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VolatilityTrading
(52309851)

Created by: UserRemoved59 UserRemoved59
Started: 08/2010
Forex
Last trade: 4,908 days ago

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11.7%

Rate of Return Calculations

Overview

To comply with NFA regulations, we display Cumulative Rate of Return for strategies with a track record of less than one year. For strategies with longer track records, we display Annualized (Compounded) Rate of Return.

How Cumulative Rate of Return is calculated

= (Ending_equity - Starting_equity) / Starting_equity

Remember that, following NFA requirements, strategy subscription costs and estimated commissions are included in marked-to-market equity calculations.

All results are hypothetical.

(39.0%)
Max Drawdown
173
Num Trades
78.6%
Win Trades
1.1 : 1
Profit Factor
3.7%
Win Months
Hypothetical Monthly Returns (includes system fee and Typical Broker commissions and fees)
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYTD
2010                                                 +13.2%+1.9%+23.8%(26.4%)  -  +5.0%
2011(0.1%)  -  +0.6%+0.2%  -    -  +0.7%  -    -    -    -    -  +1.3%
2012  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  0.0
2013  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  0.0
2014  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  0.0
2015  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  0.0
2016  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  0.0
2017  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  0.0
2018  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  0.0
2019  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  0.0
2020  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  0.0
2021  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  0.0
2022  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  0.0
2023  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  0.0
2024  -    -    -    -                                                  

Model Account Details

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Trading Record

This strategy has placed 33 trades in real-life brokerage accounts. The most recent trade in a real-money brokerage account occurred more than 4968 days ago.

