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Futures Growth Fund

Futures · Started Jul 2012

hypothetical · Annual Return (Compounded)
3.0%
Max Drawdown
11.2%
Trades
314
Win Trades
38.2%
Profit Factor
1.30
Win Months
10.6%

About this strategy

Welcome to Futures Growth Fund. This is an intermediate term system where trades are normally held from a few hours to a few days. Entry orders will be given in the evenings EST. Each trade will have a target and stop given with it. No stop will be larger than 3.5% of account equity and most will be less than 2%. All trades at all times will have a stop order attached to help limit risk.

This system trades 1 contract / trade per $50k in equity so if one wanted to trade a 50k account they could do 1/3 size (34% on auto trade setting) and be able to follow along.

FGF originally started on C2 with 100k trading 2 contracts a trade and in September of 2013 switched to 3 contracts a trade because of account growth. The results since Sept of 2012 are based on live trading results of subscribers to the system. In April of 2013 this strategy was selected from over 3000 quantitative strategies for the BattleFin 4.0 Professional tournament where strategies competed for the best risk adjusted returns based on the Sharpe ratio. FGF placed second while generating the highest returns over the tournament period.

Answers to common questions I've received:

Do you trade this yourself? Yes, I trade this and several other systems in my ThinkorSwim account.

Is this a mechanical or discretionary system?

80% mechanical / 20% discretionary. Each evening the system will generate from 0 to several trades. From these, trades are selected based on correlation, use of margin and several other technical factors. Once in a trade, it is 100% mechanical.

What commodities does the system trade? Aus$, Can$, Euro, Swiss Franc, Oil, Gas, Gold, Silver, Cotton, Sugar, Coffee, Soybeans, Cattle

Hypothetical Monthly Returns (includes fees/commissions)

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYTD
20124.98.30.88.22.44.032.0
2013-3.64.15.15.95.1-1.31.73.0-2.0-3.05.60.422.3
20140.6-3.41.7-1.5-2.21.20.7-2.7-0.0-0.0-0.90.0-6.3
2015-0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0-0.0
20160.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
20170.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
20180.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
20190.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
20200.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
20210.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
20220.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
20230.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
20240.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
20250.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
20260.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0

Statistics

Overview

Strategy began7/23/2012
Suggested Minimum Capital$100,000
Age172 months
What it tradesFutures
# Trades314
# Profitable120
% Profitable38.2%
Avg trade duration1.4 days
Max peak-to-valley drawdown11.2%
drawdown periodOct 29, 2012 - Nov 13, 2012
Annual Return (Compounded)3.0%
Avg win$2,322
Avg loss$1,117

Ratios

W:L ratio1.29
Sharpe Ratio0.17
Sortino Ratio0.30
Calmar Ratio1.10

CORRELATION STATISTICS

Correlation to SP5000.02
Return Percent SP500 (cumu) during strategy life461.7%
Return of Strat Pcnt - Return of SP500 Pcnt (cumu)-420.3%

Return Statistics

Ann Return (w trading costs)3.0%
Return Pcnt (Compound or Annual, age-based, NFA compliant)0.0%
Return Pcnt Since TOS Status0.0%
Ann Return (Compnd, No Fees)3.5%

Slump

Current Slump as Pcnt Equity12.2%
Current Slump, time of slump as pcnt of strategy life0.9%

Instruments

Percent Trades Forex0.0%
Percent Trades Futures1.0%
Percent Trades Options0.0%
Percent Trades Stocks0.0%

Risk of Ruin (Monte-Carlo)

Chance of 10% account loss100.0%
Chance of 20% account loss0.0%
Chance of 30% account loss0.0%
Chance of 40% account loss0.0%
Chance of 50% account loss0.0%
Chance of 60% account loss (Monte Carlo)0.0%
Chance of 70% account loss (Monte Carlo)0.0%
Chance of 80% account loss (Monte Carlo)0.0%
Chance of 90% account loss (Monte Carlo)0.0%
Chance of 100% account loss (Monte Carlo)0.0%

Automation

Percentage Signals Automated0.0%

Popularity

Popularity (Today)0
Popularity (Last 6 weeks)0
Popularity (7 days, Percentile 1000 scale)0

