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Synthetic TQQQ

Stocks · Started Sep 2019

hypothetical · Annual Return (Compounded)
12.7%
Max Drawdown
69.4%
Trades
37
Win Trades
75.7%
Profit Factor
2.40
Win Months
58.1%

About this strategy

This is a long-only system that only trades one ETF, TQQQ. This system is designed for non-marginable accounts such as IRAs, 401ks and Cash accounts, and the risk can be controlled by yourself. On average you only expose 40%-60% of your account capital to the market.

This system is comprised of five individual sub-strategies. Each sub-strategy trades TQQQ independently. Each sub-strategy is fundamentally different, i.e. they have no correlation to each other. All of the five sub-strategies use the end of day close data to generate the signals. The five sub-strategies are a mix of trend following and mean-reverting strategies. The benefit of these mixed sub-strategies is that the result adds up each individual strategy's profit while reducing the total drawdown. In modern portfolio theory, you can reduce the overall risk in an investment portfolio and even boost your overall returns by investing in asset combinations that are not correlated.

In a bear market, this system still trades; however, it will adjust the parameters automatically. The trend-following sub-strategies will not generate positions, i.e. filtered by moving average indicators, while the mean-reverting sub-strategies will generate positions trying to buy at low and sell at high with different parameters for a bear market.

Each sub-strategy has a different holding length ranging from 3 to 10 trading days. In C2, it counts one trade after all positions are sold. Therefore you may find one trade lasts for more than two weeks instead of 3 to 10 days, which is an additive result of all five sub-strategies. However, when you click on the 'Show AutoTrade data' button in the trading record, you will find the details of each sub-strategy's transactions. Most of the time, only two or three sub-strategies will have positions. That means on average you only expose 40%-60% of your account capital to the market. Rarely will all five sub-strategies have positions at the same time.

For instance, If you have an IRA account of $25,000, you can trade $5,000 ($25,000/5=$5,000) for each sub-strategy. If TQQQ's price is $70/per share at that time, you can trade 70 shares ($5,000/70=71.4, rounded to 70) per sub-strategy. In C2, I trade 100 shares per sub-strategy. If you want to auto-trade this system, you can set AutoTrade Scaling to 70%.

This system is designed for non-marginable accounts, but it can also be traded with a marginal account. For instance, if you have a marginal account, the maximum amount you can trade is $35,000. You can trade 100 ($35,000/5/70=100) shares per sub-strategy, assuming that TQQQ's price is $70/per share at that time.

The best part of this system is that you can control the risk by yourself. For instance, as with the above example, you have an account that can trade up to $35,000. Based on the standard calculation, you will trade 100 shares for each sub-strategy. If at any moment, you do not feel it is advantageous to trade in such a volume, but would still like to participate in the market, you can reduce the shares of each sub-strategy from 100 to 50. This way, you are still in the market but will reduce the risk by 50%.

On average only two or three sub-strategies have positions at any given time, which means you only use 40% to 60% of your account capital. If you are comfortable with the current market and would like to take more risk for higher returns at that time, you can increase the shares of each sub-strategy.


Hypothetical Monthly Returns (includes fees/commissions)

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYTD
20192.44.48.06.823.3
20204.9-24.27.120.612.87.88.58.1-1.90.14.15.457.9
2021-0.4-4.10.25.0-4.46.82.27.0-10.05.90.20.57.7
2022-11.60.00.3-5.0-1.2-4.80.3-7.4-7.1-3.31.7-6.3-37.0
20231.4-1.16.3-0.45.36.54.8-10.9-3.7-4.618.315.839.8
20244.216.84.4-21.112.926.5-6.2-31.4-8.2-4.616.3-0.3-6.4
20256.0-8.5-21.1-2.220.87.65.70.45.73.0-0.6-0.011.7
2026-0.2-3.8-5.213.321.3-2.2-11.55.44.70.920.5

Statistics

Overview

Strategy began9/24/2019
Suggested Minimum Capital$25,000
Age86 months
What it tradesStocks
# Trades37
# Profitable28
% Profitable75.7%
Avg trade duration64.3 days
Max peak-to-valley drawdown69.4%
drawdown periodJuly 10, 2024 - April 08, 2025
Annual Return (Compounded)12.7%
Avg win$2,549
Avg loss$3,343

