The SPX returns 15% YTD. We did it in 15 days with LMT

LMT
Two different strategies definitely but your question is awesome because it makes us compare the strategies.

The SPX500 has +15% YTD, 6 months.

With my strategy, I was able to do the same return in 15 days.

As simple as that.

But, we can definitely compare more data to this.

* The position was a SMALL % of my portfolio because of the risk it comes with
* The RISK is better managed with a strategy like mine.
* Most importantly, although this is not my full job, it takes way MORE TIME to do this type of trading compared to just investing in the SPX at the beginning of the year.

More than this. We can compare YTD things like, Volatility for each strategy, Standard deviation, Sharp Ratios and many other ratios that will help us know which one is better. But remember that it will depend in each of us.