% mechanical trading strategy, we found that incorporating stop losses actually degraded performance. The options market structure provides natural exit points that are more effective than arbitrary price-based stops.
While SPY investors endured an 18.6% drawdown just to earn 0.6% for the year, PTrans2PGEX captured 11.1% returns with nearly half the downside risk.
Here’s the SPY vs. P2P Backtested Results:
The PTrans2PGEX strategy maintained its edge through dramatically different market environments:
This consistency stems from the strategy’s foundation in market structure mechanics rather than discretionary analysis.
Since July 2023, we’ve been running this mechanical trading strategy live in our Discord community, posting every entry and exit in real-time. No cherry-picking. No hindsight adjustments. No theoretical performance.
And the forward-testing results have matched the backtesting.
Every trade is documented publicly, tracked in a shared Excel spreadsheet, and discussed openly with our community. You can see exactly how the strategy performs when real money is on the line, complete with the occasional losing trades and drawdown periods.
This isn’t some hypothetical system we’re selling you—it’s a strategy we use ourselves and share transparently with our community.
The strategy works because it’s based on structural forces in the options market that create predictable price movements. When those forces align with our entry criteria, we participate. When they don’t, we wait.
Simple. Systematic. Profitable.
Bottom line: $100,000 invested in January 2013 would be worth $1.45 million today using PTrans2PGEX, compared to $498,000 with SPY.
And before we move on, here is the link where you can see our trades for yourself: https://1drv.ms/x/c/37a09e23bf750b1a/EZOBBAM8eIlNj1RrNWrHrdgB8OpfLYsK79rM3PeLKFWnTg?e=kkhPth
We’ve built comprehensive infrastructure to make PTrans2PGEX implementation effortless:
Entry Candidates:
$PTrans2PGEXExit Candidates:
$closeabovepgex
When PTrans is breached to the upside, it signals that call speculators have taken control of the options structure above current prices. This creates an environment where:
The PGEX level represents maximum call gamma concentration—where the most short-term speculation exists. Once reached, option holders have captured significant appreciation, often leading to profit-taking that provides natural resistance.
The 4-7% position sizing isn’t arbitrary—it’s calibrated to balance:
Like any systematic trading approach, PTrans2PGEX experiences drawdown periods. The key is maintaining discipline:
The 100% mechanical trading strategy isn’t designed to catch every move—it’s designed to capture a specific type of move consistently. By focusing on options-driven price acceleration, you avoid the complexity of trying to predict all market movements.
The 12+ year backtest includes multiple market environments, proving the strategy’s adaptability. The underlying mechanics of options market structure remain consistent across different environments.
Unlike day trading strategies that require constant attention, PTrans2PGEX operates on end-of-day signals with next-day execution. This makes it suitable for traders who can’t monitor markets constantly.
The greatest benefit of the PTrans2PGEX system is its complete removal of discretionary decisions during market hours. When signals trigger:
Successful implementation requires:
Discretionary trading suffers from predictable psychological biases:
Mechanical systems provide:
The explosive growth in options trading over the past decade has fundamentally changed market dynamics. Retail and institutional options activity now significantly influences stock price movements, making options-based trading strategies increasingly relevant.
The PTrans2PGEX strategy remains robust because it’s based on fundamental market mechanics rather than temporary patterns. As long as options markets continue influencing stock prices, these structural forces will persist.
The PTrans2PGEX mechanical trading strategy offers a proven pathway to consistent market outperformance through:
The strategy works. The tools are ready. We track it live in Discord. The only variable left is your execution.
Ready to eliminate emotion from your trading? Join the GammaEdge community and access the complete PTrans2PGEX implementation framework, including:
Bottom Line: $100,000 invested using PTrans2PGEX in January 2013 would be worth $1.45 million today, compared to $498,000 with SPY buy-and-hold.
The choice is yours: continue fighting your emotions in discretionary trading, or embrace the systematic approach that has delivered consistent outperformance for over a decade.
Disclaimer: Past performance does not guarantee future results. All trading involves risk of loss. The examples shown reflect historical backtesting and live performance but do not predict future outcomes. Consider your risk tolerance and investment objectives before implementing any trading strategy.
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