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Short
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Win
Loss
Both
Opened Date/TimeSymbolDescriptionSideQtyAvg PriceClosed Date/TimeAvg PriceDrawdownP/L
11/23/10 10:34 GBP/JPY GBP/JPY SHORT 5 131.437 11/23 14:47 131.227 1.65%
Trade id #55120432
Max drawdown($177)
Time11/23/10 11:00
Quant open-5
Worst price131.732
Drawdown as % of equity-1.65%
$126
11/23/10 10:34 USD/CAD USD/CAD LONG 5 1.02264 11/23 14:47 1.02472 0.85%
Trade id #55120407
Max drawdown($91)
Time11/23/10 11:00
Quant open5
Worst price1.02076
Drawdown as % of equity-0.85%
$102
11/23/10 10:33 NZD/USD NZD/USD SHORT 5 0.76478 11/23 14:47 0.75918 0.85%
Trade id #55120372
Max drawdown($91)
Time11/23/10 11:00
Quant open-5
Worst price0.76660
Drawdown as % of equity-0.85%
$280
11/23/10 10:33 GBP/USD GBP/USD SHORT 5 1.58660 11/23 14:47 1.57794 0.61%
Trade id #55120352
Max drawdown($65)
Time11/23/10 11:00
Quant open-5
Worst price1.58791
Drawdown as % of equity-0.61%
$433
11/17/10 12:51 AUD/USD AUD/USD LONG 5 0.98111 11/19 4:16 0.98929 1.87%
Trade id #54926622
Max drawdown($176)
Time11/17/10 15:30
Quant open5
Worst price0.97757
Drawdown as % of equity-1.87%
$409
11/17/10 11:39 GBP/USD GBP/USD LONG 5 1.59277 11/19 4:16 1.60860 2.07%
Trade id #54923747
Max drawdown($195)
Time11/17/10 15:30
Quant open5
Worst price1.58887
Drawdown as % of equity-2.07%
$792
11/16/10 11:36 GBP/USD GBP/USD SHORT 5 1.58816 11/17 11:38 1.59277 2.96%
Trade id #54879440
Max drawdown($288)
Time11/17/10 10:34
Quant open-5
Worst price1.59392
Drawdown as % of equity-2.96%
($231)
11/15/10 9:55 EUR/USD EUR/USD LONG 2 1.36256 11/16 11:50 1.35000 2.35%
Trade id #54827460
Max drawdown($251)
Time11/16/10 11:47
Quant open2
Worst price1.35006
Drawdown as % of equity-2.35%
($251)
11/15/10 3:49 GBP/USD GBP/USD LONG 5 1.60476 11/16 11:36 1.58816 8.2%
Trade id #54815895
Max drawdown($875)
Time11/16/10 11:17
Quant open5
Worst price1.58726
Drawdown as % of equity-8.20%
($830)
11/15/10 9:17 EUR/USD EUR/USD LONG 4 1.36560 11/15 9:24 1.36635 0.14%
Trade id #54824485
Max drawdown($16)
Time11/15/10 9:20
Quant open2
Worst price1.36487
Drawdown as % of equity-0.14%
$30
11/15/10 7:15 EUR/USD EUR/USD LONG 14 1.36324 11/15 8:34 1.36341 0.72%
Trade id #54820783
Max drawdown($80)
Time11/15/10 7:32
Quant open6
Worst price1.36238
Drawdown as % of equity-0.72%
$24
11/9/10 13:54 GBP/USD GBP/USD SHORT 5 1.60258 11/15 3:49 1.60476 7.59%
Trade id #54658400
Max drawdown($792)
Time11/12/10 11:48
Quant open-5
Worst price1.61842
Drawdown as % of equity-7.59%
($109)
11/9/10 13:56 USD/JPY USD/JPY LONG 5 81.482 11/10 10:11 82.272 0.16%
Trade id #54658504
Max drawdown($16)
Time11/9/10 14:03
Quant open5
Worst price81.455
Drawdown as % of equity-0.16%
$477
11/9/10 13:56 EUR/USD EUR/USD SHORT 5 1.38249 11/10 10:09 1.36778 0.65%
Trade id #54658520
Max drawdown($63)
Time11/9/10 14:52
Quant open-5
Worst price1.38375
Drawdown as % of equity-0.65%
$736
11/10/10 9:50 NZD/USD NZD/USD SHORT 10 0.77934 11/10 10:08 0.77726 0.4%
Trade id #54692362
