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Optimized Partners II

Equity · Stocks · Started Oct 2012

hypothetical · Annual Return (Compounded)
7.5%
Max Drawdown
51.1%
Trades
946
Win Trades
43.9%
Profit Factor
1.40
Win Months
53.6%
Subscribe $99/mo

About this strategy

How is OP II managed? All of my portfolios are geared to be flexible to the markets. At heart I'm a Trend trader and OP II is a combination of OP and our VGP. OP II has less volatility than OP I but more than the VGP. People frequently ask for specifics and expect a rigidly defined strategy. But in my 30 years experience, rigid strategies are almost excessively curve-fitted which leads to inevitable failure. These failures led me to an evolving trend following discipline in combination with my experience with bull and bear markets. In other words, I employ no single methodology but I do factor in Monetary policy along with technical and fundamental analysis.

Who am I? After my degree in Finance from Northeastern University in Boston I started out at Lehman Brothers in Boston in 1982 as an assistant trader. In 1984 I went to EF Hutton in Los Angeles and became Options Trading Coordinator in Beverly Hills. During this time I placed second in the 1987 US Trading Championship in the Options Writing Category and was featured in Investors Business Daily and Barrons and various radio stations. By 1990 I moved to AG Edwards and Sons and remained there until 1995 when I opened up my own shop. Since all three firms no longer exist I consider this the best move I ever made.

I'm no longer live in the big cities but manage client portfolios and C2 portfolios daily from my ranch near Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.

In my 35 years I've explored, tested and traded hundreds of systems and made just about every mistake that can be made and then some. What we provide to subscribers to C2 is the end result of all the years of education and experience of being a professional investor and we hope it makes a difference in your life.

Brad Pappas

Trend-following Momentum

Hypothetical Monthly Returns (includes fees/commissions)

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYTD
20122.2-9.8-1.7-9.3
2013-3.84.79.15.50.21.09.2-4.85.54.418.78.272.3
20141.013.42.35.6-1.82.0-5.85.2-4.17.26.09.746.7
2015-0.9-4.56.9-4.3-3.2-1.2-3.4-1.5-1.44.3-5.8-6.2-20.0
20162.04.3-2.46.0-13.68.3-3.56.6-3.9-5.52.56.75.3
20179.4-4.77.99.35.3-4.912.04.00.26.93.8-0.758.6
201811.90.2-0.5-1.11.80.8-3.615.81.0-10.2-2.38.121.0
20197.0-3.0-0.41.0-3.310.23.2-5.9-4.3-5.60.22.40.1
20201.5-17.9-1.0-5.4-0.71.8-0.6-2.2-0.90.110.61.8-14.5
2021-4.85.4-1.43.0-1.36.40.0-3.3-5.36.80.5-0.34.9
2022-7.4-3.31.3-7.5-0.3-7.09.6-4.4-10.74.66.4-3.6-21.8
20232.6-3.45.5-2.34.25.23.9-3.0-3.41.210.45.128.1
20242.41.5-1.2-5.81.82.30.62.30.6-3.47.5-10.7-3.3
20255.31.0-4.47.93.00.3-4.4-1.1-5.3-2.8-3.4-1.2-5.6
2026-5.9-4.5-8.72.11.9-2.89.92.7-4.3-10.4

Statistics

Overview

Strategy began10/25/2012
Suggested Minimum Capital$15,000
Age169 months
C2 Rank254
What it tradesStocks
# Trades946
# Profitable415
% Profitable43.9%
Avg trade duration49.1 days
Max peak-to-valley drawdown51.1%
drawdown periodJuly 26, 2019 - March 21, 2026
Annual Return (Compounded)7.5%
Avg win$569
Avg loss$349

Ratios

W:L ratio1.38
Sharpe Ratio0.33
Sortino Ratio0.46
Calmar Ratio0.31

CORRELATION STATISTICS

Correlation to SP5000.33
Return Percent SP500 (cumu) during strategy life440.4%
Return of Strat Pcnt - Return of SP500 Pcnt (cumu)-268.0%

Return Statistics

Ann Return (w trading costs)7.5%
Return Pcnt (Compound or Annual, age-based, NFA compliant)0.1%
Return Pcnt Since TOS Status0.0%
Ann Return (Compnd, No Fees)10.6%

