Trap Strategy

  • Trades only in S&P 500 and Nasdaq100 indices
  • Long Short Strategy
  • Leverage 3 Times
  • Strategy is 100% objective and rule-based
  • Position sizing and money-management rules are in-built
  • System is design to take advantage of Market Traps (Trading psychology)
  • Take advantage of Behavior Patterns (Bull Trap/ Bear Trap)
  • Significantly outperforms in all the bear market scenario
  • Results since May’12 with steady Equity Curve

 

 

Strategy Statistics (Leverage 3 times)

 

 

All trades

 

Long trades

Short trades

Initial capital

100000.00

 

100000.00

100000.00

Ending capital

2366265.28

 

2076665.68

389599.60

Net Profit

2266265.28

 

1976665.68

289599.60

Net Profit %

2266.27%

 

1976.67%

289.60%

Exposure %

40.11%

 

25.94%

14.17%

Net Risk Adjusted Return %

5650.21%

 

7620.81%

2043.51%

Annual Return %

37.97%

 

36.15%

14.84%

Risk Adjusted Return %

94.66%

 

139.37%

104.70%

Transaction costs

652729.90

 

360666.32

292063.58

 

 

All trades

679

 

377 (55.52 %)

302 (44.48 %)

 Avg. Profit/Loss

3337.65

 

5243.15

958.94

 Avg. Profit/Loss %

0.34%

 

0.57%

0.06%

 Avg. Bars Held

1488.95

 

1730.23

1187.75

 

 

Winners

284 (41.83 %)

 

191 (28.13 %)

93 (13.70 %)

 Total Profit

5337627.29

 

3467373.34

1870253.95

 Avg. Profit

18794.46

 

18153.79

20110.26

 Avg. Profit %

1.85%

 

1.85%

1.86%

 Avg. Bars Held

2384.11

 

2582.03

1977.61

 Max. Consecutive

10

 

11

5

 Largest win

177781.49

 

148094.95

177781.49

 # bars in largest win

3515

 

2724

3515

 

 

Losers

395 (58.17 %)

 

186 (27.39 %)

209 (30.78 %)

 Total Loss

-3071362.01

 

-1490707.66

-1580654.35

 Avg. Loss

-7775.60

 

-8014.56

-7562.94

 Avg. Loss %

-0.74%

 

-0.76%

-0.73%

 Avg. Bars Held

845.34

 

855.52

836.28

 Max. Consecutive

9

 

8

16

 Largest loss

-82261.00

 

-82261.00

-47561.22

# bars in largest loss

461

 

461

394

 

 

Max. trade drawdown

-259573.53

 

-96421.06

-259573.53

Max. trade % drawdown

-6.82

 

-5.69

-6.82

Max. system drawdown

-520221.35

 

-195384.27

-594835.60

Max. system % drawdown

-23.16%

 

-20.70%

-99.95%

Recovery Factor

4.36

 

10.12

0.49

CAR/MaxDD

1.64

 

1.75

0.15

RAR/MaxDD

4.09

 

6.73

1.05

Profit Factor

1.74

 

2.33

1.18

Payoff Ratio

2.42

 

2.27

2.66

Standard Error

265424.46

 

245874.65

83922.67

Risk-Reward Ratio

0.65

 

0.65

0.13

Ulcer Index

7.03

 

4.57

44.33

Ulcer Performance Index

4.63

 

6.72

0.21

Sharpe Ratio of trades

1.26

 

1.99

0.02

Portfolio Equity

Underwater Equity

Profit Table

Year

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Yr%

2012

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

3.6%

1.8%

24.4%

-1.6%

3.8%

-1.5%

6.7%

0.8%

41.9%

2013

1.2%

-3.6%

-3.5%

-3.7%

3.4%

-2.2%

6.7%

-1.3%

8.4%

12.9%

2.7%

1.5%

23.2%

2014

3.1%

12.7%

-3.3%

-0.1%

4.5%

0.7%

-3.0%

4.1%

-3.5%

9.7%

1.1%

1.3%

29.4%

2015

4.6%

-3.8%

11.1%

1.7%

-1.9%

-2.3%

7.1%

-5.0%

9.7%

16.6%

6.5%

-9.5%

36.7%

2016

-9.8%

16.2%

0.6%

-1.8%

2.6%

8.0%

3.2%

-2.5%

7.1%

0.5%

4.5%

-1.0%

28.5%

2017

-0.8%

-0.7%

-5.7%

7.1%

0.5%

0.8%

9.0%

-3.4%

-0.1%

4.6%

4.5%

2.5%

18.7%

2018

2.6%

11.0%

-4.3%

2.0%

-6.3%

5.8%

3.6%

2.0%

-0.5%

-2.0%

10.9%

-1.7%

23.7%

2019

1.5%

2.3%

0.5%

4.6%

3.2%

11.7%

-1.7%

1.0%

4.5%

6.3%

1.7%

7.3%

51.6%

2020

0.5%

13.9%

7.7%

14.8%

-3.8%

-1.6%

-5.7%

10.9%

7.7%

3.6%

16.8%

0.4%

83.0%

2021

-0.4%

3.5%

-10.6%

12.7%

-2.7%

3.3%

2.1%

-2.0%

13.5%

2.2%

2.8%

0.3%

24.8%

2022

14.4%

5.0%

-2.5%

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

17.1%

Avg

1.7%

5.6%

-1.0%

4.1%

0.3%

2.6%

4.6%

0.2%

5.1%

5.3%

5.8%

0.2%