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BuyLowAlgo

Equity · Stocks · Started Jul 2020

hypothetical · Annual Return (Compounded)
13.7%
Max Drawdown
61.3%
Trades
1063
Win Trades
41.7%
Profit Factor
1.30
Win Months
52.0%

About this strategy

Trades in this system are from a proprietary long-only Algo that monitors a watch list of 200+ US stocks and trades them based on trend and momentum. Basically, it aims to "Buy Low and Sell High." It is a swing trading system that holds on to winning stocks for weeks to months at a time.

The problem with a Buy and Hold strategy is that you tie up too much capital waiting for sideway stocks or losers to turn around -- if at all. Instead, this Algo was developed to trade in and out of them. A watch list of 200+ symbols provides the Algo with many trading opportunities. The watch list is based on fundamental analysis -- stocks with good growth prospects or good story.

This Algo manages capital allocation and sorts through which stocks to trade based on many parameters. Losses are limited with adaptive stop losses or explicit exits based on price action, various technical indicators and internal trade scoring. We run this exact Algo on a $2 million portfolio.

It is best to AutoTrade this strategy. It enters new trades near the end of the day, but exits can happen anytime during market

Update June 2021: After the painful and expensive experience of the Feb-Mar 2021 equity drawdown, we've implemented an Equity Curve Trading mechanism that puts the system into a simulated trading mode until the equity curve recovers. Meaning, new trades are held internally in a simulated trading fashion until they produce a reliably positive trending equity curve, at which time real trading is resumed. This should produce a less volatile and more profitable equity curve. So far, it seems to be working.

Trend-following Momentum

Hypothetical Monthly Returns (includes fees/commissions)

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYTD
202011.79.3-2.62.135.9-0.264.7
202118.46.6-15.4-4.4-5.55.0-2.4-2.1-11.012.30.10.8-2.5
2022-4.0-4.90.4-4.90.9-2.32.8-6.2-3.4-0.1-4.5-3.5-26.4
20233.31.4-0.7-8.13.60.86.5-6.80.1-1.710.6-0.67.0
20241.96.41.64.52.0-3.40.7-3.512.23.24.2-2.529.7
20259.0-0.0-1.6-2.27.83.79.4-0.20.8-3.9-4.07.428.0
2026-2.37.3-1.95.1-1.22.71.2-5.20.05.2

Statistics

Overview

Strategy began7/1/2020
Suggested Minimum Capital$50,000
Age75 months
What it tradesStocks
# Trades1063
# Profitable443
% Profitable41.7%
Avg trade duration15.8 days
Max peak-to-valley drawdown61.4%
drawdown periodFeb 09, 2021 - April 26, 2023
Annual Return (Compounded)13.7%
Avg win$608
Avg loss$326

Ratios

W:L ratio1.34
Sharpe Ratio0.48
Sortino Ratio0.76
Calmar Ratio0.87

CORRELATION STATISTICS

Correlation to SP5000.42
Return Percent SP500 (cumu) during strategy life146.2%
Return of Strat Pcnt - Return of SP500 Pcnt (cumu)-23.8%

Return Statistics

Ann Return (w trading costs)13.7%
Return Pcnt (Compound or Annual, age-based, NFA compliant)0.1%
Return Pcnt Since TOS Status0.0%
Ann Return (Compnd, No Fees)15.0%

Slump

Current Slump as Pcnt Equity29.7%
Current Slump, time of slump as pcnt of strategy life0.9%

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 loss78.5%
Chance of 20% account loss54.5%
Chance of 30% account loss26.5%
Chance of 40% account loss13.0%
Chance of 50% account loss1.5%
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 Automated99.1%

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$326
Avg Win$608
# Winners443
Sum Trade PL (losers)$202,116
Sum Trade PL (winners)$269,502
Num Months Winners39
# Losers620
% Winners41.7%

Dividends

Dividends Received in Model Acct1777

Age

Num Months filled monthly returns table75

Frequency

Avg Position Time (mins)22804.52
Avg Position Time (hrs)380.08
Avg Trade Length15.80
Last Trade Ago895

Leverage

Daily leverage (average)0.78
Daily leverage (max)1.37

Regression

Alpha0.01
Beta0.64
Treynor Index0.06

Maximum Adverse Excursion (MAE)

MAE:Equity, average, all trades0
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 trades6.32
MAE:PL (avg, all trades)-0.58
MAE:PL (avg, losing trades)
MAE:PL (avg, winning trades)
MAE:PL - worst single value for strategy
Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - Winning trades0.27
Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - Losing trades-1.38
Hold-and-Hope Ratio0.05