Slump

Current Slump as Pcnt Equity63.4%
Current Slump, time of slump as pcnt of strategy life0.5%

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 loss57.5%
Chance of 20% account loss26.5%
Chance of 30% account loss13.5%
Chance of 40% account loss4.0%
Chance of 50% account loss0.5%
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)502
C2 Score254
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$349
Avg Win$569
# Winners415
Sum Trade PL (losers)$185,508
Sum Trade PL (winners)$236,215
Num Months Winners91
# Losers531
% Winners43.9%

Dividends

Dividends Received in Model Acct9921

Age

Num Months filled monthly returns table168

Frequency

Avg Position Time (mins)70734.50
Avg Position Time (hrs)1178.91
Avg Trade Length49.10
Last Trade Ago659

Leverage

Daily leverage (average)0.94
Daily leverage (max)2.74

Regression

Alpha0.01
Beta0.33
Treynor Index0.06

Maximum Adverse Excursion (MAE)

MAE:Equity, average, all trades0.01
MAE:Equity, 95th Percentile Value for this strat0.01
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 trades6.86
MAE:PL (avg, all trades)-0.30
MAE:PL (avg, losing trades)
MAE:PL - Losing Trades - this strat Percentile of All Strats35.39
MAE:PL - Winning Trades - this strat Percentile of All Strats48.99
MAE:PL (avg, winning trades)
MAE:PL - worst single value for strategy
Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - Winning trades0.30
Avg(MAE) / Avg(PL) - Losing trades-1.36
Hold-and-Hope Ratio0.16

