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FOREX VIX-3
(134962085)

Created by: LeslieGray LeslieGray
Started: 04/2021
Forex
Last trade: 5 days ago
Trading style: Futures Currencies

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C2Star

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Trading Category: Futures
Currencies
Category: Equity

Currencies

Focuses on currency futures.
21.2%
Annual Return (Compounded)

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 Annualized (Compounded) Rate of Return is calculated

= ((Ending_equity / Starting_equity) ^ (1 / age_in_years)) - 1

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

All results are hypothetical.

(13.9%)
Max Drawdown
201
Num Trades
82.1%
Win Trades
3.4 : 1
Profit Factor
73.3%
Win Months
Hypothetical Monthly Returns (includes system fee and Typical Broker commissions and fees)
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYTD
2021                     +4.9%(7.7%)+12.6%+1.7%+0.7%+0.6%+0.5%+3.4%(0.3%)+16.5%
2022+0.2%+1.0%+0.6%(0.7%)+6.3%(1.3%)+1.8%+1.4%+4.9%+4.9%+4.2%(1.5%)+23.6%
2023+2.9%+3.3%+1.1%(1.3%)+2.5%(5.2%)+4.2%+3.0%+5.2%+0.5%+2.4%(3%)+16.1%
2024+9.1%(0.4%)+1.4%(0.2%)+2.8%+0.9%+1.4%+1.9%(4.2%)+6.2%+2.6%  -  +22.9%

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Trading Record

This strategy has placed 427 trades in real-life brokerage accounts. To see live brokerage data, select Show AutoTrade Data, and click on a Live AutoTrade Indicator symbol.

