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Current Core Trading Systems

The system statistics and graphs are based on the same set of data, risk and cost assumptions to keep them consistent and comparable. The same exact system rules and inputs where used for each market in the backtest.

Risk – 2% of equity risked per trade

System Inputs – Same parameters used on all markets

Slippage and commissions – $40

History – 10 years

Portfolio – AUD/USD, Corn, Cotton, EUR/USD, Feeder Cattle, Gold, Lumber, Lean Hogs, Natural Gas, Orange Juice, Palladium, RBOB Gasoline, Soybeans, Sugar, Silver, 10 year Treasury Note, U.S. Treasury Bonds and Wheat.

The Swing Machine measures the recent range of the market and enters trades when the range begins to expand. This approach attempts to keep the system flat during choppy non-directional periods and only enters a new position when the market is on the move. As you can see from the system report, it does a good job of capturing gains and avoiding losses.

Swing Machine Equity Curve

A unique system that combines support and resistance style trading with range expansion. Nothings more frustrating than buying the highs and selling the lows of a move. When trading the big breakouts it happens too often yet the risk/reward remains favorable. To minimize those false breakouts and reduce drawdowns the Hi-Lo Trend system was created. It does a great job of eliminating many of the false breakouts while still allowing the big winners. It performed beautifully during 2008 when the markets made wild swings whipsawing many good systems with losses for the year.

Hi-Lo Equity Curve

Consistently a Futures Truth Top 10 System based on 4 years of real-time performance. The performance is as strong today as ever and the system inputs have never been changed. At the heart of those returns is a trend filter to keep trades in the right direction and an exit that quickly reduces risk.

Update: Futures Truth just named Trend Weaver a Top 10 Most Consistent Trading System

Trend Weaver Equity Curve

Note: All code is fully open. Video explanations walk you through the exact rules for each of these systems while detailing the logic of the rules. Code is provided for the above systems to run with Trade Station, Trading Blox and Traders Studio.

Each of the core systems reports is based on a group of 18 commodities. You can of course trade it with more or less markets to match your account. Each of those systems could be applied to an individual market as well.

The reason I chose to show you a basket of markets is to prove that I’m not playing tricks with the numbers. By using a large sample of diversified markets, applying only one set of inputs per system and a position sizing formula to produce equal weighting from each market, the systems are forced to stand on their own. They either work or they don’t!

The other point I wanted to make is each of these systems was able to produce huge returns while maintaining a reasonable drawdown. We each have our own tolerance for the amount of pain we can handle during a drawdown. This forces each of us to choose where to set the risk dial before trading a system. For each of the examples above I tried to keep the risk close to 1/3.

There has never been a better time to be a trader. Computers and historical price data are easily obtained. Trading software to facilitate trading and research is easier to use than ever before. Commission costs and spreads are at the lowest they have ever been thanks to electronic trading.

You can open a trading account with a fraction of the cash needed just a few years ago. Micro FOREX lots and odd lot stock positions, combined with small transaction costs, you can literally start trading with a fraction of what it took just 10 years ago.

And now you have access to a network of traders, specific trading systems, money management and research that until now has only been available to professional traders. If you’re serious about taking the business of trading to the next level then join us in the Trading Systems Network today.