RATIO STATISTICS

Mean0.09
SD0.16
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)0.56
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)0.56
df162
t2.07
p0.42
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio0.03
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio1.10
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation0.02
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation1.09
Sortino ratio0.94
Upside Potential Ratio2.74
Upside part of mean0.26
Downside part of mean-0.17
Upside SD0.13
Downside SD0.10
N nonnegative terms87
N negative terms76
N of observations163
Mean of predictor0.11
Mean of criterion0.09
SD of predictor0.13
SD of criterion0.16
Covariance0.01
r0.49
b (slope, estimate of beta)0.60
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.03
Mean Square Error0.02
DF error161
t(b)7.15
p(b)0.20
t(a)0.68
p(a)0.47
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.43
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.76
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.05
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.10
Treynor index (mean / b)0.15
Jensen alpha (a)0.03
Mean0.08
SD0.16
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)0.48
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)0.48
df162
t1.78
p0.43
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-0.05
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio1.02
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-0.05
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation1.02
Sortino ratio0.77
Upside Potential Ratio2.54
Upside part of mean0.25
Downside part of mean-0.18
Upside SD0.13
Downside SD0.10
N nonnegative terms87
N negative terms76
N of observations163
Mean of predictor0.10
Mean of criterion0.08
SD of predictor0.13
SD of criterion0.16
Covariance0.01
r0.51
b (slope, estimate of beta)0.61
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.02
Mean Square Error0.02
DF error161
t(b)7.46
p(b)0.19
t(a)0.48
p(a)0.48
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.45
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.77
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.06
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.09
Treynor index (mean / b)0.13
Jensen alpha (a)0.02
VaR(95%)0.07
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.08
VaR(95%)0.03
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.06
Mean0.08
SD0.14
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)0.60
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)0.60
df3566
t2.23
p0.01
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio0.07
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio1.14
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation0.07
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation1.13
Sortino ratio0.84
Upside Potential Ratio8.45
Upside part of mean0.85
Downside part of mean-0.76
Upside SD0.10
Downside SD0.10
N nonnegative terms1904
N negative terms1663
N of observations3567
Mean of predictor0.11
Mean of criterion0.08
SD of predictor0.17
SD of criterion0.14
Covariance0.01
r0.32
b (slope, estimate of beta)0.26
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.06
Mean Square Error0.02
DF error3565
t(b)19.92
p(b)0
t(a)1.54
p(a)0.06
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.23
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.29
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.01
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.13
Treynor index (mean / b)0.32
Jensen alpha (a)0.06
Mean0.07
SD0.14
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)0.53
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)0.53
df3566
t1.97
p0.02
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio0.00
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio1.06
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation0.00
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation1.06
Sortino ratio0.73
Upside Potential Ratio8.31
Upside part of mean0.84
Downside part of mean-0.77
Upside SD0.10
Downside SD0.10
N nonnegative terms1904
N negative terms1663
N of observations3567
Mean of predictor0.10
Mean of criterion0.07
SD of predictor0.17
SD of criterion0.14
Covariance0.01
r0.32
b (slope, estimate of beta)0.26
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)0.05
Mean Square Error0.02
DF error3565
t(b)19.94
p(b)0
t(a)1.37
p(a)0.08
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.23
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.29
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.02
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.12
Treynor index (mean / b)0.29
Jensen alpha (a)0.05
VaR(95%)0.01
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.02
VaR(95%)0.01
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.01
Mean0.01
SD0.12
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)0.07
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)0.07
df130
t0.05
p0.50
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-2.70
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio2.84
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-2.70
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation2.84
Sortino ratio0.10
Upside Potential Ratio8.87
Upside part of mean0.73
Downside part of mean-0.72
Upside SD0.08
Downside SD0.08
N nonnegative terms66
N negative terms65
N of observations131
Mean of predictor0.22
Mean of criterion0.01
SD of predictor0.14
SD of criterion0.12
Covariance0.00
r0.12
b (slope, estimate of beta)0.10
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)-0.02
Mean Square Error0.01
DF error129
t(b)1.43
p(b)0.42
t(a)-0.09
p(a)0.51
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta-0.04
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.25
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.34
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.31
Treynor index (mean / b)0.08
Jensen alpha (a)-0.02
Mean0.00
SD0.12
Sharpe ratio (Glass type estimate)0.01
Sharpe ratio (Hedges UMVUE)0.01
df130
t0.01
p0.50
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio-2.76
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for Sharpe Ratio2.78
Lowerbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation-2.76
Upperbound of 95% CI (Gibbons, Hedeker & Davis approximation2.78
Sortino ratio0.02
Upside Potential Ratio8.78
Upside part of mean0.73
Downside part of mean-0.72
Upside SD0.08
Downside SD0.08
N nonnegative terms66
N negative terms65
N of observations131
Mean of predictor0.21
Mean of criterion0.00
SD of predictor0.14
SD of criterion0.12
Covariance0.00
r0.13
b (slope, estimate of beta)0.10
a (intercept, estimate of alpha)-0.02
Mean Square Error0.01
DF error129
t(b)1.43
p(b)0.42
t(a)-0.13
p(a)0.51
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for beta-0.04
VAR (95 Confidence Intrvl)0.01
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for beta0.25
Lowerbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha-0.34
Upperbound of 95% confidence interval for alpha0.30
Treynor index (mean / b)0.01
Jensen alpha (a)-0.02
VaR(95%)0.01
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.01
VaR(95%)0.01
Expected Shortfall on VaR0.01

ORDER STATISTICS

Number of observations163
Minimum0.84
Quartile 10.98
Median1.01
Quartile 31.04
Maximum1.16
Mean of quarter 10.95
Mean of quarter 20.99
Mean of quarter 31.02
Mean of quarter 41.07
Inter Quartile Range0.06
Number outliers low1
Percentage of outliers low0.01
Mean of outliers low0.84
Number of outliers high1
Percentage of outliers high0.01
Mean of outliers high1.16
Extreme Value Index (moments method)-0.14
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.04
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.05
Extreme Value Index (regression method)-0.02
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.04
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.05
Number of observations3567
Minimum0.93
Quartile 11.00
Median1.00
Quartile 31.01
Maximum1.04
Mean of quarter 10.99
Mean of quarter 21.00
Mean of quarter 31.00
Mean of quarter 41.01
Inter Quartile Range0.01
Number outliers low93
Percentage of outliers low0.03
Mean of outliers low0.97
Number of outliers high66
Percentage of outliers high0.02
Mean of outliers high1.02
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0.24
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.01
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.02
Extreme Value Index (regression method)0.16
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.01
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.01
Number of observations131
Minimum0.98
Quartile 11.00
Median1.00
Quartile 31.00
Maximum1.02
Mean of quarter 10.99
Mean of quarter 21.00
Mean of quarter 31.00
Mean of quarter 41.01
Inter Quartile Range0.01
Number outliers low2
Percentage of outliers low0.02
Mean of outliers low0.98
Number of outliers high1
Percentage of outliers high0.01
Mean of outliers high1.02
Extreme Value Index (moments method)-1.17
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.01
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.01
Extreme Value Index (regression method)-0.50
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.01
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.01

