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Quant Models Volatility
(109610406)

Created by: QuantitativeModels QuantitativeModels
Started: 02/2017
Stocks, Options
Last trade: 1,633 days ago

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96.8%
Annual Return (Compounded)

Rate of Return Calculations

Overview

To comply with NFA regulations, we display Cumulative Rate of Return for strategies with a track record of less than one year. For strategies with longer track records, we display Annualized (Compounded) Rate of Return.

How Annualized (Compounded) Rate of Return is calculated

= ((Ending_equity / Starting_equity) ^ (1 / age_in_years)) - 1

Remember that, following NFA requirements, strategy subscription costs and estimated commissions are included in marked-to-market equity calculations.

All results are hypothetical.

(23.2%)
Max Drawdown
131
Num Trades
50.4%
Win Trades
2.2 : 1
Profit Factor
18.6%
Win Months
Hypothetical Monthly Returns (includes system fee and Typical Broker commissions and fees)
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYTD
2017       (3.5%)+454.2%+151.6%+7.9%+0.1%+7.1%(14.9%)+3.3%+2.3%(6.3%)+10.3%+1346.2%
2018+0.2%+0.1%(2%)(0.2%)(1.6%)(1.4%)(0.6%)+0.9%+1.1%(4.5%)(0.1%)(1.2%)(9.1%)
2019+2.5%+4.4%+1.4%+5.0%(7.3%)(0.1%)(0.1%)(1.7%)  -  (0.5%)  -    -  +3.0%
2020  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  0.0
2021  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  0.0
2022  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  0.0
2023  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -  0.0
2024  -    -    -                                                        0.0

Model Account Details

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Trading Record

This strategy has placed 215 trades in real-life brokerage accounts. To see live brokerage data, select Show AutoTrade Data, and click on a Live AutoTrade Indicator symbol.