Ratios

W:L ratio2.43
Sharpe Ratio0.40
Sortino Ratio0.57
Calmar Ratio0.32

CORRELATION STATISTICS

Correlation to SP5000.51
Return Percent SP500 (cumu) during strategy life160.0%
Return of Strat Pcnt - Return of SP500 Pcnt (cumu)-30.1%

Return Statistics

Ann Return (w trading costs)12.7%
Return Pcnt (Compound or Annual, age-based, NFA compliant)0.1%
Return Pcnt Since TOS Status0.0%
Ann Return (Compnd, No Fees)15.2%

Slump

Current Slump as Pcnt Equity36.9%
Current Slump, time of slump as pcnt of strategy life0.3%

Instruments

Percent Trades Forex0.0%
Percent Trades Futures0.0%
Percent Trades Options0.0%
Short Options - Percent Covered100.0%
Percent Trades Stocks1.0%

Risk of Ruin (Monte-Carlo)

Chance of 10% account loss73.0%
Chance of 20% account loss45.0%
Chance of 30% account loss26.0%
Chance of 40% account loss16.5%
Chance of 50% account loss5.5%
Chance of 60% account loss (Monte Carlo)0.5%
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 Automated2.2%

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$3,343
Avg Win$2,549
# Winners28
Sum Trade PL (losers)$30,089
Sum Trade PL (winners)$71,360
Num Months Winners51
# Losers9
% Winners75.7%

Dividends

Dividends Received in Model Acct1834

Age

Num Months filled monthly returns table86

Frequency

Avg Position Time (mins)92576.18
Avg Position Time (hrs)1542.94
Avg Trade Length64.30
Last Trade Ago564

Leverage

Daily leverage (average)1.59
Daily leverage (max)5

Regression

Alpha0.01
Beta0.80
Treynor Index0.05

Maximum Adverse Excursion (MAE)

MAE:Equity, average, all trades0.11
MAE:Equity, 95th Percentile Value for this strat0.26
MAE:Equity, average, losing trades0.23
MAE:Equity, losing trades only, 95th Percentile Value for this strat—
MAE:Equity, average, winning trades0.07
MAE:Equity, win trades only, 95th Percentile Value for this strat—
Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - All trades3.95
MAE:PL (avg, all trades)0.70
MAE:PL (avg, losing trades)—
MAE:PL (avg, winning trades)—
MAE:PL - worst single value for strategy—
Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - Winning trades0.91
Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - Losing trades-2.58
Hold-and-Hope Ratio0.30