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Long
Short
Both
Win
Loss
Both
Opened Date/TimeSymbolDescriptionSideQuantAvg PriceClosed Date/TimeAvg PriceDrawdownP/L
12/5/24 11:47 EUR/JPY EUR/JPY LONG 5 158.691 12/10 11:37 159.765 0.13%
Trade id #150253231
Max drawdown($272)
Time12/9/24 0:00
Quant open5
Worst price157.862
Drawdown as % of equity-0.13%
$353
12/8/24 17:15 EUR/CAD EUR/CAD LONG 10 1.49599 12/10 11:34 1.48781 0.29%
Trade id #150274712
Max drawdown($603)
Time12/10/24 11:05
Quant open10
Worst price1.48744
Drawdown as % of equity-0.29%
($578)
11/25/24 7:50 EUR/CAD EUR/CAD LONG 5 1.46490 12/6 8:38 1.49260 0.01%
Trade id #150165281
Max drawdown($23)
Time11/25/24 8:05
Quant open5
Worst price1.46424
Drawdown as % of equity-0.01%
$985
12/5/24 17:22 USD/SEK USD/SEK SHORT 5 10.84887 12/5 18:38 10.85760 0%
Trade id #150259998
Max drawdown($7)
Time12/5/24 18:20
Quant open5
Worst price10.85040
Drawdown as % of equity-0.00%
($40)
11/13/24 11:47 USD/SEK USD/SEK SHORT 5 10.98265 12/5 11:58 10.88245 0.45%
Trade id #150077363
Max drawdown($916)
Time11/22/24 0:00
Quant open5
Worst price11.18160
Drawdown as % of equity-0.45%
$461
11/25/24 7:56 EUR/USD EUR/USD LONG 5 1.04915 12/5 11:53 1.05677 0.16%
Trade id #150165293
Max drawdown($331)
Time11/25/24 19:16
Quant open5
Worst price1.04252
Drawdown as % of equity-0.16%
$381
11/25/24 5:54 AUD/USD AUD/USD SHORT 5 0.65118 11/25 7:44 0.65061 0%
Trade id #150164825
Max drawdown($5)
Time11/25/24 6:05
Quant open5
Worst price0.65128
Drawdown as % of equity-0.00%
$29
11/12/24 11:18 USD/CHF USD/CHF LONG 15 0.88218 11/12 11:46 0.88296 0.03%
Trade id #150065670
Max drawdown($56)
Time11/12/24 11:22
Quant open15
Worst price0.88185
Drawdown as % of equity-0.03%
$132
11/12/24 11:12 GBP/USD GBP/USD SHORT 10 1.27573 11/12 11:27 1.27518 0.02%
Trade id #150065619
Max drawdown($43)
Time11/12/24 11:22
Quant open10
Worst price1.27616
Drawdown as % of equity-0.02%
$55
11/12/24 11:07 AUD/USD AUD/USD SHORT 5 0.65393 11/12 11:21 0.65391 0%
Trade id #150065529
Max drawdown($8)
Time11/12/24 11:11
Quant open5
Worst price0.65410
Drawdown as % of equity-0.00%
$1
9/18/24 13:26 USD/ZAR USD/ZAR LONG 15 17.53468 11/12 10:57 18.12141 2.24%
Trade id #149436981
Max drawdown($4,162)
Time9/30/24 0:00
Quant open15
Worst price17.03230
Drawdown as % of equity-2.24%
$4,843
11/7/24 8:02 GBP/USD GBP/USD SHORT 10 1.29571 11/7 8:15 1.29704 0.09%
Trade id #150023406
Max drawdown($181)
Time11/7/24 8:14
Quant open10
Worst price1.29752
Drawdown as % of equity-0.09%
($133)
11/7/24 7:57 AUD/USD AUD/USD SHORT 5 0.66426 11/7 8:10 0.66576 0.04%
Trade id #150023398
Max drawdown($85)
Time11/7/24 8:09
Quant open5
Worst price0.66596
Drawdown as % of equity-0.04%
($75)
9/30/24 13:27 AUD/USD AUD/USD SHORT 15 0.67972 10/28 11:08 0.66854 0.01%
Trade id #149542931
Max drawdown($20)
Time9/30/24 13:55
Quant open5
Worst price0.69423
Drawdown as % of equity-0.01%
$1,677
9/20/24 11:52 USD/SEK USD/SEK LONG 15 10.22751 10/17 1:05 10.33844 0.28%
Trade id #149469398
Max drawdown($532)
Time9/24/24 0:00
Quant open5
Worst price10.08200
Drawdown as % of equity-0.28%
$1,582
9/18/24 13:26 USD/SGD USD/SGD LONG 20 1.28834 10/10 1:07 1.30099 0.76%
Trade id #149436978
Max drawdown($1,481)
Time9/27/24 0:00
Quant open15
Worst price1.27542
Drawdown as % of equity-0.76%
$1,936
9/18/24 13:23 GBP/USD GBP/USD SHORT 15 1.33424 10/3 9:32 1.32217 0.56%
Trade id #149436968
Max drawdown($1,082)
Time9/24/24 0:00
Quant open5
Worst price1.34157
Drawdown as % of equity-0.56%
$1,811
9/18/24 13:24 USD/CHF USD/CHF LONG 15 0.84495 10/2 9:47 0.84967 0.54%
Trade id #149436972
Max drawdown($1,043)
Time9/18/24 14:33
Quant open15
Worst price0.83904
Drawdown as % of equity-0.54%
$834
9/25/24 9:53 CHF/JPY CHF/JPY LONG 15 169.900 9/30 13:27 169.405 0.91%
Trade id #149502297
Max drawdown($1,672)
Time9/30/24 2:01
Quant open15
Worst price168.299
Drawdown as % of equity-0.91%
($518)
9/29/24 17:15 AUD/USD AUD/USD SHORT 105 0.68918 9/30 9:19 0.69323 2.83%
Trade id #149537056
Max drawdown($5,212)
Time9/30/24 1:44
Quant open105
Worst price0.69414
Drawdown as % of equity-2.83%
($4,261)
9/25/24 9:52 AUD/JPY AUD/JPY LONG 10 98.956 9/26 12:03 99.828 0.13%
Trade id #149502290
Max drawdown($251)
Time9/25/24 13:44
Quant open10
Worst price98.591
Drawdown as % of equity-0.13%
$602
8/1/24 10:32 CAD/CHF CAD/CHF LONG 11 0.62597 9/26 8:56 0.62970 1.26%
Trade id #148795901
Max drawdown($2,321)
Time8/5/24 0:00
Quant open10
Worst price0.60595
Drawdown as % of equity-1.26%
$484
9/18/24 13:22 AUD/CHF AUD/CHF LONG 5 0.57152 9/23 11:27 0.58106 0.02%
Trade id #149436959
Max drawdown($38)
Time9/18/24 15:06
Quant open5
Worst price0.57087
Drawdown as % of equity-0.02%
$563
9/18/24 13:23 EUR/AUD EUR/AUD SHORT 5 1.64387 9/23 11:15 1.62518 0.04%
Trade id #149436963
Max drawdown($72)
Time9/18/24 15:52
Quant open5
Worst price1.64598
Drawdown as % of equity-0.04%
$640
9/18/24 13:22 AUD/CAD AUD/CAD LONG 5 0.91959 9/19 12:37 0.92462 0.02%
Trade id #149436891
Max drawdown($46)
Time9/18/24 15:50
Quant open5
Worst price0.91834
Drawdown as % of equity-0.02%
$186
5/21/24 10:02 USD/ZAR USD/ZAR LONG 10 17.88565 9/18 13:15 17.57316 1.06%
Trade id #148216085
Max drawdown($2,040)
Time9/18/24 9:27
Quant open10
Worst price17.52850
Drawdown as % of equity-1.06%
($1,786)
8/14/24 17:00 USD/SGD USD/SGD LONG 40 1.28732 9/18 13:14 1.30136 0.39%
Trade id #148921130
Max drawdown($759)
Time9/6/24 0:00
Quant open15
Worst price1.27593
Drawdown as % of equity-0.39%
$4,345
8/25/24 20:15 USD/CHF USD/CHF LONG 25 0.84673 9/18 13:14 0.84752 0.57%
Trade id #149047477
Max drawdown($1,110)
Time9/6/24 0:00
Quant open10
Worst price0.83734
Drawdown as % of equity-0.57%
$234
8/23/24 14:54 GBP/USD GBP/USD SHORT 5 1.32079 9/18 13:14 1.32042 0.15%
Trade id #149024831
Max drawdown($292)
Time8/27/24 0:00
Quant open5
Worst price1.32664
Drawdown as % of equity-0.15%
$19
9/16/24 16:04 EUR/AUD EUR/AUD SHORT 6 1.64772 9/18 13:14 1.64471 0.03%
Trade id #149413840
Max drawdown($62)
Time9/17/24 0:00
Quant open5
Worst price1.65004
Drawdown as % of equity-0.03%
$123