Trading Style

Any stock shorts? 0/10

Trades-Own-System Certification

Trades Own System?0
TOS percent0.0%

Win / Loss

Avg Loss$1,117
Avg Win$2,322
# Winners120
Sum Trade PL (losers)$216,638
Sum Trade PL (winners)$278,678
Num Months Winners19
# Losers194
% Winners38.2%

Dividends

Dividends Received in Model Acct0

Age

Num Months filled monthly returns table171

Frequency

Avg Position Time (mins)2043.58
Avg Position Time (hrs)34.06
Avg Trade Length1.40
Last Trade Ago4296

Regression

Alpha0
Beta0.01
Treynor Index0.51

Maximum Adverse Excursion (MAE)

MAE:Equity, average, all trades0.01
MAE:Equity, 95th Percentile Value for this strat0
MAE:Equity, average, losing trades0.01
MAE:Equity, losing trades only, 95th Percentile Value for this strat
MAE:Equity, average, winning trades0
MAE:Equity, win trades only, 95th Percentile Value for this strat
Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - All trades7.42
MAE:PL (avg, all trades)-1.67
MAE:PL (avg, losing trades)
MAE:PL - Losing Trades - this strat Percentile of All Strats52.89
MAE:PL - Winning Trades - this strat Percentile of All Strats15.91
MAE:PL (avg, winning trades)
MAE:PL - worst single value for strategy
Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - Winning trades0.25
Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - Losing trades-1.05
Hold-and-Hope Ratio0.14

RATIO STATISTICS

Mean0.07
SD0.10
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)0.74
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)0.73
df61
t1.67
p0.05
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.14
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio1.60
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.15
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation1.60
Sortino ratio2.07
Upside Potential Ratio3.64
Upside part of mean0.12
Downside part of mean-0.05
Upside SD0.09
Downside SD0.03
N nonnegative terms14
N negative terms48
N of observations62
Mean of predictor0.31
Mean of criterion0.07
SD of predictor0.24
SD of criterion0.10
Covariance-0.00
r-0.00
b (slope, estimate of beta)-0.00
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.07
Mean Square Error0.01
DF error60
t(b)-0.02
p(b)0.51
t(a)1.56
p(a)0.06
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta-0.10
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.10
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.02
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.16
Treynor index (mean / b)-60.09
Jensen alpha (a)0.07
Mean0.07
SD0.09
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)0.71
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)0.70
df61
t1.61
p0.06
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.16
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio1.58
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.17
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation1.57
Sortino ratio1.89
Upside Potential Ratio3.45
Upside part of mean0.12
Downside part of mean-0.05
Upside SD0.09
Downside SD0.03
N nonnegative terms14
N negative terms48
N of observations62
Mean of predictor0.28
Mean of criterion0.07
SD of predictor0.22
SD of criterion0.09
Covariance0.00
r0.00
b (slope, estimate of beta)0.00
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.06
Mean Square Error0.01
DF error60
t(b)0.04
p(b)0.49
t(a)1.49
p(a)0.07
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta-0.11
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.11
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.02
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.15
Treynor index (mean / b)33.64
Jensen alpha (a)0.06
VaR(95%)0.04
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.05
VaR(95%)0.01
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.03
Mean0.07
SD0.09
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)0.75
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)0.75
df1372
t1.72
p0.48
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.10
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio1.61
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.10
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation1.61
Sortino ratio1.35
Upside Potential Ratio6.49
Upside part of mean0.33
Downside part of mean-0.26
Upside SD0.08
Downside SD0.05
N nonnegative terms202
N negative terms1171
N of observations1373
Mean of predictor0.34
Mean of criterion0.07
SD of predictor0.28
SD of criterion0.09
Covariance0.00
r0.02
b (slope, estimate of beta)0.01
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.07
Mean Square Error0.01
DF error1371
t(b)0.77
p(b)0.49
t(a)1.66
p(a)0.47
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta-0.01
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.02
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.01
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.14
Treynor index (mean / b)10.11
Jensen alpha (a)0.07
Mean0.06
SD0.09
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)0.71
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)0.71
df1372
t1.63
p0.48
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.14
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio1.57
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.14
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation1.57
Sortino ratio1.27
Upside Potential Ratio6.39
Upside part of mean0.32
Downside part of mean-0.26
Upside SD0.07
Downside SD0.05
N nonnegative terms202
N negative terms1171
N of observations1373
Mean of predictor0.30
Mean of criterion0.06
SD of predictor0.27
SD of criterion0.09
Covariance0.00
r0.02
b (slope, estimate of beta)0.01
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.06
Mean Square Error0.01
DF error1371
t(b)0.80
p(b)0.49
t(a)1.57
p(a)0.47
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta-0.01
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.02
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.02
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.14
Treynor index (mean / b)8.87
Jensen alpha (a)0.06
VaR(95%)0.01
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.01
VaR(95%)0.00
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.01
Mean-0.03
SD0
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)0
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)0
df0
t0
p0
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio0
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio0
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation0
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation0
Sortino ratio-16.19
Upside Potential Ratio0
Upside part of mean0
Downside part of mean-0.03
Upside SD0
Downside SD0.00
N nonnegative terms0
N negative terms131
N of observations131
Mean of predictor1.24
Mean of criterion-0.03
SD of predictor0.49
SD of criterion0
Covariance0
r0
b (slope, estimate of beta)0
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0
Mean Square Error0
DF error0
t(b)0
p(b)0
t(a)0
p(a)0
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0
Treynor index (mean / b)0
Jensen alpha (a)0
Mean-0.03
SD0
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)-9.74841826823373e+15
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)-9.69206937105203e+15
df130
t-6893172865105920
p1
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio0
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio0
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-1.08701574255084e+16
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-8513981316595712
Sortino ratio-16.19
Upside Potential Ratio0
Upside part of mean0
Downside part of mean-0.03
Upside SD0
Downside SD0.00
N nonnegative terms0
N negative terms131
N of observations131
Mean of predictor1.12
Mean of criterion-0.03
SD of predictor0.49
SD of criterion0
Covariance0
r0
b (slope, estimate of beta)0
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)-0.03
Mean Square Error0
DF error129
t(b)0
p(b)0.50
t(a)-6798416222879744
p(a)1
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0
VAR (95 Confidence Intrvl)0.01
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.03
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.03
Treynor index (mean / b)5.06075255690502e+31
Jensen alpha (a)-0.03
VaR(95%)0.00
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.00
VaR(95%)0
Expected Shortfall on VaR0

