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FX Alpha Signal

Forex · Started Feb 2018

hypothetical · Annual Return (Compounded)
-0.5%
Max Drawdown
75.2%
Trades
213
Win Trades
66.7%
Profit Factor
1
Win Months
43.8%

About this strategy

Welcome to FX ALPHA SIGNAL – The Best Way to Diversify Out of Stocks and into Currencies

Here are some Key Points to Consider:

- Subscribing to FX ALPHA SIGNAL is an excellent way to remain fully invested while quickly reducing your exposure to stocks, stock-related investments, and the overall movement of the stock market in general.

- FX ALPHA SIGNAL earns Above-Average Returns that are independent of the stock market.

- FX ALPHA SIGNAL has a negative Stock Market Correlation of (-0.08), a respectable Alpha of 5%, a Compounded Annual Return of over 15%, and a documented System Age of over > 1,500 days on the Collective2 platform.

- FX ALPHA SIGNAL is a Forex Specific System. It doesn’t trade futures, options, stocks, or anything else – just Forex.

- The FX ALPHA SIGNAL system employs a macro-based, sentiment-driven, two-to-four-week, position-building Swing Strategy that uses correlated hedging tactics (my specialty) to construct, hedge, size, and balance currency positions made up of the EURUSD, USDCHF, and EURCHF currency pairs.

I began development of this system shortly after graduate school (early 2000's) and have successfully used this system to trade through wars, market crashes, the 2008 global financial crisis, elections, central bank mishaps and manipulations, and a variety of economic anomalies and other “Black Swan” events. This is a solid system that has not only stood the test of time, but has also performed extremely well during stock market corrections, downturns, and bear markets. Simply put, FX ALPHA SIGNAL should be your go-to-system for diversifying out of stocks and into currencies. Subscribe Today!

Hypothetical Monthly Returns (includes fees/commissions)

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYTD
20182.73.1-0.26.80.8-3.9-0.53.3-1.09.94.828.1
2019-2.53.12.5-1.08.4-4.62.31.72.1-0.3-4.26.814.3
20203.7-1.3-3.11.8-1.28.1-0.52.1-7.61.8-2.54.85.3
20211.8-6.4-5.29.9-1.9-17.011.7-4.18.55.45.32.46.8
2022-3.72.33.510.9-3.014.16.62.118.00.1-1.3-0.258.5
2023-1.60.0-4.07.7-6.0-3.9-7.6-2.912.45.8-19.0-12.4-30.4
202420.4-3.8-0.710.9-12.19.0-7.0-12.4-5.829.814.69.452.4
20251.9-4.5-16.9-39.9-1.3-11.2-36.127.10.00.00.00.0-65.5
20260.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0

Statistics

Overview

Strategy began2/16/2018
Suggested Minimum Capital$250,000
Age105 months
What it tradesForex
# Trades213
# Profitable142
% Profitable66.7%
Avg trade duration26.6 days
Max peak-to-valley drawdown75.2%
drawdown periodJan 10, 2025 - July 25, 2025
Annual Return (Compounded)-0.5%
Avg win$9,752
Avg loss$19,585

Ratios

W:L ratio1
Sharpe Ratio0.08
Sortino Ratio0.11
Calmar Ratio-0.01

CORRELATION STATISTICS

Correlation to SP500-0.08
Return Percent SP500 (cumu) during strategy life184.2%
Return of Strat Pcnt - Return of SP500 Pcnt (cumu)-185.1%

Return Statistics

Ann Return (w trading costs)-0.5%
Return Pcnt (Compound or Annual, age-based, NFA compliant)-0.0%
Return Pcnt Since TOS Status0.0%
Ann Return (Compnd, No Fees)-0.3%

Slump

Current Slump as Pcnt Equity217.1%
Current Slump, time of slump as pcnt of strategy life0.2%

Instruments

Percent Trades Forex1.0%
Percent Trades Futures0.0%
Percent Trades Options0.0%
Short Options - Percent Covered100.0%
Percent Trades Stocks0.0%

Risk of Ruin (Monte-Carlo)

Chance of 10% account loss61.5%
Chance of 20% account loss23.5%
Chance of 30% account loss9.0%
Chance of 40% account loss1.0%
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%