Statistics

  • Strategy began
    4/1/2021
  • Suggested Minimum Cap
    $100,000
  • Strategy Age (days)
    1362.26
  • Age
    45 months ago
  • What it trades
    Forex
  • # Trades
    201
  • # Profitable
    165
  • % Profitable
    82.10%
  • Avg trade duration
    38.7 days
  • Max peak-to-valley drawdown
    13.89%
  • drawdown period
    April 20, 2021 - May 27, 2021
  • Annual Return (Compounded)
    21.2%
  • Avg win
    $936.49
  • Avg loss
    $1,260
  • Model Account Values (Raw)
  • Cash
    $209,337
  • Margin Used
    $5,641
  • Buying Power
    $203,513
  • Ratios
  • W:L ratio
    3.41:1
  • Sharpe Ratio
    1.27
  • Sortino Ratio
    2.1
  • Calmar Ratio
    1.972
  • CORRELATION STATISTICS
  • Return of Strat Pcnt - Return of SP500 Pcnt (cumu)
    57.42%
  • Correlation to SP500
    -0.07740
  • Return Percent SP500 (cumu) during strategy life
    48.06%
  • Return Statistics
  • Ann Return (w trading costs)
    21.2%
  • Slump
  • Current Slump as Pcnt Equity
    0.40%
  • Instruments
  • Percent Trades Futures
    n/a
  • Slump
  • Current Slump, time of slump as pcnt of strategy life
    0.01%
  • Instruments
  • Short Options - Percent Covered
    n/a
  • Return Statistics
  • Return Pcnt Since TOS Status
    n/a
  • Return Pcnt (Compound or Annual, age-based, NFA compliant)
    0.212%
  • Instruments
  • Percent Trades Options
    0.01%
  • Percent Trades Stocks
    n/a
  • Percent Trades Forex
    0.99%
  • Return Statistics
  • Ann Return (Compnd, No Fees)
    21.9%
  • Risk of Ruin (Monte-Carlo)
  • Chance of 10% account loss
    15.50%
  • Chance of 20% account loss
    1.50%
  • Chance of 30% account loss
    n/a
  • Chance of 40% account loss
    n/a
  • 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
  • Automation
  • Percentage Signals Automated
    16.13%
  • Risk of Ruin (Monte-Carlo)
  • Chance of 50% account loss
    n/a
  • Popularity
  • Popularity (Today)
    723
  • Popularity (Last 6 weeks)
    963
  • Trading Style
  • Any stock shorts? 0/1
    0
  • Popularity
  • C2 Score
    933
  • Popularity (7 days, Percentile 1000 scale)
    882
  • Trades-Own-System Certification
  • Trades Own System?
    -
  • TOS percent
    n/a
  • Win / Loss
  • Avg Loss
    $1,256
  • Avg Win
    $936
  • Sum Trade PL (losers)
    $45,211.000
  • Age
  • Num Months filled monthly returns table
    45
  • Win / Loss
  • Sum Trade PL (winners)
    $154,521.000
  • # Winners
    165
  • Num Months Winners
    33
  • Dividends
  • Dividends Received in Model Acct
    0
  • AUM
  • AUM (AutoTrader live capital)
    815705
  • Win / Loss
  • # Losers
    36
  • % Winners
    82.1%
  • Frequency
  • Avg Position Time (mins)
    55795.60
  • Avg Position Time (hrs)
    929.93
  • Avg Trade Length
    38.7 days
  • Last Trade Ago
    5
  • Leverage
  • Daily leverage (average)
    2.10
  • Daily leverage (max)
    8.85
  • Regression
  • Alpha
    0.05
  • Beta
    -0.06
  • Treynor Index
    -0.89
  • Maximum Adverse Excursion (MAE)
  • MAE:Equity, average, all trades
    0.01
  • MAE:PL - worst single value for strategy
    -
  • MAE:PL (avg, winning trades)
    -
  • MAE:PL (avg, losing trades)
    -
  • MAE:PL (avg, all trades)
    0.91
  • MAE:Equity, average, winning trades
    0.01
  • MAE:Equity, average, losing trades
    0.02
  • Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - All trades
    1.982
  • MAE:Equity, losing trades only, 95th Percentile Value for this strat
    -
  • MAE:Equity, win trades only, 95th Percentile Value for this strat
    -
  • MAE:Equity, 95th Percentile Value for this strat
    0.00
  • Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - Winning trades
    0.808
  • Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - Losing trades
    -1.915
  • Hold-and-Hope Ratio
    0.509
  • Analysis based on MONTHLY values, full history
  • RATIO STATISTICS
  • Ratio statistics of excess return rates
  • Statistics related to Sharpe ratio
  • Mean
    0.18643
  • SD
    0.12264
  • Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)
    1.52008
  • Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)
    1.49339
  • df
    43.00000
  • t
    2.91074
  • p
    0.00285
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    0.43955
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    2.58454
  • Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    0.42227
  • Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    2.56450
  • Statistics related to Sortino ratio
  • Sortino ratio
    3.59987
  • Upside Potential Ratio
    4.88839
  • Upside part of mean