RATIO STATISTICS

Mean0.44
SD0.44
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)1.01
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)0.98
df25
t1.49
p0.07
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.36
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio2.36
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.38
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation2.34
Sortino ratio2.67
Upside Potential Ratio4.83
Upside part of mean0.80
Downside part of mean-0.36
Upside SD0.42
Downside SD0.17
N nonnegative terms12
N negative terms14
N of observations26
Mean of predictor0.37
Mean of criterion0.44
SD of predictor0.23
SD of criterion0.44
Covariance0.07
r0.72
b (slope, estimate of beta)1.41
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)-0.08
Mean Square Error0.10
DF error24
t(b)5.13
p(b)0.00
t(a)-0.35
p(a)0.63
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.84
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta1.97
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.56
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.40
Treynor index (mean / b)0.32
Jensen alpha (a)-0.08
Mean0.35
SD0.41
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)0.87
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)0.84
df25
t1.28
p0.11
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.49
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio2.21
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.51
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation2.20
Sortino ratio2.04
Upside Potential Ratio4.19
Upside part of mean0.73
Downside part of mean-0.37
Upside SD0.37
Downside SD0.17
N nonnegative terms12
N negative terms14
N of observations26
Mean of predictor0.34
Mean of criterion0.35
SD of predictor0.21
SD of criterion0.41
Covariance0.06
r0.73
b (slope, estimate of beta)1.38
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)-0.12
Mean Square Error0.08
DF error24
t(b)5.21
p(b)0.00
t(a)-0.57
p(a)0.71
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.83
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta1.92
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.56
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.32
Treynor index (mean / b)0.26
Jensen alpha (a)-0.12
VaR(95%)0.15
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.19
VaR(95%)0.07
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.12
Mean0.44
SD0.39
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)1.13
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)1.13
df579
t1.68
p0.05
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.19
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio2.45
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.19
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation2.45
Sortino ratio1.85
Upside Potential Ratio9.27
Upside part of mean2.20
Downside part of mean-1.76
Upside SD0.31
Downside SD0.24
N nonnegative terms283
N negative terms297
N of observations580
Mean of predictor0.41
Mean of criterion0.44
SD of predictor0.26
SD of criterion0.39
Covariance0.04
r0.44
b (slope, estimate of beta)0.66
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.17
Mean Square Error0.12
DF error578
t(b)11.81
p(b)0
t(a)0.71
p(a)0.24
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.55
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.77
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.30
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.63
Treynor index (mean / b)0.67
Jensen alpha (a)0.17
Mean0.36
SD0.38
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)0.95
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)0.95
df579
t1.41
p0.08
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.37
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio2.27
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.37
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation2.27
Sortino ratio1.50
Upside Potential Ratio8.86
Upside part of mean2.16
Downside part of mean-1.79
Upside SD0.30
Downside SD0.24
N nonnegative terms283
N negative terms297
N of observations580
Mean of predictor0.38
Mean of criterion0.36
SD of predictor0.26
SD of criterion0.38
Covariance0.04
r0.44
b (slope, estimate of beta)0.66
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.12
Mean Square Error0.12
DF error578
t(b)11.85
p(b)0
t(a)0.50
p(a)0.31
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.55
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.77
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.34
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.57
Treynor index (mean / b)0.56
Jensen alpha (a)0.12
VaR(95%)0.04
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.05
VaR(95%)0.02
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.03
Mean1.14
SD0.43
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)2.67
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)2.66
df130
t1.89
p0.42
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.12
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio5.46
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.13
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation5.45
Sortino ratio4.96
Upside Potential Ratio12.92
Upside part of mean2.98
Downside part of mean-1.83
Upside SD0.37
Downside SD0.23
N nonnegative terms63
N negative terms68
N of observations131
Mean of predictor1.35
Mean of criterion1.14
SD of predictor0.36
SD of criterion0.43
Covariance0.10
r0.66
b (slope, estimate of beta)0.80
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.07
Mean Square Error0.10
DF error129
t(b)10.09
p(b)0.11
t(a)0.14
p(a)0.49
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.64
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.95
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.85
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.99
Treynor index (mean / b)1.43
Jensen alpha (a)0.07
Mean1.05
SD0.42
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)2.49
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)2.47
df130
t1.76
p0.42
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.30
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio5.27
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.31
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation5.26
Sortino ratio4.47
Upside Potential Ratio12.39
Upside part of mean2.91
Downside part of mean-1.86
Upside SD0.35
Downside SD0.24
N nonnegative terms63
N negative terms68
N of observations131
Mean of predictor1.28
Mean of criterion1.05
SD of predictor0.35
SD of criterion0.42
Covariance0.10
r0.66
b (slope, estimate of beta)0.80
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.03
Mean Square Error0.10
DF error129
t(b)10.10
p(b)0.11
t(a)0.07
p(a)0.50
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.64
VAR (95 Confidence Intrvl)0.04
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.95
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.88
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.94
Treynor index (mean / b)1.32
Jensen alpha (a)0.03
VaR(95%)0.04
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.05
VaR(95%)0.02
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.03