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Short
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Win
Loss
Both
Opened Date/TimeSymbolDescriptionSideQtyAvg PriceClosed Date/TimeAvg PriceDrawdownP/L
10/4/19 13:15 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 100 52.12 10/8 11:12 51.41 0.42%
Trade id #125636919
Max drawdown($106)
Time10/8/19 10:36
Quant open100
Worst price51.06
Drawdown as % of equity-0.42%
($73)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $2.00
4/3/19 11:28 SQQQ PROSHARES ULTRAPRO SHORT QQQ SHORT 550 37.35 10/8 11:11 39.09 4.14%
Trade id #123187197
Max drawdown($1,138)
Time5/13/19 0:00
Quant open275
Worst price41.58
Drawdown as % of equity-4.14%
($966)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $11.00
8/13/19 15:50 VXX IPATH SERIES B S&P 500 VIX SHORT-TERM FUTURES ETN SHORT 500 26.53 8/23 11:15 27.43 2.98%
Trade id #124915977
Max drawdown($807)
Time8/15/19 0:00
Quant open200
Worst price31.00
Drawdown as % of equity-2.98%
($460)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $10.00
3/11/19 13:32 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 500 51.45 8/23 11:14 50.88 2.97%
Trade id #122867015
Max drawdown($803)
Time8/15/19 0:00
Quant open210
Worst price47.62
Drawdown as % of equity-2.97%
($291)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $10.00
2/20/19 15:14 UPRO PROSHARES ULTRAPRO S&P 500 SHORT 330 47.61 8/13 15:52 48.88 3.6%
Trade id #122607801
Max drawdown($1,040)
Time2/20/19 15:14
Quant open130
Worst price55.62
Drawdown as % of equity-3.60%
($425)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $6.60
3/27/19 11:20 SQQQ PROSHARES ULTRAPRO SHORT QQQ SHORT 1,000 10.50 4/3 11:28 9.38 0.61%
Trade id #123098753
Max drawdown($200)
Time3/27/19 11:46
Quant open-1,000
Worst price10.70
Drawdown as % of equity-0.61%
$1,120
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $5.00
2/20/19 15:16 SQQQ PROSHARES ULTRAPRO SHORT QQQ SHORT 1,400 11.52 3/27 11:19 10.96 1.94%
Trade id #122607877
Max drawdown($625)
Time3/8/19 9:09
Quant open-800
Worst price12.32
Drawdown as % of equity-1.94%
$764
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $15.00
1/11/19 13:29 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 400 45.78 3/7 10:27 50.40 2.23%
Trade id #121926698
Max drawdown($676)
Time1/23/19 12:19
Quant open400
Worst price44.09
Drawdown as % of equity-2.23%
$1,841
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $8.00
1/2/19 14:43 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 400 42.66 1/3 13:16 42.12 1.55%
Trade id #121750983
Max drawdown($468)
Time1/3/19 10:51
Quant open400
Worst price41.49
Drawdown as % of equity-1.55%
($224)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $8.00
12/13/18 15:52 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 200 46.66 12/19 10:18 45.07 1.8%
Trade id #121490373
Max drawdown($550)
Time12/18/18 15:10
Quant open200
Worst price43.91
Drawdown as % of equity-1.80%
($322)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $4.00
10/25/18 15:37 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 200 48.69 10/26 10:21 46.55 1.55%
Trade id #120546860
Max drawdown($480)
Time10/26/18 10:09
Quant open200
Worst price46.29
Drawdown as % of equity-1.55%
($432)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $4.00
10/12/18 15:04 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 200 50.11 10/16 14:56 52.60 0.04%
Trade id #120331308
Max drawdown($9)
Time10/12/18 15:04
Quant open200
Worst price50.06
Drawdown as % of equity-0.04%
$494
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $4.00
10/1/18 14:19 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 400 59.59 10/5 13:57 56.15 5.4%
Trade id #120122058
Max drawdown($1,667)
Time10/5/18 13:37
Quant open400
Worst price55.42
Drawdown as % of equity-5.40%
($1,383)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $8.00
9/21/18 14:58 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 400 59.05 9/24 11:23 58.58 0.99%
Trade id #119983078
Max drawdown($320)
Time9/24/18 10:50
Quant open400
Worst price58.25
Drawdown as % of equity-0.99%
($196)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $8.00
9/18/18 15:14 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 500 57.63 9/20 15:59 59.02 0.44%
Trade id #119916726
Max drawdown($140)
Time9/18/18 16:01
Quant open500
Worst price57.35
Drawdown as % of equity-0.44%
$685
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $10.00
9/17/18 15:33 VXX IPATH SERIES B S&P 500 VIX SHORT-TERM FUTURES ETN LONG 300 27.94 9/18 14:14 27.82 0.44%
Trade id #119896652
Max drawdown($141)
Time9/18/18 9:36
Quant open300
Worst price27.47
Drawdown as % of equity-0.44%
($42)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $6.00
9/14/18 14:33 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 500 14.55 9/17 15:31 14.41 0.24%
Trade id #119871437
Max drawdown($75)
Time9/17/18 15:23
Quant open500
Worst price14.40
Drawdown as % of equity-0.24%
($80)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $10.00
8/28/18 15:48 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 1,000 14.23 8/29 15:56 14.26 0.19%
Trade id #119633543
Max drawdown($61)
Time8/29/18 10:05
Quant open1,000
Worst price14.16
Drawdown as % of equity-0.19%
$28
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $5.00
8/23/18 15:53 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 1,400 14.19 8/24 14:59 14.26 0.13%
Trade id #119576212
Max drawdown($42)
Time8/23/18 16:15
Quant open1,400
Worst price14.16
Drawdown as % of equity-0.13%
$93
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $5.00
8/16/18 15:58 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 1,000 13.91 8/17 15:54 14.09 0.44%
Trade id #119477073
Max drawdown($140)
Time8/17/18 8:27
Quant open1,000
Worst price13.77
Drawdown as % of equity-0.44%
$175
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $5.00
7/20/18 12:08 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 1,200 13.84 7/27 15:43 13.71 1.09%
Trade id #119038673
Max drawdown($347)
Time7/27/18 13:03
Quant open1,200
Worst price13.55
Drawdown as % of equity-1.09%
($160)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $5.00
6/15/18 15:58 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 1,500 13.93 6/19 15:59 13.68 2.78%
Trade id #118463986
Max drawdown($897)
Time6/19/18 4:36
Quant open1,500
Worst price13.33
Drawdown as % of equity-2.78%
($377)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $5.00
5/14/18 15:59 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 800 13.47 5/15 15:57 12.97 1.42%
Trade id #117926901
Max drawdown($455)
Time5/15/18 15:25
Quant open800
Worst price12.90
Drawdown as % of equity-1.42%
($404)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $5.00
5/4/18 15:54 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 700 12.50 5/7 15:59 12.57 0.02%
Trade id #117806750
Max drawdown($7)
Time5/4/18 15:56
Quant open700
Worst price12.49
Drawdown as % of equity-0.02%
$44
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $5.00
4/27/18 13:30 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 1,100 12.37 5/3 9:36 12.30 0.22%
Trade id #117699576
Max drawdown($73)
Time5/3/18 9:36
Quant open0
Worst price12.30
Drawdown as % of equity-0.22%
($83)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $10.00
3/27/18 10:17 VXX1820D75 VXX Apr20'18 75 call LONG 1 0.64 4/21 9:35 0.00 0.2%
Trade id #117253353
Max drawdown($64)
Time4/21/18 9:35
Quant open0
Worst price0.00
Drawdown as % of equity-0.20%
($65)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $1.00
3/26/18 15:59 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 700 11.82 3/27 15:51 11.41 1.12%
Trade id #117240286
Max drawdown($364)
Time3/27/18 15:46
Quant open700
Worst price11.30
Drawdown as % of equity-1.12%
($292)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $5.00
3/8/18 11:31 VXX1816C60 VXX Mar16'18 60 call LONG 2 0.13 3/17 9:35 0.00 0.08%
Trade id #116932596
Max drawdown($26)
Time3/17/18 9:35
Quant open0
Worst price0.00
Drawdown as % of equity-0.08%
($27)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $1.40
3/7/18 15:59 SVXY PROSHARES SHORT VIX SHORT-TERM LONG 1,400 12.79 3/13 15:53 12.83 0.11%
Trade id #116914464
Max drawdown($37)
Time3/7/18 18:27
Quant open700
Worst price12.36
Drawdown as % of equity-0.11%
$46
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $10.00
2/20/18 14:37 VXX1802C75 VXX Mar2'18 75 call LONG 3 0.18 3/3 9:35 0.00 0.16%
Trade id #116621660
Max drawdown($54)
Time3/3/18 9:35
Quant open0
Worst price0.00
Drawdown as % of equity-0.16%
($56)
Includes Typical Broker Commissions trade costs of $2.10

