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SP Alpha

Stocks · Started Nov 2012

hypothetical · Annual Return (Compounded)
15.2%
Max Drawdown
26.5%
Trades
71
Win Trades
62.0%
Profit Factor
10.10
Win Months
66.9%

About this strategy

System Description The strategy SP Alpha is actually a portfolio of three mutually independent trading strategies. All three are based on daily data, trades are usually days or weeks in the market. The oldest part, created more than eight years ago, is also the longest term investing part of SP Alpha. Trading times are filtered, including seasonal patterns based on a classic trend-following system. Part two of the strategy is based on a systematic approach from Behaivoral Finance. The third part is a by Larry Connors inspired, but further developed "Buy the Dip" tactics. At the end were combined these three subsystems with extensive testing for the optimal allocation of the available capital. Communication & Timing Entry and exit signals are generally sent before market opens. All positions are ordered to the market open or Limit (GTD) See our Blog for more information and historical results: http://spalpha.blogspot.com -----------Copyright Notice----------- A subscription to SP Alpha entitles one (1) person, the subscriber, to take the trades in his own accounts. If you are sharing your account, or any information from this site with others or trading others accounts based on these signals, you are in violation of copyright laws, subject to a penalty of up to $100,000 per incident. In other words, do NOT share any trade signals or commentary with anyone else. If you are trading others accounts you must sign up them up as well. Warning/Disclaimer: No system is 100% perfect and No system can continuously generate successful trades. So is the same with our service. Our emphasis is mainly on capital protection while generating regular income.

Hypothetical Monthly Returns (includes fees/commissions)

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYTD
20125.0-3.61.2
201313.01.37.60.0-1.15.73.6-1.5-0.21.63.47.648.1
2014-12.30.05.14.01.50.7-4.10.5-0.10.20.9-0.3-4.9
2015-9.16.9-5.0-1.31.1-3.84.2-8.0-5.513.82.0-3.9-10.5
2016-7.51.19.31.5-0.11.55.80.2-1.8-0.75.91.416.6
20173.45.6-0.32.01.71.01.90.32.62.34.61.229.6
20187.8-4.5-5.62.94.4-1.35.34.00.4-9.83.9-12.1-6.7
20199.27.13.03.3-4.30.0-2.85.52.14.23.540.9
20202.0-10.40.5-4.78.10.46.510.8-5.01.48.83.021.0
2021-0.23.15.16.00.72.72.23.6-4.37.1-0.34.033.3
2022-7.8-0.93.8-6.2-2.4-10.010.30.8-13.07.44.3-5.9-20.4
20236.2-1.11.44.41.16.02.6-3.0-2.8-1.18.13.427.4
20244.14.92.4-2.03.93.31.82.11.02.03.9-0.830.0
20251.71.3-6.0-4.27.35.31.82.53.11.5-1.64.817.8
2026-0.20.3-5.010.14.5-0.80.63.0-0.5

Statistics

Overview

Strategy began11/21/2012
Suggested Minimum Capital$35,000
Age169 months
What it tradesStocks
# Trades71
# Profitable44
% Profitable62.0%
Avg trade duration74.5 days
Max peak-to-valley drawdown26.5%
drawdown periodDec 31, 2013 - Feb 09, 2016
Annual Return (Compounded)15.2%
Avg win$5,005
Avg loss$889

Ratios

W:L ratio10.11
Sharpe Ratio0.67
Sortino Ratio0.93
Calmar Ratio2.18

CORRELATION STATISTICS

Correlation to SP5000.83
Return Percent SP500 (cumu) during strategy life457.9%
Return of Strat Pcnt - Return of SP500 Pcnt (cumu)153.0%

Return Statistics

Ann Return (w trading costs)15.2%
Return Pcnt (Compound or Annual, age-based, NFA compliant)0.2%
Return Pcnt Since TOS Status0.0%
Ann Return (Compnd, No Fees)15.3%

Slump

Current Slump as Pcnt Equity1.4%
Current Slump, time of slump as pcnt of strategy life0.0%