Max drawdown($42)
Time11/10/10 9:52
Quant open-10
Worst price0.77976
Drawdown as % of equity-0.40%
$208
11/5/10 6:39 EUR/USD EUR/USD LONG 20 1.40911 11/9 13:50 1.38221 55.86%
Trade id #54528708
Max drawdown($5,571)
Time11/9/10 13:47
Quant open20
Worst price1.38126
Drawdown as % of equity-55.86%
($5,381)
11/4/10 5:00 EUR/USD EUR/USD SHORT 15 1.42058 11/5 5:42 1.41729 8.41%
Trade id #54482365
Max drawdown($1,148)
Time11/4/10 9:57
Quant open-15
Worst price1.42824
Drawdown as % of equity-8.41%
$494
11/3/10 19:06 USD/JPY USD/JPY SHORT 10 80.986 11/4 5:15 80.905 2.25%
Trade id #54469851
Max drawdown($294)
Time11/3/10 20:50
Quant open-10
Worst price81.224
Drawdown as % of equity-2.25%
$100
11/3/10 19:06 EUR/USD EUR/USD LONG 15 1.41325 11/4 4:58 1.42051 3.53%
Trade id #54469835
Max drawdown($452)
Time11/3/10 21:16
Quant open15
Worst price1.41024
Drawdown as % of equity-3.53%
$1,089
10/28/10 8:37 USD/JPY USD/JPY LONG 10 81.334 11/3 19:06 80.986 3.86%
Trade id #54273084
Max drawdown($574)
Time10/31/10 18:23
Quant open5
Worst price80.246
Drawdown as % of equity-3.86%
($429)
11/3/10 18:58 EUR/USD EUR/USD SHORT 15 1.41238 11/3 19:06 1.41325 0.96%
Trade id #54469624
Max drawdown($131)
Time11/3/10 19:05
Quant open-15
Worst price1.41317
Drawdown as % of equity-0.96%
($131)
11/3/10 9:34 EUR/USD EUR/USD SHORT 10 1.40164 11/3 14:16 1.41550 9.26%
Trade id #54447179
Max drawdown($1,386)
Time11/3/10 14:09
Quant open-10
Worst price1.40713
Drawdown as % of equity-9.26%
($1,386)
11/3/10 5:36 NZD/USD NZD/USD SHORT 5 0.77359 11/3 13:54 0.77570 1.23%
Trade id #54440154
Max drawdown($191)
Time11/3/10 13:07
Quant open-5
Worst price0.77741
Drawdown as % of equity-1.23%
($106)
11/3/10 5:36 AUD/USD AUD/USD SHORT 5 0.99806 11/3 9:24 0.99684 0.68%
Trade id #54440148
Max drawdown($101)
Time11/3/10 6:16
Quant open-5
Worst price1.00008
Drawdown as % of equity-0.68%
$61
11/3/10 5:48 GBP/USD GBP/USD SHORT 5 1.61185 11/3 9:22 1.60952 1.3%
Trade id #54440465
Max drawdown($192)
Time11/3/10 7:57
Quant open-5
Worst price1.61569
Drawdown as % of equity-1.30%
$117
10/15/10 8:25 GBP/USD GBP/USD LONG 20 1.59779 11/2 9:55 1.60172 21.11%
Trade id #53877392
Max drawdown($2,186)
Time10/19/10 19:59
Quant open5
Worst price1.56505
Drawdown as % of equity-21.11%
$787
10/29/10 9:25 NZD/USD NZD/USD LONG 10 0.76122 10/29 9:51 0.76192 0.24%
Trade id #54317580
Max drawdown($33)
Time10/29/10 9:42
Quant open10
Worst price0.76089
Drawdown as % of equity-0.24%
$70
10/29/10 9:44 EUR/USD EUR/USD LONG 5 1.38782 10/29 9:50 1.38914 0.2%
Trade id #54319429
Max drawdown($27)
Time10/29/10 9:46
Quant open5
Worst price1.38727
Drawdown as % of equity-0.20%
$66
10/29/10 9:05 NZD/USD NZD/USD SHORT 10 0.76222 10/29 9:19 0.76140 0.17%
Trade id #54316567
Max drawdown($24)
Time10/29/10 9:07
Quant open-10
Worst price0.76246
Drawdown as % of equity-0.17%
$82
10/29/10 3:19 EUR/USD EUR/USD LONG 10 1.38466 10/29 8:58 1.39089 2.85%
Trade id #54306748
Max drawdown($345)
Time10/29/10 5:56
Quant open5
Worst price1.38072
Drawdown as % of equity-2.85%
$623