RATIO STATISTICS

Mean0.22
SD0.36
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)0.62
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)0.61
df66
t1.46
p0.07
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.22
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio1.45
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.23
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation1.45
Sortino ratio0.97
Upside Potential Ratio2.58
Upside part of mean0.59
Downside part of mean-0.37
Upside SD0.28
Downside SD0.23
N nonnegative terms41
N negative terms26
N of observations67
Mean of predictor0.16
Mean of criterion0.22
SD of predictor0.18
SD of criterion0.36
Covariance0.04
r0.67
b (slope, estimate of beta)1.34
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.01
Mean Square Error0.07
DF error65
t(b)7.30
p(b)0
t(a)0.09
p(a)0.47
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.97
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta1.71
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.22
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.24
Treynor index (mean / b)0.17
Jensen alpha (a)0.01
Mean0.16
SD0.36
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)0.43
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)0.43
df66
t1.03
p0.15
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.40
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio1.27
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.40
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation1.26
Sortino ratio0.62
Upside Potential Ratio2.19
Upside part of mean0.55
Downside part of mean-0.39
Upside SD0.26
Downside SD0.25
N nonnegative terms41
N negative terms26
N of observations67
Mean of predictor0.14
Mean of criterion0.16
SD of predictor0.18
SD of criterion0.36
Covariance0.04
r0.65
b (slope, estimate of beta)1.30
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)-0.03
Mean Square Error0.08
DF error65
t(b)6.95
p(b)0
t(a)-0.22
p(a)0.59
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.93
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta1.67
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.26
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.21
Treynor index (mean / b)0.12
Jensen alpha (a)-0.03
VaR(95%)0.15
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.18
VaR(95%)0.06
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.12
Mean0.20
SD0.31
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)0.64
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)0.64
df1472
t1.51
p0.48
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.19
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio1.46
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.19
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation1.46
Sortino ratio0.91
Upside Potential Ratio7.23
Upside part of mean1.57
Downside part of mean-1.37
Upside SD0.22
Downside SD0.22
N nonnegative terms795
N negative terms678
N of observations1473
Mean of predictor0.17
Mean of criterion0.20
SD of predictor0.23
SD of criterion0.31
Covariance0.04
r0.52
b (slope, estimate of beta)0.72
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.07
Mean Square Error0.07
DF error1471
t(b)23.63
p(b)0.18
t(a)0.67
p(a)0.49
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.66
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.78
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.14
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.29
Treynor index (mean / b)0.27
Jensen alpha (a)0.07
Mean0.15
SD0.31
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)0.48
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)0.48
df1472
t1.14
p0.49
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.35
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio1.31
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.35
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation1.31
Sortino ratio0.67
Upside Potential Ratio6.93
Upside part of mean1.54
Downside part of mean-1.39
Upside SD0.22
Downside SD0.22
N nonnegative terms795
N negative terms678
N of observations1473
Mean of predictor0.14
Mean of criterion0.15
SD of predictor0.23
SD of criterion0.31
Covariance0.04
r0.52
b (slope, estimate of beta)0.72
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.05
Mean Square Error0.07
DF error1471
t(b)23.52
p(b)0.18
t(a)0.41
p(a)0.49
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.66
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.78
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.17
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.26
Treynor index (mean / b)0.21
Jensen alpha (a)0.05
VaR(95%)0.03
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.04
VaR(95%)0.01
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.02
Mean0.86
SD0.50
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)1.73
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)1.72
df130
t1.23
p0.45
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-1.05
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio4.51
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-1.06
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation4.50
Sortino ratio3.00
Upside Potential Ratio9.49
Upside part of mean2.73
Downside part of mean-1.87
Upside SD0.41
Downside SD0.29
N nonnegative terms77
N negative terms54
N of observations131
Mean of predictor0.65
Mean of criterion0.86
SD of predictor0.30
SD of criterion0.50
Covariance0.09
r0.62
b (slope, estimate of beta)1.03
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.19
Mean Square Error0.15
DF error129
t(b)9.05
p(b)0.13
t(a)0.35
p(a)0.48
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.81
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta1.26
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.91
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha1.30
Treynor index (mean / b)0.84
Jensen alpha (a)0.19
Mean0.74
SD0.49
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)1.52
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)1.51
df130
t1.08
p0.45
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-1.26
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio4.30
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-1.27
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation4.29
Sortino ratio2.50
Upside Potential Ratio8.93
Upside part of mean2.65
Downside part of mean-1.91
Upside SD0.39
Downside SD0.30
N nonnegative terms77
N negative terms54
N of observations131
Mean of predictor0.60
Mean of criterion0.74
SD of predictor0.30
SD of criterion0.49
Covariance0.09
r0.63
b (slope, estimate of beta)1.04
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.12
Mean Square Error0.14
DF error129
t(b)9.23
p(b)0.13
t(a)0.22
p(a)0.49
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.81
VAR (95 Confidence Intrvl)0.03
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta1.26
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.96
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha1.19
Treynor index (mean / b)0.72
Jensen alpha (a)0.12
VaR(95%)0.05
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.06
VaR(95%)0.01
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.03

ORDER STATISTICS

Number of observations67
Minimum0.76
Quartile 10.96
Median1.03
Quartile 31.07
Maximum1.31
Mean of quarter 10.89
Mean of quarter 21.00
Mean of quarter 31.05
Mean of quarter 41.14
Inter Quartile Range0.10
Number outliers low2
Percentage of outliers low0.03
Mean of outliers low0.76
Number of outliers high1
Percentage of outliers high0.01
Mean of outliers high1.31
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0.21
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.10
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.17
Extreme Value Index (regression method)-0.32
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.11
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.14
Number of observations1473
Minimum0.89
Quartile 11.00
Median1.00
Quartile 31.01
Maximum1.18
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 low121
Percentage of outliers low0.08
Mean of outliers low0.96
Number of outliers high90
Percentage of outliers high0.06
Mean of outliers high1.04
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0.57
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.02
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.05
Extreme Value Index (regression method)0.19
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.02
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.03
Number of observations131
Minimum0.89
Quartile 11.00
Median1.00
Quartile 31.01
Maximum1.18
Mean of quarter 10.97
Mean of quarter 21.00
Mean of quarter 31.00
Mean of quarter 41.04
Inter Quartile Range0.01
Number outliers low15
Percentage of outliers low0.11
Mean of outliers low0.95
Number of outliers high16
Percentage of outliers high0.12
Mean of outliers high1.06
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0.38
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.02
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.04
Extreme Value Index (regression method)-0.02
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.03
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.04

