SOXL Sliding Grid 1.1/3
Strategy 1 · SOXL only · $250,000 · 1.1% spacing / 3% profit · follows price up · sized to deploy 100% · validated on real 5-minute data (Aug 2024 – Jul 2026).
Blue = SOXL price · green ▲ = buys · red ▼ = sells · orange steps = the grid re-centering up · purple = your account value · green shade = % of cash invested.
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Results — last year (2025-07-14 → 2026-07-14)
| strategy | total | annualized | worst dip | trades | avg / peak invested | ends at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 rungs (steadier) | +79% | ~+79%/yr | -18% | 1,210 | 20% / 75% | $448,067 |
| 15 rungs (aggressive) | +143% | ~+143%/yr | -25% | 757 | 42% / 101% | $608,426 |
| just buy & hold SOXL | +573% | — | huge | — | 100% | — |
Results — this year, 2026 YTD (2026-01-02 → 2026-07-14)
| strategy | total | annualized | worst dip | trades | avg / peak invested | ends at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 rungs (steadier) | +52% | ~+124%/yr | -16% | 849 | 21% / 72% | $381,033 |
| 15 rungs (aggressive) | +89% | ~+238%/yr | -25% | 484 | 37% / 101% | $473,028 |
| just buy & hold SOXL | +283% | — | huge | — | 100% | — |
The recipe
Steadier — 40 rungs
- 40 buy orders, each 1.1% below the last (down to −44%)
- Each rung = $250,000 ÷ 40 = $6,250
- Sell each at +3% (OTO order)
- Slide the whole grid up when price rises +8%
- Hold through drops · never sell at a loss
Aggressive — 15 rungs
- 15 buy orders, each 1.1% below the last
- Each rung = $250,000 ÷ 15 = $16,667
- Sell each at +3%
- Slide up at +4%
- More return, bigger dips
How the rungs are priced (worked example, center $45.14)
buy = center × (1 − 0.011 × k) · sell = buy × 1.03 · shares = $6,250 ÷ buy
| rung | buy | sell | % below | shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $44.64 | $45.98 | −1.1% | 139 |
| 10 | $40.17 | $41.38 | −11% | 155 |
| 20 | $35.21 | $36.27 | −22% | 177 |
| 40 | $25.28 | $26.04 | −44% | 247 |
How to repeat it
- SOXL, $250,000. Today's price is the grid center.
- Place 40 buy limit orders, each 1.1% below the last, down to −44%.
- Size each to $6,250 (full capital ÷ 40).
- Pair every buy to a sell +3% above it (an OTO order at Interactive Brokers).
- When a sell fills, re-place that same buy/sell pair.
- When SOXL rises +8% above the center, slide the whole grid up.
- On drops, hold — never sell at a loss; wait for recovery.
⚠️ Risks — read before trusting these numbers
- Both years were historic booms. Just holding SOXL made +573% (last year) / +283% (YTD) — the grid underperformed buy-and-hold. Its gift is a smaller, calmer drawdown, not beating a boom.
- "Sized for 100%" ≠ always invested. Because SOXL kept climbing, cash sat waiting for dips — average deployment was only ~20–40%.
- Crash-year kryptonite. SOXL fell ~90% in 2022 ($77→$7). A fully-deployed, no-stop-loss grid held through that would take a brutal, long drawdown. These −16 to −25% dips are a good year.
- This is a 5-minute-bar approximation of the live grid, not a tick-perfect replica.
SOXL-only grid backtest · 1.1% spacing · $250k · TradeSecret research lab. Not investment advice. Past performance does not predict future results.