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$19,585
Avg Win$9,752
# Winners142
Sum Trade PL (losers)$1,390,540
Sum Trade PL (winners)$1,384,743
Num Months Winners47
# Losers71
% Winners66.7%

Dividends

Dividends Received in Model Acct0

Age

Num Months filled monthly returns table105

Frequency

Avg Position Time (mins)38287.68
Avg Position Time (hrs)638.13
Avg Trade Length26.60
Last Trade Ago406

Leverage

Daily leverage (average)9.48
Daily leverage (max)36.96

Regression

Alpha0.01
Beta-0.13
Treynor Index-0.06

Maximum Adverse Excursion (MAE)

MAE:Equity, average, all trades0.03
MAE:Equity, 95th Percentile Value for this strat0
MAE:Equity, average, losing trades0.05
MAE:Equity, losing trades only, 95th Percentile Value for this strat—
MAE:Equity, average, winning trades0.01
MAE:Equity, win trades only, 95th Percentile Value for this strat—
Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - All trades-100.25
MAE:PL (avg, all trades)-0.50
MAE:PL (avg, losing trades)—
MAE:PL - Losing Trades - this strat Percentile of All Strats65.48
MAE:PL - Winning Trades - this strat Percentile of All Strats24.13
MAE:PL (avg, winning trades)—
MAE:PL - worst single value for strategy—
Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - Winning trades0.51
Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - Losing trades-1.30
Hold-and-Hope Ratio-0.01

RATIO STATISTICS

Mean0.03
SD0.31
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)0.11
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)0.11
df67
t0.26
p0.40
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.71
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio0.93
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.72
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation0.93
Sortino ratio0.13
Upside Potential Ratio1.22
Upside part of mean0.33
Downside part of mean-0.29
Upside SD0.15
Downside SD0.27
N nonnegative terms41
N negative terms27
N of observations68
Mean of predictor0.15
Mean of criterion0.03
SD of predictor0.20
SD of criterion0.31
Covariance-0.01
r-0.20
b (slope, estimate of beta)-0.31
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.08
Mean Square Error0.09
DF error66
t(b)-1.67
p(b)0.95
t(a)0.61
p(a)0.27
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta-0.68
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.06
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.18
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.34
Treynor index (mean / b)-0.11
Jensen alpha (a)0.08
Mean-0.03
SD0.40
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)-0.08
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)-0.08
df67
t-0.19
p0.58
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.90
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio0.74
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.90
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation0.74
Sortino ratio-0.09
Upside Potential Ratio0.85
Upside part of mean0.31
Downside part of mean-0.35
Upside SD0.15
Downside SD0.37
N nonnegative terms41
N negative terms27
N of observations68
Mean of predictor0.13
Mean of criterion-0.03
SD of predictor0.20
SD of criterion0.40
Covariance-0.02
r-0.20
b (slope, estimate of beta)-0.39
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.02
Mean Square Error0.16
DF error66
t(b)-1.62
p(b)0.95
t(a)0.11
p(a)0.46
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta-0.88
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.09
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.32
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.36
Treynor index (mean / b)0.08
Jensen alpha (a)0.02
VaR(95%)0.18
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.21
VaR(95%)0.05
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.11
Mean0.05
SD0.40
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)0.13
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)0.13
df1505
t0.32
p0.49
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.69
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio0.95
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.69
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation0.95
Sortino ratio0.17
Upside Potential Ratio4.39
Upside part of mean1.35
Downside part of mean-1.29
Upside SD0.26
Downside SD0.31
N nonnegative terms782
N negative terms724
N of observations1506
Mean of predictor0.18
Mean of criterion0.05
SD of predictor0.23
SD of criterion0.40
Covariance-0.01
r-0.12
b (slope, estimate of beta)-0.21
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.09
Mean Square Error0.16
DF error1504
t(b)-4.67
p(b)0.56
t(a)0.54
p(a)0.49
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta-0.29
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta-0.12
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.24
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.42
Treynor index (mean / b)-0.26
Jensen alpha (a)0.09
Mean-0.03
SD0.42
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)-0.08
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)-0.08
df1505
t-0.18
p0.50
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.89
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio0.74
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.89
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation0.74
Sortino ratio-0.09
Upside Potential Ratio3.82
Upside part of mean1.32
Downside part of mean-1.35
Upside SD0.24
Downside SD0.34
N nonnegative terms782
N negative terms724
N of observations1506
Mean of predictor0.15
Mean of criterion-0.03
SD of predictor0.23
SD of criterion0.42
Covariance-0.01
r-0.12
b (slope, estimate of beta)-0.21
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.00
Mean Square Error0.17
DF error1504
t(b)-4.58
p(b)0.56
t(a)0.00
p(a)0.50
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta-0.30
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta-0.12
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.34
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.34
Treynor index (mean / b)0.15
Jensen alpha (a)0.00
VaR(95%)0.04
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.05
VaR(95%)0.01
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.02
Mean-1.14
SD1.22
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)-0.94
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)-0.93
df130
t-0.66
p0.53
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-3.71
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio1.84
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-3.70
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation1.84
Sortino ratio-1.20
Upside Potential Ratio4.65
Upside part of mean4.43
Downside part of mean-5.57
Upside SD0.76
Downside SD0.95
N nonnegative terms48
N negative terms83
N of observations131
Mean of predictor1.21
Mean of criterion-1.14
SD of predictor0.36
SD of criterion1.22
Covariance-0.08
r-0.19
b (slope, estimate of beta)-0.66
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)-0.34
Mean Square Error1.44
DF error129
t(b)-2.25
p(b)0.62
t(a)-0.20
p(a)0.51
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta-1.24
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta-0.08
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-3.77
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha3.09
Treynor index (mean / b)1.73
Jensen alpha (a)-0.34
Mean-1.93
SD1.28
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)-1.50
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)-1.49
df130
t-1.06
p0.55
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-4.28
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio1.28
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-4.27
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation1.28
Sortino ratio-1.77
Upside Potential Ratio3.84
Upside part of mean4.18
Downside part of mean-6.11
Upside SD0.68
Downside SD1.09
N nonnegative terms48
N negative terms83
N of observations131
Mean of predictor1.14
Mean of criterion-1.93
SD of predictor0.36
SD of criterion1.28
Covariance-0.09
r-0.19
b (slope, estimate of beta)-0.67
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)-1.17
Mean Square Error1.60
DF error129
t(b)-2.16
p(b)0.62
t(a)-0.64
p(a)0.54
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta-1.27
VAR (95 Confidence Intrvl)0.04
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta-0.06
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-4.78
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha2.44
Treynor index (mean / b)2.90
Jensen alpha (a)-1.17
VaR(95%)0.13
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.16
VaR(95%)0.06
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.12