Instruments

Percent Trades Forex0.0%
Percent Trades Futures0.1%
Percent Trades Options0.0%
Percent Trades Stocks0.9%

Risk of Ruin (Monte-Carlo)

Chance of 10% account loss100.0%
Chance of 20% account loss100.0%
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)—

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? 0/11

Trades-Own-System Certification

Trades Own System?0
TOS percent0.0%

Win / Loss

Avg Loss$889
Avg Win$5,005
# Winners44
Sum Trade PL (losers)$24,011
Sum Trade PL (winners)$220,238
Num Months Winners113
# Losers27
% Winners62.0%

Dividends

Dividends Received in Model Acct22439

Age

Num Months filled monthly returns table167

Frequency

Avg Position Time (mins)107290.93
Avg Position Time (hrs)1788.18
Avg Trade Length74.50
Last Trade Ago4145

Regression

Alpha0.01
Beta0.97
Treynor Index0.04

Maximum Adverse Excursion (MAE)

MAE:Equity, average, all trades0.02
MAE:Equity, 95th Percentile Value for this strat0.03
MAE:Equity, average, losing trades0.03
MAE:Equity, losing trades only, 95th Percentile Value for this strat—
MAE:Equity, average, winning trades0.02
MAE:Equity, win trades only, 95th Percentile Value for this strat—
Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - All trades0.35
MAE:PL (avg, all trades)-1.98
MAE:PL (avg, losing trades)—
MAE:PL - Losing Trades - this strat Percentile of All Strats91.30
MAE:PL - Winning Trades - this strat Percentile of All Strats53.05
MAE:PL (avg, winning trades)—
MAE:PL - worst single value for strategy—
Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - Winning trades0.14
Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - Losing trades-1.64
Hold-and-Hope Ratio3.24