Statistics

  • Strategy began
    2/16/2017
  • Suggested Minimum Cap
    $2,160
  • Strategy Age (days)
    2596.49
  • Age
    87 months ago
  • What it trades
    Stocks, Options
  • # Trades
    131
  • # Profitable
    66
  • % Profitable
    50.40%
  • Avg trade duration
    10.5 days
  • Max peak-to-valley drawdown
    23.21%
  • drawdown period
    July 26, 2017 - Dec 01, 2017
  • Annual Return (Compounded)
    96.8%
  • Avg win
    $833.08
  • Avg loss
    $387.20
  • Model Account Values (Raw)
  • Cash
    $31,893
  • Margin Used
    $0
  • Buying Power
    $31,893
  • Ratios
  • W:L ratio
    2.18:1
  • Sharpe Ratio
    1
  • Sortino Ratio
    4.45
  • Calmar Ratio
    4.733
  • CORRELATION STATISTICS
  • Return of Strat Pcnt - Return of SP500 Pcnt (cumu)
    1199.73%
  • Correlation to SP500
    0.03110
  • Return Percent SP500 (cumu) during strategy life
    123.60%
  • Return Statistics
  • Ann Return (w trading costs)
    96.8%
  • Slump
  • Current Slump as Pcnt Equity
    18.00%
  • Instruments
  • Percent Trades Futures
    n/a
  • Slump
  • Current Slump, time of slump as pcnt of strategy life
    0.94%
  • Return Statistics
  • Return Pcnt Since TOS Status
    n/a
  • Instruments
  • Short Options - Percent Covered
    n/a
  • Return Statistics
  • Return Pcnt (Compound or Annual, age-based, NFA compliant)
    0.968%
  • Instruments
  • Percent Trades Options
    0.34%
  • Percent Trades Stocks
    0.66%
  • Percent Trades Forex
    n/a
  • Return Statistics
  • Ann Return (Compnd, No Fees)
    46.0%
  • Risk of Ruin (Monte-Carlo)
  • Chance of 10% account loss
    15.00%
  • Chance of 20% account loss
    0.50%
  • Chance of 30% account loss
    n/a
  • Chance of 40% account loss
    n/a
  • Chance of 60% account loss (Monte Carlo)
    n/a
  • Chance of 70% account loss (Monte Carlo)
    n/a
  • Chance of 80% account loss (Monte Carlo)
    n/a
  • Chance of 90% account loss (Monte Carlo)
    n/a
  • Automation
  • Percentage Signals Automated
    n/a
  • Risk of Ruin (Monte-Carlo)
  • Chance of 50% account loss
    n/a
  • Popularity
  • Popularity (Today)
    0
  • Popularity (Last 6 weeks)
    628
  • Trading Style
  • Any stock shorts? 0/1
    1
  • Popularity
  • Popularity (7 days, Percentile 1000 scale)
    0
  • Trades-Own-System Certification
  • Trades Own System?
    -
  • TOS percent
    n/a
  • Win / Loss
  • Avg Loss
    $387
  • Avg Win
    $833
  • Sum Trade PL (losers)
    $25,168.000
  • Age
  • Num Months filled monthly returns table
    86
  • Win / Loss
  • Sum Trade PL (winners)
    $54,983.000
  • # Winners
    66
  • Num Months Winners
    16
  • Dividends
  • Dividends Received in Model Acct
    -82
  • Win / Loss
  • # Losers
    65
  • % Winners
    50.4%
  • Frequency
  • Avg Position Time (mins)
    15145.80
  • Avg Position Time (hrs)
    252.43
  • Avg Trade Length
    10.5 days
  • Last Trade Ago
    1633
  • Leverage
  • Daily leverage (average)
    1.00
  • Daily leverage (max)
    6.36
  • Regression
  • Alpha
    0.11
  • Beta
    0.05
  • Treynor Index
    2.04
  • Maximum Adverse Excursion (MAE)
  • MAE:Equity, average, all trades
    0.02
  • MAE:PL - Winning Trades - this strat Percentile of All Strats
    13.66
  • MAE:PL - worst single value for strategy
    -
  • MAE:PL - Losing Trades - this strat Percentile of All Strats
    20.85
  • MAE:PL (avg, winning trades)
    -
  • MAE:PL (avg, losing trades)
    -
  • MAE:PL (avg, all trades)
    -0.51
  • MAE:Equity, average, winning trades
    0.03
  • MAE:Equity, average, losing trades
    0.02
  • Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - All trades
    1.936
  • MAE:Equity, losing trades only, 95th Percentile Value for this strat
    -
  • MAE:Equity, win trades only, 95th Percentile Value for this strat
    -
  • MAE:Equity, 95th Percentile Value for this strat
    0.03
  • Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - Winning trades
    0.449
  • Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - Losing trades
    -1.338
  • Hold-and-Hope Ratio
    0.517
  • Analysis based on MONTHLY values, full history
  • RATIO STATISTICS
  • Ratio statistics of excess return rates
  • Statistics related to Sharpe ratio
  • Mean
    2.75009
  • SD
    5.11572
  • Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)
    0.53758
  • Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)
    0.52814
  • df
    43.00000
  • t
    1.02938
  • p
    0.15453
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    -0.49528
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    1.56433
  • Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    -0.50149
  • Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    1.55776
  • Statistics related to Sortino ratio
  • Sortino ratio
    27.12370
  • Upside Potential Ratio
    28.61980
  • Upside part of mean
    2.90179
  • Downside part of mean
    -0.15169
  • Upside SD
    5.11818
  • Downside SD
    0.10139
  • N nonnegative terms
    14.00000
  • N negative terms
    30.00000
  • Statistics related to linear regression on benchmark
  • N of observations
    44.00000
  • Mean of predictor
    0.12111
  • Mean of criterion
    2.75009
  • SD of predictor
    0.20693
  • SD of criterion
    5.11572
  • Covariance
    -0.06749
  • r
    -0.06375
  • b (slope, estimate of beta)
    -1.57610
  • a (intercept, estimate of alpha)
    2.94097
  • Mean Square Error
    26.68480
  • DF error
    42.00000
  • t(b)
    -0.41400
  • p(b)
    0.65951
  • t(a)
    1.07459
  • p(a)
    0.14435
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    -9.25890
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    6.10670
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    -2.58217
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    8.46412
  • Treynor index (mean / b)
    -1.74487
  • Jensen alpha (a)
    2.94097
  • Ratio statistics of excess log return rates
  • Statistics related to Sharpe ratio
  • Mean
    0.70802
  • SD
    1.25349
  • Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)
    0.56484
  • Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)
    0.55492
  • df
    43.00000
  • t
    1.08159
  • p
    0.14273
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    -0.46883
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    1.59209
  • Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    -0.47533
  • Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    1.58518
  • Statistics related to Sortino ratio
  • Sortino ratio
    6.67067
  • Upside Potential Ratio
    8.14796
  • Upside part of mean
    0.86482
  • Downside part of mean
    -0.15680
  • Upside SD
    1.25141
  • Downside SD
    0.10614
  • N nonnegative terms
    14.00000
  • N negative terms
    30.00000
  • Statistics related to linear regression on benchmark
  • N of observations
    44.00000
  • Mean of predictor
    0.09690
  • Mean of criterion
    0.70802
  • SD of predictor
    0.22633
  • SD of criterion
    1.25349
  • Covariance
    -0.00945
  • r
    -0.03331
  • b (slope, estimate of beta)
    -0.18445
  • a (intercept, estimate of alpha)
    0.72589
  • Mean Square Error
    1.60685
  • DF error
    42.00000
  • t(b)
    -0.21596
  • p(b)
    0.58497
  • t(a)
    1.08806
  • p(a)
    0.14139
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    -1.90811
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    1.53920
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    -0.62046
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    2.07225
  • Treynor index (mean / b)
    -3.83846
  • Jensen alpha (a)
    0.72589
  • Risk estimates for a one-period unit investment (parametric)
  • assuming log normal returns and losses (using central moments from Sharpe statistics)
  • VaR(95%)
    0.41503
  • Expected Shortfall on VaR
    0.49283
  • assuming Pareto losses only (using partial moments from Sortino statistics)
  • VaR(95%)
    0.03502
  • Expected Shortfall on VaR
    0.06962
  • ORDER STATISTICS
  • Quartiles of return rates
  • Number of observations
    44.00000
  • Minimum
    0.89343
  • Quartile 1
    0.99426
  • Median
    1.00000
  • Quartile 3
    1.02704
  • Maximum
    10.79720
  • Mean of quarter 1
    0.95653
  • Mean of quarter 2
    0.99913
  • Mean of quarter 3
    1.00592
  • Mean of quarter 4
    1.96443
  • Inter Quartile Range
    0.03278
  • Number outliers low
    3.00000
  • Percentage of outliers low
    0.06818
  • Mean of outliers low
    0.90069
  • Number of outliers high
    5.00000
  • Percentage of outliers high
    0.11364
  • Mean of outliers high
    3.06745
  • Risk estimates for a one-period unit investment (based on Ex
  • Extreme Value Index (moments method)
    0.70215
  • VaR(95%) (moments method)
    0.04368
  • Expected Shortfall (moments method)
    0.16247
  • Extreme Value Index (regression method)
    -0.40721
  • VaR(95%) (regression method)
    0.04290
  • Expected Shortfall (regression method)
    0.05316
  • DRAW DOWN STATISTICS
  • Quartiles of draw downs
  • Number of observations
    2.00000
  • Minimum
    0.13083
  • Quartile 1
    0.13238
  • Median
    0.13393
  • Quartile 3
    0.13549
  • Maximum
    0.13704
  • Mean of quarter 1
    0.13083
  • Mean of quarter 2
    0.00000
  • Mean of quarter 3
    0.00000
  • Mean of quarter 4
    0.13704