ORDER STATISTICS

Number of observations62
Minimum0.94
Quartile 11
Median1
Quartile 31.00
Maximum1.12
Mean of quarter 10.99
Mean of quarter 21
Mean of quarter 31.00
Mean of quarter 41.04
Inter Quartile Range0.00
Number outliers low11
Percentage of outliers low0.18
Mean of outliers low0.99
Number of outliers high14
Percentage of outliers high0.23
Mean of outliers high1.05
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0
VaR(95%) (moments method)0
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0
Extreme Value Index (regression method)0.07
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.01
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.02
Number of observations1373
Minimum0.98
Quartile 11
Median1
Quartile 31
Maximum1.06
Mean of quarter 11.00
Mean of quarter 21
Mean of quarter 31
Mean of quarter 41.01
Inter Quartile Range0
Number outliers low196
Percentage of outliers low0.14
Mean of outliers low0.99
Number of outliers high205
Percentage of outliers high0.15
Mean of outliers high1.01
Extreme Value Index (moments method)-0.52
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.00
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.00
Extreme Value Index (regression method)-0.40
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.01
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.01
Number of observations131
Minimum1
Quartile 11
Median1
Quartile 31
Maximum1
Mean of quarter 11
Mean of quarter 21
Mean of quarter 31
Mean of quarter 41
Inter Quartile Range0
Number outliers low0
Percentage of outliers low0
Mean of outliers low0
Number of outliers high0
Percentage of outliers high0
Mean of outliers high0
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0
VaR(95%) (moments method)0
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0
Extreme Value Index (regression method)0
VaR(95%) (regression method)0
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0