    0.25315
  • Downside part of mean
    -0.06673
  • Upside SD
    0.12212
  • Downside SD
    0.05179
  • N nonnegative terms
    29.00000
  • N negative terms
    15.00000
  • Statistics related to linear regression on benchmark
  • N of observations
    44.00000
  • Mean of predictor
    0.09410
  • Mean of criterion
    0.18643
  • SD of predictor
    0.14829
  • SD of criterion
    0.12264
  • Covariance
    0.00110
  • r
    0.06059
  • b (slope, estimate of beta)
    0.05011
  • a (intercept, estimate of alpha)
    0.18171
  • Mean Square Error
    0.01534
  • DF error
    42.00000
  • t(b)
    0.39340
  • p(b)
    0.34801
  • t(a)
    2.76207
  • p(a)
    0.00424
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    -0.20695
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    0.30718
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    0.04895
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    0.31448
  • Treynor index (mean / b)
    3.72018
  • Jensen alpha (a)
    0.18171
  • Ratio statistics of excess log return rates
  • Statistics related to Sharpe ratio
  • Mean
    0.17754
  • SD
    0.11963
  • Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)
    1.48410
  • Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)
    1.45803
  • df
    43.00000
  • t
    2.84183
  • p
    0.00342
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    0.40596
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    2.54647
  • Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    0.38910
  • Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    2.52697
  • Statistics related to Sortino ratio
  • Sortino ratio
    3.33494
  • Upside Potential Ratio
    4.61154
  • Upside part of mean
    0.24550
  • Downside part of mean
    -0.06796
  • Upside SD
    0.11738
  • Downside SD
    0.05324
  • N nonnegative terms
    29.00000
  • N negative terms
    15.00000
  • Statistics related to linear regression on benchmark
  • N of observations
    44.00000
  • Mean of predictor
    0.08291
  • Mean of criterion
    0.17754
  • SD of predictor
    0.14765
  • SD of criterion
    0.11963
  • Covariance
    0.00108
  • r
    0.06101
  • b (slope, estimate of beta)
    0.04943
  • a (intercept, estimate of alpha)
    0.17344
  • Mean Square Error
    0.01460
  • DF error
    42.00000
  • t(b)
    0.39615
  • p(b)
    0.34700
  • t(a)
    2.71265
  • p(a)
    0.00482
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    -0.20240
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    0.30127
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    0.04441
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    0.30248
  • Treynor index (mean / b)
    3.59149
  • Jensen alpha (a)
    0.17344
  • Risk estimates for a one-period unit investment (parametric)
  • assuming log normal returns and losses (using central moments from Sharpe statistics)
  • VaR(95%)
    0.04114
  • Expected Shortfall on VaR
    0.05480
  • assuming Pareto losses only (using partial moments from Sortino statistics)
  • VaR(95%)
    0.00952
  • Expected Shortfall on VaR
    0.02197
  • ORDER STATISTICS
  • Quartiles of return rates
  • Number of observations
    44.00000
  • Minimum
    0.93655
  • Quartile 1
    0.99708
  • Median
    1.01066
  • Quartile 3
    1.03711
  • Maximum
    1.12760
  • Mean of quarter 1
    0.98114
  • Mean of quarter 2
    1.00442
  • Mean of quarter 3
    1.01969
  • Mean of quarter 4
    1.06620
  • Inter Quartile Range
    0.04003
  • Number outliers low
    1.00000
  • Percentage of outliers low
    0.02273
  • Mean of outliers low
    0.93655
  • Number of outliers high
    1.00000
  • Percentage of outliers high
    0.02273
  • Mean of outliers high
    1.12760
  • Risk estimates for a one-period unit investment (based on Ex
  • Extreme Value Index (moments method)
    0.32474
  • VaR(95%) (moments method)
    0.01226
  • Expected Shortfall (moments method)
    0.02350
  • Extreme Value Index (regression method)
    -0.29887
  • VaR(95%) (regression method)
    0.01390
  • Expected Shortfall (regression method)
    0.01797
  • DRAW DOWN STATISTICS
  • Quartiles of draw downs
  • Number of observations
    11.00000
  • Minimum
    0.00284
  • Quartile 1
    0.00968
  • Median
    0.01106
  • Quartile 3
    0.01358
  • Maximum
    0.06345
  • Mean of quarter 1
    0.00502
  • Mean of quarter 2
    0.01072
  • Mean of quarter 3
    0.01155
  • Mean of quarter 4
    0.04707
  • Inter Quartile Range
    0.00390
  • Number outliers low
    2.00000
  • Percentage of outliers low