ORDER STATISTICS

Number of observations26
Minimum0.90
Quartile 10.93
Median1.00
Quartile 31.12
Maximum1.32
Mean of quarter 10.92
Mean of quarter 20.97
Mean of quarter 31.04
Mean of quarter 41.22
Inter Quartile Range0.19
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)-0.24
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.09
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.10
Extreme Value Index (regression method)-0.16
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.08
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.09
Number of observations580
Minimum0.90
Quartile 10.99
Median1
Quartile 31.01
Maximum1.16
Mean of quarter 10.98
Mean of quarter 21.00
Mean of quarter 31.00
Mean of quarter 41.03
Inter Quartile Range0.02
Number outliers low24
Percentage of outliers low0.04
Mean of outliers low0.95
Number of outliers high34
Percentage of outliers high0.06
Mean of outliers high1.06
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0.24
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.02
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.04
Extreme Value Index (regression method)0.13
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.02
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.03
Number of observations131
Minimum0.93
Quartile 10.99
Median1
Quartile 31.01
Maximum1.09
Mean of quarter 10.98
Mean of quarter 21.00
Mean of quarter 31.01
Mean of quarter 41.04
Inter Quartile Range0.02
Number outliers low4
Percentage of outliers low0.03
Mean of outliers low0.95
Number of outliers high13
Percentage of outliers high0.10
Mean of outliers high1.06
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0.11
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.02
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.03
Extreme Value Index (regression method)-0.09
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.02
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.03

DRAW DOWN STATISTICS

Number of observations2
Minimum0.02
Quartile 10.12
Median0.21
Quartile 30.31
Maximum0.41
Mean of quarter 10.02
Mean of quarter 20
Mean of quarter 30
Mean of quarter 40.41
Inter Quartile Range0.19
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 observations16
Minimum0.00
Quartile 10.01
Median0.05
Quartile 30.07
Maximum0.55
Mean of quarter 10.00
Mean of quarter 20.03
Mean of quarter 30.06
Mean of quarter 40.22
Inter Quartile Range0.06
Number outliers low0
Percentage of outliers low0
Mean of outliers low0
Number of outliers high1
Percentage of outliers high0.06
Mean of outliers high0.55
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0.14
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.19
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.30
Extreme Value Index (regression method)1.05
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.31
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0
Number of observations12
Minimum0.01
Quartile 10.03
Median0.05
Quartile 30.07
Maximum0.12
Mean of quarter 10.02
Mean of quarter 20.04
Mean of quarter 30.06
Mean of quarter 40.09
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)-0.50
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.10
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.11
Extreme Value Index (regression method)1.07
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.12
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0
Strat Max DD how much worse than SP500 max DD during strat life?-493748256
Max Equity Drawdown (num days)806
Last 4 Months - Pcnt Negative0.2%

COMBINED STATISTICS

Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)0.59
Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)0.46
Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)1.14
Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs1.14
Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal2.43
j156mfCOMBRisPar0
j157mfCOMBRisPar0
Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)0.62
Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)0.48
Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)0.87
Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs2.14
Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal10.35
j313dfCOMBRisPar0
j314dfCOMBRisPar0
Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)1.43
Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)1.94
Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)16.61
Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs21.36
Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal40.00

Trading record

Placed 935 trades in real-life brokerage accounts.

SymbolSideQtyOpenedClosedP/L
PD long189Apr 13, 2023Apr 21, 2023$98
TTD long103Apr 13, 2023Apr 21, 2023$92
PACB long555Apr 19, 2023Apr 20, 2023($138)
NVDA long22Apr 18, 2023Apr 20, 2023($128)
SHOP long129Apr 17, 2023Apr 20, 2023($120)
FSLR long29Apr 17, 2023Apr 20, 2023($97)
IOT long294Apr 17, 2023Apr 20, 2023$197
MARA long538Apr 18, 2023Apr 19, 2023($489)
RIOT long464Apr 18, 2023Apr 19, 2023($640)
PANW long32Apr 13, 2023Apr 18, 2023$66
PINS long223Apr 13, 2023Apr 18, 2023($33)
PACB long551Apr 13, 2023Apr 18, 2023($380)
LULU long17Apr 13, 2023Apr 17, 2023$53
Z long138Apr 13, 2023Apr 17, 2023($47)
MARA long552Apr 13, 2023Apr 17, 2023($27)
RBLX long139Apr 13, 2023Apr 17, 2023($788)
IOT long315Apr 3, 2023Apr 4, 2023($107)
TTD long108Mar 31, 2023Apr 4, 2023($11)
PANW long33Mar 31, 2023Apr 4, 2023($74)
ANET long40Mar 31, 2023Apr 4, 2023($5)
DKNG long342Mar 31, 2023Apr 4, 2023($65)
NVDA long24Mar 31, 2023Apr 4, 2023($50)
MARA long766Mar 31, 2023Apr 4, 2023($105)
TSLA long32Mar 31, 2023Apr 4, 2023($468)
FSLY long374Mar 31, 2023Apr 4, 2023($243)
AI long199Mar 31, 2023Apr 4, 2023($1,361)
RIOT long664Mar 31, 2023Apr 3, 2023($244)
GOOG long44Mar 23, 2023Mar 24, 2023($26)
PD long148Mar 23, 2023Mar 24, 2023($49)
GE long52Mar 23, 2023Mar 24, 2023($29)

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.