RATIO STATISTICS

Mean0.43
SD0.27
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)1.58
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)1.56
df52
t3.32
p0.00
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio0.59
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio2.55
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation0.58
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation2.54
Sortino ratio4.09
Upside Potential Ratio5.57
Upside part of mean0.59
Downside part of mean-0.16
Upside SD0.28
Downside SD0.11
N nonnegative terms35
N negative terms18
N of observations53
Mean of predictor0.36
Mean of criterion0.43
SD of predictor0.22
SD of criterion0.27
Covariance0.06
r0.92
b (slope, estimate of beta)1.12
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.03
Mean Square Error0.01
DF error51
t(b)16.82
p(b)0
t(a)0.52
p(a)0.30
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.99
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta1.26
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.08
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.14
Treynor index (mean / b)0.38
Jensen alpha (a)0.03
Mean0.39
SD0.26
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)1.51
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)1.49
df52
t3.17
p0.00
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio0.52
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio2.48
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation0.51
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation2.46
Sortino ratio3.53
Upside Potential Ratio4.99
Upside part of mean0.55
Downside part of mean-0.16
Upside SD0.26
Downside SD0.11
N nonnegative terms35
N negative terms18
N of observations53
Mean of predictor0.33
Mean of criterion0.39
SD of predictor0.21
SD of criterion0.26
Covariance0.05
r0.91
b (slope, estimate of beta)1.12
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.02
Mean Square Error0.01
DF error51
t(b)15.80
p(b)0
t(a)0.34
p(a)0.37
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.98
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta1.26
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.09
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.13
Treynor index (mean / b)0.35
Jensen alpha (a)0.02
VaR(95%)0.09
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.11
VaR(95%)0.02
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.05
Mean0.46
SD0.30
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)1.52
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)1.52
df1175
t3.23
p0.44
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio0.60
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio2.45
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation0.60
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation2.45
Sortino ratio2.09
Upside Potential Ratio7.37
Upside part of mean1.62
Downside part of mean-1.16
Upside SD0.21
Downside SD0.22
N nonnegative terms636
N negative terms540
N of observations1176
Mean of predictor0.39
Mean of criterion0.46
SD of predictor0.27
SD of criterion0.30
Covariance0.07
r0.87
b (slope, estimate of beta)0.98
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.08
Mean Square Error0.02
DF error1174
t(b)59.24
p(b)0.07
t(a)1.10
p(a)0.48
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.95
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta1.01
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.06
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.22
Treynor index (mean / b)0.47
Jensen alpha (a)0.08
Mean0.41
SD0.31
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)1.33
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)1.33
df1175
t2.83
p0.45
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio0.41
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio2.26
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation0.41
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation2.26
Sortino ratio1.77
Upside Potential Ratio6.86
Upside part of mean1.60
Downside part of mean-1.19
Upside SD0.20
Downside SD0.23
N nonnegative terms636
N negative terms540
N of observations1176
Mean of predictor0.35
Mean of criterion0.41
SD of predictor0.27
SD of criterion0.31
Covariance0.07
r0.87
b (slope, estimate of beta)0.99
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.06
Mean Square Error0.02
DF error1174
t(b)60.94
p(b)0.06
t(a)0.90
p(a)0.49
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.96
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta1.02
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.08
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.21
Treynor index (mean / b)0.42
Jensen alpha (a)0.06
VaR(95%)0.03
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.04
VaR(95%)0.01
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.02
Mean1.30
SD0.55
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)2.39
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)2.37
df130
t1.69
p0.43
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.40
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio5.17
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.41
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation5.16
Sortino ratio3.51
Upside Potential Ratio10.48
Upside part of mean3.89
Downside part of mean-2.59
Upside SD0.40
Downside SD0.37
N nonnegative terms77
N negative terms54
N of observations131
Mean of predictor1.15
Mean of criterion1.30
SD of predictor0.52
SD of criterion0.55
Covariance0.27
r0.95
b (slope, estimate of beta)1.00
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.16
Mean Square Error0.03
DF error129
t(b)33.52
p(b)0.01
t(a)0.63
p(a)0.46
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.94
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta1.06
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.34
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.65
Treynor index (mean / b)1.30
Jensen alpha (a)0.16
Mean1.15
SD0.55
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)2.10
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)2.08
df130
t1.48
p0.44
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.69
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio4.88
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.70
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation4.87
Sortino ratio2.98
Upside Potential Ratio9.88
Upside part of mean3.81
Downside part of mean-2.66
Upside SD0.39
Downside SD0.39
N nonnegative terms77
N negative terms54
N of observations131
Mean of predictor1.01
Mean of criterion1.15
SD of predictor0.52
SD of criterion0.55
Covariance0.27
r0.95
b (slope, estimate of beta)0.99
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.15
Mean Square Error0.03
DF error129
t(b)33.85
p(b)0.01
t(a)0.59
p(a)0.47
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.93
VAR (95 Confidence Intrvl)0.03
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta1.05
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.35
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.64
Treynor index (mean / b)1.16
Jensen alpha (a)0.15
VaR(95%)0.05
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.06
VaR(95%)0.02
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.04

ORDER STATISTICS

Number of observations53
Minimum0.87
Quartile 10.99
Median1.02
Quartile 31.09
Maximum1.27
Mean of quarter 10.95
Mean of quarter 21.01
Mean of quarter 31.05
Mean of quarter 41.15
Inter Quartile Range0.10
Number outliers low0
Percentage of outliers low0
Mean of outliers low0
Number of outliers high1
Percentage of outliers high0.02
Mean of outliers high1.27
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0.35
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.04
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.07
Extreme Value Index (regression method)0.19
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.06
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.10
Number of observations1176
Minimum0.76
Quartile 11.00
Median1.00
Quartile 31.01
Maximum1.10
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 low84
Percentage of outliers low0.07
Mean of outliers low0.96
Number of outliers high105
Percentage of outliers high0.09
Mean of outliers high1.04
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0.58
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.01
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.04
Extreme Value Index (regression method)0.39
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.01
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.03
Number of observations131
Minimum0.88
Quartile 10.99
Median1.01
Quartile 31.02
Maximum1.10
Mean of quarter 10.96
Mean of quarter 21.00
Mean of quarter 31.02
Mean of quarter 41.04
Inter Quartile Range0.03
Number outliers low5
Percentage of outliers low0.04
Mean of outliers low0.91
Number of outliers high3
Percentage of outliers high0.02
Mean of outliers high1.09
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0.06
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.03
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.04
Extreme Value Index (regression method)0.19
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.03
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.05