    0.18182
  • Mean of outliers low
    0.00301
  • Number of outliers high
    2.00000
  • Percentage of outliers high
    0.18182
  • Mean of outliers high
    0.06292
  • Risk estimates based on draw downs (based on Extreme Value T
  • Extreme Value Index (moments method)
    -14206.30000
  • VaR(95%) (moments method)
    0.03701
  • Expected Shortfall (moments method)
    0.00000
  • Extreme Value Index (regression method)
    -6.48152
  • VaR(95%) (regression method)
    0.21633
  • Expected Shortfall (regression method)
    0.21633
  • COMBINED STATISTICS
  • Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)
    0.30655
  • Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)
    0.22808
  • Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)
    3.59472
  • Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs
    4.84587
  • Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal
    4.16210
  • 0.00000
  • 0.00000
  • Analysis based on DAILY values, full history
  • RATIO STATISTICS
  • Ratio statistics of excess return rates
  • Statistics related to Sharpe ratio
  • Mean
    0.18203
  • SD
    0.11921
  • Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)
    1.52698
  • Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)
    1.52580
  • df
    969.00000
  • t
    2.93811
  • p
    0.00169
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    0.50573
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    2.54747
  • Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    0.50491
  • Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    2.54668
  • Statistics related to Sortino ratio
  • Sortino ratio
    2.53170
  • Upside Potential Ratio
    9.30708
  • Upside part of mean
    0.66917
  • Downside part of mean
    -0.48714
  • Upside SD
    0.09567
  • Downside SD
    0.07190
  • N nonnegative terms
    503.00000
  • N negative terms
    467.00000
  • Statistics related to linear regression on benchmark
  • N of observations
    970.00000
  • Mean of predictor
    0.09189
  • Mean of criterion
    0.18203
  • SD of predictor
    0.16600
  • SD of criterion
    0.11921
  • Covariance
    -0.00109
  • r
    -0.05527
  • b (slope, estimate of beta)
    -0.03969
  • a (intercept, estimate of alpha)
    0.18600
  • Mean Square Error
    0.01418
  • DF error
    968.00000
  • t(b)
    -1.72235
  • p(b)
    0.95734
  • t(a)
    2.99827
  • p(a)
    0.00139
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    -0.08492
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    0.00553
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    0.06415
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    0.30720
  • Treynor index (mean / b)
    -4.58596
  • Jensen alpha (a)
    0.18567
  • Ratio statistics of excess log return rates
  • Statistics related to Sharpe ratio
  • Mean
    0.17489
  • SD
    0.11870
  • Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)
    1.47342
  • Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)
    1.47228
  • df
    969.00000
  • t
    2.83507
  • p
    0.00234
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    0.45233
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    2.49380
  • Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    0.45156
  • Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    2.49301
  • Statistics related to Sortino ratio
  • Sortino ratio
    2.41110
  • Upside Potential Ratio
    9.16234
  • Upside part of mean
    0.66460
  • Downside part of mean
    -0.48971
  • Upside SD
    0.09450
  • Downside SD
    0.07254
  • N nonnegative terms
    503.00000
  • N negative terms
    467.00000
  • Statistics related to linear regression on benchmark
  • N of observations
    970.00000
  • Mean of predictor
    0.07809
  • Mean of criterion
    0.17489
  • SD of predictor
    0.16613
  • SD of criterion
    0.11870
  • Covariance
    -0.00109
  • r
    -0.05504
  • b (slope, estimate of beta)
    -0.03932
  • a (intercept, estimate of alpha)
    0.17796
  • Mean Square Error
    0.01406
  • DF error
    968.00000
  • t(b)
    -1.71501
  • p(b)
    0.95667
  • t(a)
    2.88652
  • p(a)
    0.00199
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    -0.08432
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    0.00567
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    0.05697
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    0.29895
  • Treynor index (mean / b)
    -4.44743
  • Jensen alpha (a)
    0.17796
  • Risk estimates for a one-period unit investment (parametric)