DRAW DOWN STATISTICS

Number of observations6
Minimum0.01
Quartile 10.12
Median0.20
Quartile 30.30
Maximum0.49
Mean of quarter 10.05
Mean of quarter 20.19
Mean of quarter 30.22
Mean of quarter 40.41
Inter Quartile Range0.17
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 observations48
Minimum0.00
Quartile 10.00
Median0.02
Quartile 30.05
Maximum0.61
Mean of quarter 10.00
Mean of quarter 20.01
Mean of quarter 30.03
Mean of quarter 40.18
Inter Quartile Range0.05
Number outliers low0
Percentage of outliers low0
Mean of outliers low0
Number of outliers high4
Percentage of outliers high0.08
Mean of outliers high0.37
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0.67
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.19
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.63
Extreme Value Index (regression method)0.76
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.19
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.78
Number of observations13
Minimum0.00
Quartile 10.00
Median0.01
Quartile 30.04
Maximum0.25
Mean of quarter 10.00
Mean of quarter 20.01
Mean of quarter 30.03
Mean of quarter 40.15
Inter Quartile Range0.03
Number outliers low0
Percentage of outliers low0
Mean of outliers low0
Number of outliers high2
Percentage of outliers high0.15
Mean of outliers high0.18
Extreme Value Index (moments method)-2.26
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.10
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.11
Extreme Value Index (regression method)0.07
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.22
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.35
Strat Max DD how much worse than SP500 max DD during strat life?-642282048
Max Equity Drawdown (num days)272
Last 4 Months - Pcnt Negative0.2%

COMBINED STATISTICS

Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)0.32
Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)0.20
Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)0.41
Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs0.50
Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal1.11
j156mfCOMBRisPar0
j157mfCOMBRisPar0
Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)0.30
Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)0.19
Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)0.32
Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs1.10
Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal5.08
j313dfCOMBRisPar0
j314dfCOMBRisPar0
Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)0.94
Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)1.16
Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)4.61
Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs7.69
Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal20.16

Trading record

Placed 705 trades in real-life brokerage accounts.

SymbolSideQtyOpenedClosedP/L
TQQQ long900Aug 21, 2024Sep 6, 2024($9,825)
TQQQ long3200May 3, 2024Aug 5, 2024($2,422)
TQQQ long2200Feb 20, 2024Apr 18, 2024($2,386)
TQQQ short400Feb 16, 2024Feb 16, 2024($454)
TQQQ long11600Aug 17, 2022Feb 13, 2024$9,478
TQQQ long2450Mar 7, 2022Jul 18, 2022($2,897)
TQQQ long10100Apr 14, 2021Mar 4, 2022($3,027)
TQQQ long400Apr 12, 2021Apr 13, 2021$1,637
TQQQ long2680Feb 16, 2021Apr 9, 2021($2,830)
TQQQ long1160Jan 27, 2021Feb 12, 2021$810
TQQQ short80Jan 21, 2021Jan 25, 2021$84
TQQQ long660Jan 4, 2021Jan 21, 2021$1,701
TQQQ long140Dec 18, 2020Dec 29, 2020$945
TQQQ long150Dec 9, 2020Dec 16, 2020$772
TQQQ long910Oct 13, 2020Dec 4, 2020$657
TQQQ long120Oct 8, 2020Oct 13, 2020$1,375
TQQQ long480Sep 4, 2020Oct 8, 2020$301
TQQQ long540Jul 22, 2020Aug 24, 2020$3,899
TQQQ long320Jul 14, 2020Jul 20, 2020$1,107
TQQQ long1100Jun 8, 2020Jul 7, 2020$3,510
TQQQ long200Jun 3, 2020Jun 5, 2020$671
TQQQ long300Jun 1, 2020Jun 3, 2020$668
TQQQ long300May 21, 2020May 29, 2020$759
TQQQ long180May 19, 2020May 20, 2020$747
TQQQ long1890Apr 16, 2020May 18, 2020$4,456
TQQQ long300Apr 7, 2020Apr 14, 2020$2,635
TQQQ long400Mar 27, 2020Apr 6, 2020$1,311
TQQQ long1250Feb 24, 2020Mar 26, 2020($1,970)
TQQQ long380Feb 19, 2020Feb 24, 2020($4,716)
TQQQ long205Feb 4, 2020Feb 7, 2020$663

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.