  • Inter Quartile Range
    0.00310
  • Number outliers low
    0.00000
  • Percentage of outliers low
    0.00000
  • Mean of outliers low
    0.00000
  • Number of outliers high
    0.00000
  • Percentage of outliers high
    0.00000
  • Mean of outliers high
    0.00000
  • Risk estimates based on draw downs (based on Extreme Value T
  • Extreme Value Index (moments method)
    0.00000
  • VaR(95%) (moments method)
    0.00000
  • Expected Shortfall (moments method)
    0.00000
  • Extreme Value Index (regression method)
    0.00000
  • VaR(95%) (regression method)
    0.00000
  • Expected Shortfall (regression method)
    0.00000
  • COMBINED STATISTICS
  • Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)
    3.77889
  • Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)
    1.08742
  • Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)
    7.93511
  • Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs
    7.93511
  • Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal
    2.20646
  • 0.00000
  • 0.00000
  • Analysis based on DAILY values, full history
  • RATIO STATISTICS
  • Ratio statistics of excess return rates
  • Statistics related to Sharpe ratio
  • Mean
    0.79700
  • SD
    0.46206
  • Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)
    1.72489
  • Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)
    1.72354
  • df
    961.00000
  • t
    3.30520
  • p
    0.00049
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    0.69871
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    2.75021
  • Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    0.69779
  • Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    2.74928
  • Statistics related to Sortino ratio
  • Sortino ratio
    8.15870
  • Upside Potential Ratio
    12.73460
  • Upside part of mean
    1.24401
  • Downside part of mean
    -0.44701
  • Upside SD
    0.45405
  • Downside SD
    0.09769
  • N nonnegative terms
    267.00000
  • N negative terms
    695.00000
  • Statistics related to linear regression on benchmark
  • N of observations
    962.00000
  • Mean of predictor
    0.11909
  • Mean of criterion
    0.79700
  • SD of predictor
    0.21064
  • SD of criterion
    0.46206
  • Covariance
    0.00324
  • r
    0.03326
  • b (slope, estimate of beta)
    0.07296
  • a (intercept, estimate of alpha)
    0.69600
  • Mean Square Error
    0.21348
  • DF error
    960.00000
  • t(b)
    1.03113
  • p(b)
    0.15137
  • t(a)
    3.26728
  • p(a)
    0.00056
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    -0.06590
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    0.21182
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    0.31482
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    1.26180
  • Treynor index (mean / b)
    10.92360
  • Jensen alpha (a)
    0.78831
  • Ratio statistics of excess log return rates
  • Statistics related to Sharpe ratio
  • Mean
    0.70700
  • SD
    0.40389
  • Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)
    1.75049
  • Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)
    1.74912
  • df
    961.00000
  • t
    3.35426
  • p
    0.00041
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    0.72423
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    2.77590
  • Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    0.72329
  • Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    2.77496
  • Statistics related to Sortino ratio
  • Sortino ratio
    7.09838
  • Upside Potential Ratio
    11.63510
  • Upside part of mean
    1.15886
  • Downside part of mean
    -0.45186
  • Upside SD
    0.39363
  • Downside SD
    0.09960
  • N nonnegative terms
    267.00000
  • N negative terms
    695.00000
  • Statistics related to linear regression on benchmark
  • N of observations
    962.00000
  • Mean of predictor
    0.09673
  • Mean of criterion
    0.70700
  • SD of predictor
    0.21188
  • SD of criterion
    0.40389
  • Covariance
    0.00345
  • r
    0.04033
  • b (slope, estimate of beta)
    0.07689
  • a (intercept, estimate of alpha)
    0.69956
  • Mean Square Error
    0.16303
  • DF error
    960.00000
  • t(b)
    1.25073
  • p(b)
    0.10567
  • t(a)
    3.31863
  • p(a)
    0.00047
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    -0.04375
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    0.19752
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    0.28588
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    1.11324
  • Treynor index (mean / b)
    9.19551
  • Jensen alpha (a)
    0.69956
  • Risk estimates for a one-period unit investment (parametric)