  • assuming log normal returns and losses (using central moments from Sharpe statistics)
  • VaR(95%)
    0.01133
  • Expected Shortfall on VaR
    0.01435
  • assuming Pareto losses only (using partial moments from Sortino statistics)
  • VaR(95%)
    0.00412
  • Expected Shortfall on VaR
    0.00866
  • ORDER STATISTICS
  • Quartiles of return rates
  • Number of observations
    970.00000
  • Minimum
    0.96011
  • Quartile 1
    0.99833
  • Median
    1.00026
  • Quartile 3
    1.00285
  • Maximum
    1.05736
  • Mean of quarter 1
    0.99342
  • Mean of quarter 2
    0.99938
  • Mean of quarter 3
    1.00139
  • Mean of quarter 4
    1.00902
  • Inter Quartile Range
    0.00452
  • Number outliers low
    62.00000
  • Percentage of outliers low
    0.06392
  • Mean of outliers low
    0.98565
  • Number of outliers high
    74.00000
  • Percentage of outliers high
    0.07629
  • Mean of outliers high
    1.01738
  • Risk estimates for a one-period unit investment (based on Ex
  • Extreme Value Index (moments method)
    0.47694
  • VaR(95%) (moments method)
    0.00606
  • Expected Shortfall (moments method)
    0.01354
  • Extreme Value Index (regression method)
    0.14040
  • VaR(95%) (regression method)
    0.00595
  • Expected Shortfall (regression method)
    0.00941
  • DRAW DOWN STATISTICS
  • Quartiles of draw downs
  • Number of observations
    87.00000
  • Minimum
    0.00011
  • Quartile 1
    0.00206
  • Median
    0.00497
  • Quartile 3
    0.01088
  • Maximum
    0.11403
  • Mean of quarter 1
    0.00089
  • Mean of quarter 2
    0.00326
  • Mean of quarter 3
    0.00711
  • Mean of quarter 4
    0.03795
  • Inter Quartile Range
    0.00882
  • Number outliers low
    0.00000
  • Percentage of outliers low
    0.00000
  • Mean of outliers low
    0.00000
  • Number of outliers high
    11.00000
  • Percentage of outliers high
    0.12644
  • Mean of outliers high
    0.06020
  • Risk estimates based on draw downs (based on Extreme Value T
  • Extreme Value Index (moments method)
    0.53643
  • VaR(95%) (moments method)
    0.03994
  • Expected Shortfall (moments method)
    0.09650
  • Extreme Value Index (regression method)
    0.65532
  • VaR(95%) (regression method)
    0.03223
  • Expected Shortfall (regression method)
    0.09105
  • COMBINED STATISTICS
  • Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)
    0.30217
  • Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)
    0.22482
  • Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)
    1.97159
  • Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs
    5.92407
  • Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal
    15.66620
  • 0.00000
  • 0.00000
  • Analysis based on DAILY values, last 6 months only
  • RATIO STATISTICS
  • Ratio statistics of excess return rates
  • Statistics related to Sharpe ratio
  • Mean
    0.13762
  • SD
    0.09942
  • Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)
    1.38421
  • Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)
    1.37621
  • df
    130.00000
  • t
    0.97878
  • p
    0.45724
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    -1.39524
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    4.15846
  • Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    -1.40064
  • Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    4.15306
  • Statistics related to Sortino ratio
  • Sortino ratio
    1.97448
  • Upside Potential Ratio
    8.64691
  • Upside part of mean
    0.60268
  • Downside part of mean
    -0.46506
  • Upside SD
    0.07088
  • Downside SD
    0.06970
  • N nonnegative terms
    78.00000
  • N negative terms
    53.00000
  • Statistics related to linear regression on benchmark
  • N of observations
    131.00000
  • Mean of predictor
    0.15289
  • Mean of criterion
    0.13762
  • SD of predictor
    0.14148
  • SD of criterion
    0.09942
  • Covariance
    0.00089
  • r
    0.06315
  • b (slope, estimate of beta)
    0.04437
  • a (intercept, estimate of alpha)
    0.13084
  • Mean Square Error
    0.00992
  • DF error
    129.00000
  • t(b)
    0.71862
  • p(b)
    0.45983
  • t(a)
    0.92672
  • p(a)
    0.44828
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    -0.07779
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    0.16654
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    -0.14849
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    0.41016
  • Treynor index (mean / b)
    3.10144
  • Jensen alpha (a)
    0.13084
  • Ratio statistics of excess log return rates
  • Statistics related to Sharpe ratio
  • Mean
    0.13266
