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Build income strategies you can actually stay with.

Skyline is designed around return potential, risk shape, market tolerance, and psychological holdability.

The objective is not just an attractive payoff diagram. It is a repeatable income process that gives traders and investors clearer risk boundaries, more deliberate choices, and a better chance of following the intended plan—as one defined-risk component within a broader portfolio.

Skyline Butterfly 0DTE V1.0 Snapshot

Published backtest summary

Educational case study
Historical net P/L +$71,618 $5,000 → $76,618
433 paired deployments
Profitable deployments 53.6% Daily deployment basis
Skyline Butterfly 0DTE V1.0
Profitable months 76.0% 19 of 25 months
Jul 2024–Jul 2026
Profitable quarters 100.0% 9 of 9 quarters
Historical simulation
2 Skyline lots · 25-point iron condor comparison · Jul 23, 2024–Jul 22, 2026
Hypothetical, unaudited backtest results—not actual account performance. Monthly and quarterly figures represent profitable calendar periods, not trade win rates. Costs, slippage, execution quality, liquidity, and changing market conditions can materially affect outcomes.
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THE SKYLINE INCOME PROCESS
Define the objective
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Follow the lifecycle
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Review the evidence
Featured Skyline research

Start with the Skyline Butterfly 0DTE V1.0 study. Explore longer-duration work next.

Skyline strategies are generated and refined through the Options Engineering Framework and OS, then documented as separate educational studies.

FEATURED STUDY

Skyline Butterfly 0DTE V1.0

Intraday, defined-risk, and designed around a hold-to-expiration baseline with explicit CAR and lifecycle assumptions. The study introduces the strategy first, with execution, adjustment, and lifecycle research presented as separate educational studies.

Use compatible brokerage and analysis tools, or explore the Options Engineering OS for a more integrated design and lifecycle workflow.
HOLDSame-day0DTE baseline
RISKDefinedRisk-shaped structure
MANAGEMENTHTENo discretionary adjustments
EVALUATIONMulti-periodTrade · week · month · quarter
Explore the Skyline Butterfly 0DTE V1.0 study
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14DTE RESEARCH

Skyline 14DTE — Coming Soon

Longer-duration Skyline research with staged T1, T2, and T3 profit-taking and systematic stop movement.

Coming soon
Different holding periods. Different risk profiles. One engineering method.
Options Engineering Framework
Patent Pending
Why the method matters

Good research should explain what the strategy is designed to tolerate.

The Framework connects payoff shape, CAR, holding assumptions, market movement, adjustment criteria, and review so Skyline is evaluated as a complete process.

Holdability is not a promise of comfort. It is a design goal: clearer boundaries, fewer ambiguous decisions, and a better chance of following the intended plan.
ILLUSTRATIVE TRADER EXPERIENCE

“The trade was working. The market moved, I exited—and then it came back.”

The Options Engineering question is not simply whether the exit was right or wrong. It is whether the trader had defined the expected movement, risk boundaries, adjustment criteria, and hold-to-expiration assumptions before the pressure arrived.

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Payoff + CAR
Compare return potential and risk on a consistent capital basis.
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Lifecycle
Define entry context, monitoring, HTE assumptions, adjustments, and exit.
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Holdability
Design for clearer risk boundaries and more deliberate decision-making.
Options Engineering OS
Patent Pending

The workflow behind the Skyline research.

The OS connects structure design, CAR analysis, monitoring, adjustment evaluation, replay, and review. It supports the research process without being the only way to study or implement the strategy.

DESIGN

Structure + Risk

Build and compare configurations on a common CAR basis.

OPERATE

Monitor + Adjust

Evaluate live risk location and candidate changes in portfolio context.

LEARN

Replay + Review

Study outcomes against the original thesis and improve the process.

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After exploring the Skyline research, choose the educational, platform, or interactive experience that best matches your interest.

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Strategy Engineering Program
Guided education on research interpretation and lifecycle methodology.
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OS Early Access
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