  • assuming log normal returns and losses (using central moments from Sharpe statistics)
  • VaR(95%)
    0.03762
  • Expected Shortfall on VaR
    0.04756
  • assuming Pareto losses only (using partial moments from Sortino statistics)
  • VaR(95%)
    0.00484
  • Expected Shortfall on VaR
    0.01062
  • ORDER STATISTICS
  • Quartiles of return rates
  • Number of observations
    962.00000
  • Minimum
    0.92020
  • Quartile 1
    0.99994
  • Median
    1.00000
  • Quartile 3
    1.00035
  • Maximum
    1.54709
  • Mean of quarter 1
    0.99350
  • Mean of quarter 2
    1.00000
  • Mean of quarter 3
    1.00003
  • Mean of quarter 4
    1.01905
  • Inter Quartile Range
    0.00041
  • Number outliers low
    174.00000
  • Percentage of outliers low
    0.18087
  • Mean of outliers low
    0.99111
  • Number of outliers high
    214.00000
  • Percentage of outliers high
    0.22245
  • Mean of outliers high
    1.02137
  • Risk estimates for a one-period unit investment (based on Ex
  • Extreme Value Index (moments method)
    0.72986
  • VaR(95%) (moments method)
    0.00437
  • Expected Shortfall (moments method)
    0.01990
  • Extreme Value Index (regression method)
    0.35457
  • VaR(95%) (regression method)
    0.00573
  • Expected Shortfall (regression method)
    0.01314
  • DRAW DOWN STATISTICS
  • Quartiles of draw downs
  • Number of observations
    9.00000
  • Minimum
    0.00056
  • Quartile 1
    0.01291
  • Median
    0.02480
  • Quartile 3
    0.02620
  • Maximum
    0.19434
  • Mean of quarter 1
    0.00714
  • Mean of quarter 2
    0.02437
  • Mean of quarter 3
    0.02612
  • Mean of quarter 4
    0.14866
  • Inter Quartile Range
    0.01329
  • Number outliers low
    0.00000
  • Percentage of outliers low
    0.00000
  • Mean of outliers low
    0.00000
  • Number of outliers high
    2.00000
  • Percentage of outliers high
    0.22222
  • Mean of outliers high
    0.14866
  • Risk estimates based on draw downs (based on Extreme Value T
  • Extreme Value Index (moments method)
    -11.90960
  • VaR(95%) (moments method)
    0.07409
  • Expected Shortfall (moments method)
    0.07409
  • Extreme Value Index (regression method)
    -0.74884
  • VaR(95%) (regression method)
    0.23137
  • Expected Shortfall (regression method)
    0.26247
  • COMBINED STATISTICS
  • Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)
    3.77365
  • Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)
    1.08529
  • Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)
    5.58435
  • Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs
    7.30052
  • Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal
    22.81940
  • 0.00000
  • 0.00000
  • Analysis based on DAILY values, last 6 months only
  • RATIO STATISTICS
  • Ratio statistics of excess return rates
  • Statistics related to Sharpe ratio
  • Mean
    -0.02791
  • SD
    0.00000
  • Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)
    0.00000
  • Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)
    0.00000
  • df
    0.00000
  • t
    0.00000
  • p
    0.00000
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    0.00000
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    0.00000
  • Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    0.00000
  • Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    0.00000
  • Statistics related to Sortino ratio
  • Sortino ratio
    -16.18640
  • Upside Potential Ratio
    0.00000
  • Upside part of mean
    0.00000
  • Downside part of mean
    -0.02791
  • Upside SD
    0.00000
  • Downside SD
    0.00172
  • N nonnegative terms
    0.00000
  • N negative terms
    131.00000
  • Statistics related to linear regression on benchmark
  • N of observations
    131.00000
  • Mean of predictor
    0.44661
  • Mean of criterion
    -0.02791
  • SD of predictor
    0.19821
  • SD of criterion
    0.00000
  • Covariance
    0.00000
  • r
    0.00000
  • b (slope, estimate of beta)
    0.00000
  • a (intercept, estimate of alpha)
    0.00000
  • Mean Square Error
    0.00000
  • DF error
    0.00000
  • t(b)
    0.00000
  • p(b)
    0.00000
  • t(a)
    0.00000
  • p(a)
    0.00000
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    0.00000
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    0.00000
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    0.00000
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    0.00000
  • Treynor index (mean / b)
    0.00000
  • Jensen alpha (a)
    0.00000
  • Ratio statistics of excess log return rates
  • Statistics related to Sharpe ratio
  • Mean
    -0.02791
  • SD
    0.00000
  • Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)