  • SD
    0.09952
  • Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)
    1.33297
  • Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)
    1.32527
  • df
    130.00000
  • t
    0.94256
  • p
    0.45881
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    -1.44610
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    4.10697
  • Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    -1.45121
  • Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    4.10175
  • Statistics related to Sortino ratio
  • Sortino ratio
    1.88865
  • Upside Potential Ratio
    8.54387
  • Upside part of mean
    0.60013
  • Downside part of mean
    -0.46747
  • Upside SD
    0.07044
  • Downside SD
    0.07024
  • N nonnegative terms
    78.00000
  • N negative terms
    53.00000
  • Statistics related to linear regression on benchmark
  • N of observations
    131.00000
  • Mean of predictor
    0.14287
  • Mean of criterion
    0.13266
  • SD of predictor
    0.14183
  • SD of criterion
    0.09952
  • Covariance
    0.00090
  • r
    0.06411
  • b (slope, estimate of beta)
    0.04498
  • a (intercept, estimate of alpha)
    0.12623
  • Mean Square Error
    0.00994
  • DF error
    129.00000
  • t(b)
    0.72961
  • p(b)
    0.45922
  • t(a)
    0.89354
  • p(a)
    0.45012
  • VAR (95 Confidence Intrvl)
    0.01100
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    -0.07700
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    0.16696
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    -0.15328
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    0.40575
  • Treynor index (mean / b)
    2.94918
  • Jensen alpha (a)
    0.12623
  • Risk estimates for a one-period unit investment (parametric)
  • assuming log normal returns and losses (using central moments from Sharpe statistics)
  • VaR(95%)
    0.00956
  • Expected Shortfall on VaR
    0.01210
  • assuming Pareto losses only (using partial moments from Sortino statistics)
  • VaR(95%)
    0.00349
  • Expected Shortfall on VaR
    0.00756
  • ORDER STATISTICS
  • Quartiles of return rates
  • Number of observations
    131.00000
  • Minimum
    0.97578
  • Quartile 1
    0.99850
  • Median
    1.00069
  • Quartile 3
    1.00333
  • Maximum
    1.02078
  • Mean of quarter 1
    0.99362
  • Mean of quarter 2
    0.99967
  • Mean of quarter 3
    1.00174
  • Mean of quarter 4
    1.00753
  • Inter Quartile Range
    0.00483
  • Number outliers low
    7.00000
  • Percentage of outliers low
    0.05344
  • Mean of outliers low
    0.98419
  • Number of outliers high
    6.00000
  • Percentage of outliers high
    0.04580
  • Mean of outliers high
    1.01532
  • Risk estimates for a one-period unit investment (based on Ex
  • Extreme Value Index (moments method)
    0.53042
  • VaR(95%) (moments method)
    0.00605
  • Expected Shortfall (moments method)
    0.01482
  • Extreme Value Index (regression method)
    0.37012
  • VaR(95%) (regression method)
    0.00706
  • Expected Shortfall (regression method)
    0.01417
  • DRAW DOWN STATISTICS
  • Quartiles of draw downs
  • Number of observations
    12.00000
  • Minimum
    0.00023
  • Quartile 1
    0.00450
  • Median
    0.00703
  • Quartile 3
    0.01627
  • Maximum
    0.05503
  • Mean of quarter 1
    0.00153
  • Mean of quarter 2
    0.00583
  • Mean of quarter 3
    0.01276
  • Mean of quarter 4
    0.04153
  • Inter Quartile Range
    0.01177
  • Number outliers low
    0.00000
  • Percentage of outliers low
    0.00000
  • Mean of outliers low
    0.00000
  • Number of outliers high
    2.00000
  • Percentage of outliers high
    0.16667
  • Mean of outliers high
    0.05323
  • Risk estimates based on draw downs (based on Extreme Value T
  • Extreme Value Index (moments method)
    -502.38000
  • VaR(95%) (moments method)
    0.03769
  • Expected Shortfall (moments method)
    0.00000
  • Extreme Value Index (regression method)
    -4.20616
  • VaR(95%) (regression method)
    0.10512
  • Last 4 Months - Pcnt Negative
    0.50%
  • Expected Shortfall (regression method)
    0.10523
  • Strat Max DD how much worse than SP500 max DD during strat life?
    -355018000
  • Max Equity Drawdown (num days)
    37
  • COMBINED STATISTICS
  • Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)
    0.16719
  • Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)
    0.17418
  • Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)
    3.16490
  • Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs
    4.19372
  • Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal
    14.39500