ORDER STATISTICS

Number of observations68
Minimum0.44
Quartile 10.98
Median1.02
Quartile 31.05
Maximum1.17
Mean of quarter 10.91
Mean of quarter 21.00
Mean of quarter 31.03
Mean of quarter 41.08
Inter Quartile Range0.06
Number outliers low2
Percentage of outliers low0.03
Mean of outliers low0.63
Number of outliers high1
Percentage of outliers high0.01
Mean of outliers high1.17
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0.61
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.07
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.22
Extreme Value Index (regression method)0.51
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.09
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.23
Number of observations1506
Minimum0.67
Quartile 11.00
Median1.00
Quartile 31.01
Maximum1.37
Mean of quarter 10.98
Mean of quarter 21.00
Mean of quarter 31.00
Mean of quarter 41.02
Inter Quartile Range0.01
Number outliers low90
Percentage of outliers low0.06
Mean of outliers low0.95
Number of outliers high79
Percentage of outliers high0.05
Mean of outliers high1.05
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0.74
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.02
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.07
Extreme Value Index (regression method)0.62
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.01
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.04
Number of observations131
Minimum0.67
Quartile 10.99
Median1
Quartile 31.01
Maximum1.37
Mean of quarter 10.92
Mean of quarter 21.00
Mean of quarter 31.00
Mean of quarter 41.07
Inter Quartile Range0.02
Number outliers low19
Percentage of outliers low0.15
Mean of outliers low0.87
Number of outliers high23
Percentage of outliers high0.18
Mean of outliers high1.09
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0.85
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.07
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.50
Extreme Value Index (regression method)0.56
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.07
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.20