    -9748420000000000.00000
  • Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)
    -9692070000000000.00000
  • df
    130.00000
  • t
    -6893170000000000.00000
  • p
    1.00000
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    0.00000
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio
    0.00000
  • Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    -10870200000000000.00000
  • Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation
    -8513980000000000.00000
  • Statistics related to Sortino ratio
  • Sortino ratio
    -16.18640
  • Upside Potential Ratio
    0.00000
  • Upside part of mean
    0.00000
  • Downside part of mean
    -0.02791
  • Upside SD
    0.00000
  • Downside SD
    0.00172
  • N nonnegative terms
    0.00000
  • N negative terms
    131.00000
  • Statistics related to linear regression on benchmark
  • N of observations
    131.00000
  • Mean of predictor
    0.42654
  • Mean of criterion
    -0.02791
  • SD of predictor
    0.19954
  • SD of criterion
    0.00000
  • Covariance
    -0.00000
  • r
    -0.00000
  • b (slope, estimate of beta)
    -0.00000
  • a (intercept, estimate of alpha)
    -0.02791
  • Mean Square Error
    0.00000
  • DF error
    129.00000
  • t(b)
    -0.00000
  • p(b)
    0.50000
  • t(a)
    -6807060000000000.00000
  • p(a)
    1.00000
  • VAR (95 Confidence Intrvl)
    0.03600
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    -0.00000
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta
    0.00000
  • Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    -0.02791
  • Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha
    -0.02791
  • Treynor index (mean / b)
    51882799999999989411594845028352.00000
  • Jensen alpha (a)
    -0.02791
  • Risk estimates for a one-period unit investment (parametric)
  • assuming log normal returns and losses (using central moments from Sharpe statistics)
  • VaR(95%)
    0.00011
  • Expected Shortfall on VaR
    0.00011
  • assuming Pareto losses only (using partial moments from Sortino statistics)
  • VaR(95%)
    0.00000
  • Expected Shortfall on VaR
    0.00000
  • ORDER STATISTICS
  • Quartiles of return rates
  • Number of observations
    131.00000
  • Minimum
    1.00000
  • Quartile 1
    1.00000
  • Median
    1.00000
  • Quartile 3
    1.00000
  • Maximum
    1.00000
  • Mean of quarter 1
    1.00000
  • Mean of quarter 2
    1.00000
  • Mean of quarter 3
    1.00000
  • Mean of quarter 4
    1.00000
  • Inter Quartile Range
    0.00000
  • Number outliers low
    0.00000
  • Percentage of outliers low
    0.00000
  • Mean of outliers low
    0.00000
  • Number of outliers high
    0.00000
  • Percentage of outliers high
    0.00000
  • Mean of outliers high
    0.00000
  • Risk estimates for a one-period unit investment (based on Ex
  • Extreme Value Index (moments method)
    0.00000
  • VaR(95%) (moments method)
    0.00000
  • Expected Shortfall (moments method)
    0.00000
  • Extreme Value Index (regression method)
    0.00000
  • VaR(95%) (regression method)
    0.00000
  • Expected Shortfall (regression method)
    0.00000
  • DRAW DOWN STATISTICS
  • Quartiles of draw downs
  • Number of observations
    0.00000
  • Minimum
    0.00000
  • Quartile 1
    0.00000
  • Median
    0.00000
  • Quartile 3
    0.00000
  • Maximum
    0.00000
  • Mean of quarter 1
    0.00000
  • Mean of quarter 2
    0.00000
  • Mean of quarter 3
    0.00000
  • Mean of quarter 4
    0.00000
  • Inter Quartile Range
    0.00000
  • Number outliers low
    0.00000
  • Percentage of outliers low
    0.00000
  • Mean of outliers low
    0.00000
  • Number of outliers high
    0.00000
  • Percentage of outliers high
    0.00000
  • Mean of outliers high
    0.00000
  • Risk estimates based on draw downs (based on Extreme Value T
  • Extreme Value Index (moments method)
    0.00000
  • VaR(95%) (moments method)
    0.00000
  • Expected Shortfall (moments method)
    0.00000
  • Extreme Value Index (regression method)
    0.00000
  • VaR(95%) (regression method)
    0.00000
  • Last 4 Months - Pcnt Negative
    n/a
  • Expected Shortfall (regression method)
    0.00000
  • Strat Max DD how much worse than SP500 max DD during strat life?
    -283771000
  • Max Equity Drawdown (num days)
    128
  • COMBINED STATISTICS
  • Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)
    0.00000
  • Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)
    0.00000
  • Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)
    0.00000
  • Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs
    0.00000
  • Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal
    0.00000