Strategy Description

Basket of (up to 50) L/S positions in tradable currencies. The system trades the volatility around a trend, using a profit-harvesting algorithm. Risk is controlled through position sizing. Stop-losses are rarely used.

The system harvests profits from "normal currency volatility" and reversion to the mean. Trades are entered and exited on an overbought/oversold signal. Importantly, once a Long or Short signal on a currency is triggered, a set of further trades and exits on that position are set as open orders.

Backtest show an average Annual Return/ Average Drawdown ratio of approximately 6.0, with an average annual max Drawdown of <10%.

However, the multi-year (7) Max Drawdown could be up to 15% with this strategy. One should expect a drawdown of approximately 8% +/- to occur about every 3 months.

If you should choose to follow the strategy at C2, I recommend that you "join trades in progress".

(May 2022: C2 and Oanda have stopped working together, so I am no longer using C2 to manage my trades at Oanda - rather running my program directly with Oanda. I will continue to publish trades and orders on C2, but will no longer "trade my own system" at C2.)

CAVEAT EMPTOR

Contact me if you have any questions. lesgray@morganllc.com. 617-592-8379
Control notes: trade units = 0.2*$k.

Summary Statistics

Strategy began
2021-04-01
Suggested Minimum Capital
$100,000
Rank at C2 %
Top 6.7%
Rank # 
#49
# Trades
201
# Profitable
165
% Profitable
82.1%
Correlation S&P500
-0.077
Sharpe Ratio
1.27
Sortino Ratio
2.10
Beta
-0.06
Alpha
0.05
Leverage
2.10 Average
8.85 Maximum
Summary
Higher leverage = greater risk.

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Example of calculation:
The Strategy buys 100 shares of stock at $12 per share.
The Model Account equity during that day is $5,000.
The leverage is: $1200 / $5,000 = 0.24

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