Statistics

  • Strategy began
    8/25/2010
  • Suggested Minimum Cap
    $10,000
  • Strategy Age (days)
    4992.56
  • Age
    167 months ago
  • What it trades
    Forex
  • # Trades
    173
  • # Profitable
    136
  • % Profitable
    78.60%
  • Avg trade duration
    9.4 hours
  • Max peak-to-valley drawdown
    38.99%
  • drawdown period
    Nov 03, 2010 - Nov 17, 2010
  • Annual return (compounded)
    1.4%
  • Avg win
    $120.18
  • Avg loss
    $385.97
  • Model Account Values (Raw)
  • Cash
    $12,055
  • Margin Used
    $0
  • Buying Power
    $12,055
  • Ratios
  • W:L ratio
    1.14:1
  • Sharpe Ratio
    -0.06
  • Sortino Ratio
    -0.08
  • Calmar Ratio
    0.143
  • CORRELATION STATISTICS
  • Correlation to SP500
    -0.01280
  • Return of Strat Pcnt - Return of SP500 Pcnt (cumu)
    -41.47%
  • Return Percent SP500 (cumu) during strategy life
    375.50%
  • Return Statistics
  • Ann Return (w trading costs)
    11.7%
  • Instruments
  • Percent Trades Options
    n/a
  • Percent Trades Futures
    n/a
  • Slump
  • Current Slump, time of slump as pcnt of strategy life
    0.99%
  • Instruments
  • Percent Trades Stocks
    n/a
  • Slump
  • Current Slump as Pcnt Equity
    34.70%
  • Return Statistics
  • Return Pcnt Since TOS Status
    n/a
  • Instruments
  • Percent Trades Forex
    1.00%
  • Return Statistics
  • Ann Return (Compnd, No Fees)
    1.4%
  • Risk of Ruin (Monte-Carlo)
  • Chance of 10% account loss
    81.25%
  • Chance of 20% account loss
    58.82%
  • Chance of 30% account loss
    38.89%
  • Chance of 40% account loss
    11.11%
  • Chance of 60% account loss (Monte Carlo)
    n/a
  • Chance of 70% account loss (Monte Carlo)
    n/a
  • Chance of 80% account loss (Monte Carlo)
    n/a
  • Chance of 90% account loss (Monte Carlo)
    n/a
  • Chance of 100% account loss (Monte Carlo)
    n/a
  • Automation
  • Percentage Signals Automated
    50.45%
  • Risk of Ruin (Monte-Carlo)
  • Chance of 50% account loss
    11.11%
  • Trading Style
  • Any stock shorts? 0/1
    0
  • Trades-Own-System Certification
  • Trades Own System?
    -
  • TOS percent
    n/a
  • Win / Loss
  • Avg Win
    $120
  • Avg Loss
    $386
  • Sum Trade PL (losers)
    $14,281.000
  • Sum Trade PL (winners)
    $16,344.000
  • # Winners
    136
  • Dividends
  • Dividends Received in Model Acct
    0
  • Win / Loss
  • Num Months Winners
    6
  • Age
  • Num Months filled monthly returns table
    165
  • Win / Loss
  • # Losers
    37
  • % Winners
    78.6%
  • Frequency
  • Avg Position Time (mins)
    561.18
  • Avg Position Time (hrs)
    9.35
  • Avg Trade Length
    0.4 days
  • Last Trade Ago
    4902
  • Regression
  • Alpha
    -0.00
  • Beta
    -0.01
  • Treynor Index
    0.23
  • Maximum Adverse Excursion (MAE)
  • MAE:PL (avg, all trades)
    0.52
  • MAE:Equity, average, all trades
    0.02
  • Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - All trades
    16.208
  • MAE:Equity, losing trades only, 95th Percentile Value for this strat
    -
  • MAE:Equity, win trades only, 95th Percentile Value for this strat
    -
  • MAE:PL - Losing Trades - this strat Percentile of All Strats
    17.01
  • MAE:PL - Winning Trades - this strat Percentile of All Strats
    25.23
  • MAE:Equity, 95th Percentile Value for this strat
    0.09
  • MAE:PL (avg, winning trades)
    -
  • MAE:PL - worst single value for strategy
    -
  • MAE:Equity, average, winning trades
    0.01
  • MAE:Equity, average, losing trades
    0.04
  • MAE:PL (avg, losing trades)
    -
  • Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - Winning trades
    1.002
  • Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - Losing trades
    -1.113
  • Hold-and-Hope Ratio
    0.062
  • Analysis based on DAILY values, full history
  • RATIO STATISTICS
  • Ratio statistics of excess return rates
  • Statistics related to linear regression on benchmark
  • a (intercept, estimate of alpha)
    0.10100
  • Analysis based on DAILY values, last 6 months only
  • Ratio statistics of excess log return rates
  • VAR (95 Confidence Intrvl)
    0.03700
  • DRAW DOWN STATISTICS
  • Risk estimates based on draw downs (based on Extreme Value T
  • assuming Pareto losses only (using partial moments from Sortino statistics)
  • Max Equity Drawdown (num days)
    14
  • Last 4 Months - Pcnt Negative
    n/a

Strategy Description

I am looking to take high probability trades during London and early NY session by using price action and major technical levels (daily, weekly and monthly pivots, key daily MA levels and Fibonacci ratios) and market sentiment (ratios of long vs. short open positions of retail traders). The most important part of my strategy is that I try to estimate what the majority of traders would do and then I take the opposite position. This generates amazing profits over the long time but requires very careful money management. Because it is difficult to estimate how far markets can go I always enter very carefully and then build up a position over time and hold on until the conditions for my entry are valid. If the conditions are no longer valid I exit the position.

If you want to follow my signals successfully, please DO NOT OVER LEVERAGE your account.

If you trade my strategy with 0.1 (0.01) lots you should have minimum 10k (1k) trading capital exclusively for this strategy.

Summary Statistics

Strategy began
2010-08-25
Suggested Minimum Capital
$10,000
# Trades
173
# Profitable
136
% Profitable
78.6%
Correlation S&P500
-0.013
Sharpe Ratio
-0.06
Sortino Ratio
-0.08
Beta
-0.01
Alpha
-0.00

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