Strategy Description

1. Quant Models Volatility trades volatility ETPs & options. Most of its future returns are expected to be from holding ETN positions, not from options trading. Instead of holding cash, sometimes ordinary stocks or ETFs (not based on volatility) will be purchased and held.
2. This strategy sometimes uses options to protect partially in case there is an unanticipated catastrophic "black swan" spike in volatility. Accordingly, the portfolio will sometimes own long-term, out-of-the-money VXX (or similar) call options. Nonetheless, volatility systems tend to be riskier than most other trading systems.
3. My basic volatility timing model suggests when to be long SVXY (or in similar positions) and when to be in cash. Other indicators are used to determine the relative size of the position, which can range up to 1.5x the size of the portfolio. To supplement this basic model, other volatility ETPs and options may be traded.

Summary Statistics

Strategy began
2017-02-16
Suggested Minimum Capital
$25,000
# Trades
131
# Profitable
66
% Profitable
50.4%
Net Dividends
Correlation S&P500
0.031
Sharpe Ratio
1.00
Sortino Ratio
4.45
Beta
0.05
Alpha
0.11
Leverage
1.00 Average
6.36 Maximum
Summary
Higher leverage = greater risk.

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Collective2 calculates the maximum leverage used by a strategy in each day. We then display the average of these measurements (i.e. the average daily maximum leverage) and the greatest of these measurements (maximum daily leverage).

Leverage is the ratio of total notional value controlled by a strategy divided by its Model Account equity. Generally higher leverage implies greater risk.

Example of calculation:
The Strategy buys 100 shares of stock at $12 per share.
The Model Account equity during that day is $5,000.
The leverage is: $1200 / $5,000 = 0.24

This is a useful measurement, but it should be considered in context. This measurement doesn't take into account important factors, such as when multiple positions are held that are inversely correlated. Nor does the measurement take into account the volatility of the instruments being held.

In addition, certain asset classes are inherently more leveraged than others. For example, futures contracts are highly leveraged. Forex positions are often even more leveraged than futures.

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