DRAW DOWN STATISTICS

Number of observations4
Minimum0.00
Quartile 10.02
Median0.04
Quartile 30.06
Maximum0.07
Mean of quarter 10.00
Mean of quarter 20.03
Mean of quarter 30.06
Mean of quarter 40.07
Inter Quartile Range0.04
Number outliers low0
Percentage of outliers low0
Mean of outliers low0
Number of outliers high0
Percentage of outliers high0
Mean of outliers high0
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0
VaR(95%) (moments method)0
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0
Extreme Value Index (regression method)0
VaR(95%) (regression method)0
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0
Number of observations25
Minimum0.00
Quartile 10.01
Median0.02
Quartile 30.05
Maximum0.09
Mean of quarter 10.00
Mean of quarter 20.02
Mean of quarter 30.03
Mean of quarter 40.08
Inter Quartile Range0.04
Number outliers low0
Percentage of outliers low0
Mean of outliers low0
Number of outliers high0
Percentage of outliers high0
Mean of outliers high0
Extreme Value Index (moments method)-2.66
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.08
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.08
Extreme Value Index (regression method)-3.04
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.10
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.10
Number of observations0
Minimum0
Quartile 10
Median0
Quartile 30
Maximum0
Mean of quarter 10
Mean of quarter 20
Mean of quarter 30
Mean of quarter 40
Inter Quartile Range0
Number outliers low0
Percentage of outliers low0
Mean of outliers low0
Number of outliers high0
Percentage of outliers high0
Mean of outliers high0
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0
VaR(95%) (moments method)0
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0
Extreme Value Index (regression method)0
VaR(95%) (regression method)0
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0
Strat Max DD how much worse than SP500 max DD during strat life?-392955488
Max Equity Drawdown (num days)15
Last 4 Months - Pcnt Negative0.0%

COMBINED STATISTICS

Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)0.12
Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)0.10
Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)1.36
Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs1.36
Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal2.03
j156mfCOMBRisPar0
j157mfCOMBRisPar0
Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)0.12
Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)0.10
Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)1.10
Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs1.25
Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal8.64
j313dfCOMBRisPar0
j314dfCOMBRisPar0
Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)0
Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)0
Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)0
Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs0
Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal0

Trading record

Placed 589 trades in real-life brokerage accounts.

SymbolSideQtyOpenedClosedP/L
QCL F5short2Dec 4, 2014Dec 4, 2014$94
QCL F5long2Nov 18, 2014Nov 18, 2014($1,356)
QCL V4long3Aug 26, 2014Aug 26, 2014($2,025)
QCL V4long3Aug 21, 2014Aug 22, 2014($35)
S X4long3Aug 6, 2014Aug 12, 2014($2,021)
QCL U4short3Jul 24, 2014Jul 25, 2014$1,610
S X4long3Jul 15, 2014Jul 20, 2014($1,920)
SB V4short3Jul 7, 2014Jul 16, 2014$1,555
SB N4long3Jun 23, 2014Jun 23, 2014($595)
QCL N4long3Jun 12, 2014Jun 12, 2014$2,604
QCL N4long3Jun 4, 2014Jun 4, 2014($81)
QCL N4long3May 23, 2014May 27, 2014($1,980)
EU M4long3May 23, 2014May 27, 2014($50)
QCL N4long3May 18, 2014May 20, 2014($33)
BP M4long3May 13, 2014May 14, 2014($686)
QCL M4long3May 13, 2014May 13, 2014($30)
QCL M4long3May 7, 2014May 7, 2014($105)
BP M4short3May 6, 2014May 6, 2014($408)
BP M4short3Apr 30, 2014Apr 30, 2014($699)
QCL M4short3Apr 22, 2014Apr 22, 2014$2,637
S K4long3Apr 4, 2014Apr 4, 2014($1,997)
QGC M4long3Apr 4, 2014Apr 4, 2014($2,178)
AD M4long6Mar 17, 2014Mar 18, 2014$3,392
QCL J4long3Mar 14, 2014Mar 14, 2014($153)
EU M4long3Mar 11, 2014Mar 12, 2014$2,114
QGC J4long3Mar 11, 2014Mar 11, 2014($1,287)
QGC J4short3Mar 6, 2014Mar 6, 2014($1,230)
QCL J4long3Feb 21, 2014Feb 25, 2014($1,710)
SB H4short3Feb 14, 2014Feb 18, 2014($577)
QGC J4long3Feb 7, 2014Feb 7, 2014($1,374)

Past results are not necessarily indicative of future results.

These results are based on simulated or hypothetical performance results that have certain inherent limitations. Unlike the results shown in an actual performance record, these results do not represent actual trading. Also, because these trades have not actually been executed, these results may have under-or over-compensated for the impact, if any, of certain market factors, such as lack of liquidity. Simulated or hypothetical trading programs in general are also subject to the fact that they are designed with the benefit of hindsight. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to these being shown.