An audited options track record is a performance history an independent party can verify, where every trade was timestamped publicly before its outcome was known. It is the opposite of a marketed record built from cherry-picked screenshots. The real test is simple: can an outsider reconstruct the results without trusting the seller?
Verifiable versus marketed: the only distinction that matters
Almost every trading service shows a track record. Very few show one you can check. A marketed record is assembled after the fact: screenshots, highlight reels, and round-number summaries chosen because they look good. A verifiable record is the opposite. Each position is published in public, with a timestamp, before anyone knows how it resolves. The difference is not presentation. It is whether the seller could have quietly deleted the losers.
The standard professional performance is held to
Institutional managers do not get to freestyle their returns. The Global Investment Performance Standards maintained by the CFA Institute define how performance must be calculated and presented, and registered advisers in the United States operate under the SEC Marketing Rule, which prohibits cherry-picked or misleading results. Retail alert feeds sit outside those rules, which is exactly why the burden of proof should be higher, not lower, when someone sells you a win rate.
What a real record actually requires
Strip away the branding and a credible options record comes down to four things: every entry and exit posted publicly before the outcome, per-contract math anyone can reproduce, a continuous timeline rather than a curated set of highlights, and an outside observer who can reconstruct the whole thing without taking the author at their word. If any one of those is missing, you are looking at marketing.
Anyone can post a winning screenshot. The only record worth trusting is one where every entry and exit was public before the outcome was known, with math you can redo yourself. Justin Katz, @Bluedeerc
How Equidamus Markets meets the standard
The Equidamus record has been built in public on X as @Bluedeerc since 2019, by a desk veteran with roughly ten years across two funds and a prop firm. Every call is posted in real time, before the result, with per-contract math that any reader can replicate. There is no separate marketing version. The public timeline is the record, and the full trade-by-trade history is on the homepage so you can audit it rather than trust it.
Red flags when you vet any provider
- Results shown only as screenshots, with no public timestamp before the outcome.
- A highlight reel of winners and no continuous, checkable timeline.
- Win rates quoted with no way to reproduce the underlying per-contract math.
- Claims of certainty about future returns, which no honest record can support.
By the numbers
- A landmark study of day traders found that only about 1% were reliably profitable over time, which is why an independently verifiable record matters far more than a screenshot . (source)
- The SEC Marketing Rule (Rule 206(4)-1) bars registered investment advisers from presenting cherry-picked or unsubstantiated performance, the regulatory baseline professional research is held to . (source)
Frequently asked questions
- What makes an options track record audited or verified?
- A verified record is one an independent party can reconstruct: every entry and exit is timestamped publicly before the outcome is known, and the per-contract math is shown so anyone can check it. A marketed record relies on screenshots and summaries you cannot independently confirm.
- Why do most retail track records fail this test?
- Most are published after the fact with no public timestamp before the result, so survivorship and cherry-picking are the norm. A landmark study of day traders found only about 1% were reliably profitable, so unverified win-claims should be treated skeptically (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3423101).
- How can I verify the Equidamus Markets record myself?
- Every trade has been posted publicly on X as @Bluedeerc since 2019, before each outcome was known, with per-contract math you can replicate. The full public record lives on the homepage, where you can audit it trade by trade.
- Is a verified track record a guarantee of future results?
- No. A verified record proves what happened and how it was measured. It does not predict future returns, and options trading carries substantial risk of loss. Verification is about honesty of the record, not certainty of the outcome.