DRAW DOWN STATISTICS

Number of observations12
Minimum0.01
Quartile 10.02
Median0.03
Quartile 30.07
Maximum0.64
Mean of quarter 10.01
Mean of quarter 20.03
Mean of quarter 30.04
Mean of quarter 40.32
Inter Quartile Range0.05
Number outliers low0
Percentage of outliers low0
Mean of outliers low0
Number of outliers high2
Percentage of outliers high0.17
Mean of outliers high0.44
Extreme Value Index (moments method)-1.73
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.29
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.30
Extreme Value Index (regression method)0.61
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.62
Expected Shortfall (regression method)1.96
Number of observations55
Minimum0.00
Quartile 10.01
Median0.01
Quartile 30.04
Maximum0.75
Mean of quarter 10.00
Mean of quarter 20.01
Mean of quarter 30.03
Mean of quarter 40.16
Inter Quartile Range0.04
Number outliers low0
Percentage of outliers low0
Mean of outliers low0
Number of outliers high5
Percentage of outliers high0.09
Mean of outliers high0.32
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0.71
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.17
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.61
Extreme Value Index (regression method)0.95
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.17
Expected Shortfall (regression method)3.23
Number of observations3
Minimum0.15
Quartile 10.24
Median0.33
Quartile 30.54
Maximum0.75
Mean of quarter 10.15
Mean of quarter 20.33
Mean of quarter 30
Mean of quarter 40.75
Inter Quartile Range0.30
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?-444797408
Max Equity Drawdown (num days)196
Last 4 Months - Pcnt Negative0.0%

COMBINED STATISTICS

Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)-0.00
Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)-0.00
Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)-0.01
Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs-0.01
Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal-0.02
j156mfCOMBRisPar0
j157mfCOMBRisPar0
Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)-0.00
Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)-0.00
Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)-0.01
Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs-0.03
Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal-0.08
j313dfCOMBRisPar0
j314dfCOMBRisPar0
Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)-1.23
Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)-0.85
Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)-1.14
Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs-1.14
Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal-5.42

Trading record

SymbolSideQtyOpenedClosedP/L
EUR/CHF short7940Jun 28, 2023Aug 21, 2025$108,107
USD/CHF long7540Jun 27, 2023Aug 21, 2025($375,291)
EUR/USD long9250Jun 27, 2023Aug 24, 2023($85,230)
EUR/CHF long490Jun 26, 2023Jun 26, 2023$1,351
EUR/CHF long4560Jun 8, 2023Jun 19, 2023$22,379
USD/CHF short5620May 24, 2023Jun 19, 2023$53,234
EUR/USD short7430May 24, 2023Jun 19, 2023($89,873)
EUR/CHF long330Jun 7, 2023Jun 8, 2023($1,724)
EUR/CHF long300May 31, 2023Jun 2, 2023($175)
EUR/CHF short13560Apr 11, 2023May 24, 2023$29,244
EUR/USD long14380Mar 15, 2023May 24, 2023($22,820)
USD/CHF long11380Mar 14, 2023May 24, 2023$2,774
EUR/CHF short3990Mar 14, 2023Apr 11, 2023($2,839)
EUR/USD long320Mar 14, 2023Mar 15, 2023($6,384)
EUR/CHF long700Mar 9, 2023Mar 14, 2023($7,702)
EUR/CHF long8330Feb 21, 2023Mar 6, 2023$13,151
USD/CHF short7010Feb 9, 2023Mar 6, 2023($9,848)
EUR/USD short7520Feb 9, 2023Mar 6, 2023($16,117)
EUR/CHF long2760Feb 9, 2023Feb 21, 2023($73)
EUR/CHF short18710Nov 11, 2022Feb 8, 2023($72,152)
USD/CHF long17430Nov 11, 2022Feb 8, 2023($101,270)
EUR/USD long22290Nov 10, 2022Feb 8, 2023$169,327
USD/CHF long1260Nov 10, 2022Nov 11, 2022($29,882)
EUR/CHF short910Nov 10, 2022Nov 11, 2022$5,653
EUR/USD short3220Nov 4, 2022Nov 10, 2022($46,927)
EUR/CHF long4110Nov 1, 2022Nov 10, 2022($22,309)
USD/CHF short2970Nov 1, 2022Nov 10, 2022$89,104
EUR/USD short1810Nov 1, 2022Nov 4, 2022($16,981)
USD/CHF long1020Oct 31, 2022Nov 1, 2022($1,406)
EUR/CHF short510Oct 31, 2022Oct 31, 2022$688

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.