DRAW DOWN STATISTICS

Number of observations7
Minimum0.01
Quartile 10.02
Median0.02
Quartile 30.13
Maximum0.14
Mean of quarter 10.01
Mean of quarter 20.02
Mean of quarter 30.13
Mean of quarter 40.14
Inter Quartile Range0.11
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 observations72
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 30.02
Mean of quarter 40.11
Inter Quartile Range0.03
Number outliers low0
Percentage of outliers low0
Mean of outliers low0
Number of outliers high8
Percentage of outliers high0.11
Mean of outliers high0.18
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0.16
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.10
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.16
Extreme Value Index (regression method)-0.10
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.13
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.18
Number of observations15
Minimum0.00
Quartile 10.00
Median0.02
Quartile 30.05
Maximum0.25
Mean of quarter 10.00
Mean of quarter 20.01
Mean of quarter 30.03
Mean of quarter 40.13
Inter Quartile Range0.04
Number outliers low0
Percentage of outliers low0
Mean of outliers low0
Number of outliers high2
Percentage of outliers high0.13
Mean of outliers high0.20
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0.11
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.13
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.20
Extreme Value Index (regression method)0.94
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.20
Expected Shortfall (regression method)2.96
Strat Max DD how much worse than SP500 max DD during strat life?-470700704
Max Equity Drawdown (num days)770
Last 4 Months - Pcnt Negative0.5%

COMBINED STATISTICS

Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)1.20
Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)0.52
Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)3.70
Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs3.79
Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal4.54
j156mfCOMBRisPar0
j157mfCOMBRisPar0
Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)1.39
Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)0.55
Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)2.18
Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs4.92
Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal14.93
j313dfCOMBRisPar0
j314dfCOMBRisPar0
Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)1.60
Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)2.25
Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)8.84
Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs16.93
Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal35.47

Trading record

Placed 8 trades in real-life brokerage accounts.

SymbolSideQtyOpenedClosedP/L
SPY long235May 6, 2015May 11, 2015$461
SPY long367May 1, 2015May 5, 2015$591
SPY long421Mar 24, 2015Apr 6, 2015($1,447)
SSO long272Nov 3, 2014Apr 2, 2015$690
SPY long524Feb 24, 2015Mar 17, 2015($739)
SPY long350Jan 23, 2015Feb 4, 2015($662)
SPY long495Dec 23, 2014Jan 22, 2015($2,243)
SPY long254Dec 10, 2014Dec 19, 2014$841
SPY long357Nov 25, 2014Dec 8, 2014($14)
SPY long360Oct 23, 2014Nov 4, 2014$2,373
SPY long260Sep 24, 2014Oct 20, 2014($2,344)
SPY long43Sep 16, 2014Sep 17, 2014$92
SPY long556Jul 23, 2014Aug 12, 2014($3,148)
@ES U4long1Aug 1, 2014Aug 12, 2014$780
SPY long381Jun 24, 2014Jul 7, 2014$864
SPY long181Jun 13, 2014Jun 18, 2014$157
SPY long383May 16, 2014Jun 5, 2014$1,616
SPY long386Apr 23, 2014May 5, 2014($267)
SPY long276Apr 8, 2014Apr 16, 2014$504
@ES M4long1Mar 27, 2014Apr 4, 2014$2,505
SPY short130Apr 1, 2014Apr 4, 2014($266)
SPY long131Mar 28, 2014Apr 1, 2014$192
SPY short21Mar 27, 2014Mar 28, 2014($7)
SPY long414Mar 25, 2014Mar 27, 2014($670)
SPY long173Mar 14, 2014Mar 19, 2014$447
XIV long326Mar 4, 2014Mar 18, 2014($68)
SPY long353Feb 25, 2014Mar 7, 2014$1,349
SPY long277Jan 27, 2014Feb 7, 2014$38
XIV long360Jan 28, 2014Feb 7, 2014($1,515)
@ES H4long1Jan 23, 2014Feb 3, 2014($4,746)

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.