DRAW DOWN STATISTICS

Number of observations16
Minimum0.00
Quartile 10.02
Median0.04
Quartile 30.07
Maximum0.30
Mean of quarter 10.01
Mean of quarter 20.03
Mean of quarter 30.06
Mean of quarter 40.16
Inter Quartile Range0.06
Number outliers low0
Percentage of outliers low0
Mean of outliers low0
Number of outliers high2
Percentage of outliers high0.12
Mean of outliers high0.23
Extreme Value Index (moments method)-0.05
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.16
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.22
Extreme Value Index (regression method)0.83
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.24
Expected Shortfall (regression method)1.25
Number of observations68
Minimum0.00
Quartile 10.01
Median0.02
Quartile 30.06
Maximum0.34
Mean of quarter 10.00
Mean of quarter 20.01
Mean of quarter 30.04
Mean of quarter 40.11
Inter Quartile Range0.05
Number outliers low0
Percentage of outliers low0
Mean of outliers low0
Number of outliers high3
Percentage of outliers high0.04
Mean of outliers high0.22
Extreme Value Index (moments method)0.21
VaR(95%) (moments method)0.11
Expected Shortfall (moments method)0.17
Extreme Value Index (regression method)0.42
VaR(95%) (regression method)0.12
Expected Shortfall (regression method)0.23
Number of observations4
Minimum0.02
Quartile 10.03
Median0.04
Quartile 30.04
Maximum0.07
Mean of quarter 10.02
Mean of quarter 20.03
Mean of quarter 30.04
Mean of quarter 40.07
Inter Quartile Range0.01
Number outliers low0
Percentage of outliers low0
Mean of outliers low0
Number of outliers high1
Percentage of outliers high0.25
Mean of outliers high0.07
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
Strat Max DD how much worse than SP500 max DD during strat life?-480049536
Max Equity Drawdown (num days)2430
Last 4 Months - Pcnt Negative0.5%

COMBINED STATISTICS

Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)0.23
Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)0.11
Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)0.37
Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs0.69
Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal1.31
j156mfCOMBRisPar0
j157mfCOMBRisPar0
Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)0.22
Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)0.11
Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)0.31
Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs0.99
Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal6.21
j313dfCOMBRisPar0
j314dfCOMBRisPar0
Annualized return (arithmetic extrapolation)0.03
Compounded annual return (geometric extrapolation)0.03
Calmar ratio (compounded annual return / max draw down)0.43
Compounded annual return / average of 25% largest draw downs0.43
Compounded annual return / Expected Shortfall lognormal2.03

Trading record

Placed 1112 trades in real-life brokerage accounts.

SymbolSideQtyOpenedClosedP/L
ANET long25Oct 17, 2024Nov 20, 2024($753)
MSFT short22Sep 19, 2024Oct 17, 2024$517
ADBE long12Aug 12, 2020Oct 17, 2024$619
GOOGL long65Sep 19, 2024Oct 17, 2024($1)
UNH long17Aug 11, 2020Oct 17, 2024$4,170
UNP long30Aug 11, 2020Oct 17, 2024$1,481
AMD long66Jul 23, 2020Sep 19, 2024$6,345
FIVN long40Aug 12, 2020Sep 19, 2024($3,493)
PINS long260Aug 3, 2020Sep 19, 2024($853)
TTWO long20Jul 27, 2020Aug 12, 2020$178
VMC long38Aug 11, 2020Aug 12, 2020($152)
ROM long35Jul 23, 2020Aug 11, 2020$237
ZS long33Jul 23, 2020Aug 11, 2020($318)
DOCU long30Jul 23, 2020Aug 11, 2020($576)
ZM long26Aug 3, 2020Aug 11, 2020($613)
TDOC long20Aug 5, 2020Aug 7, 2020($462)
DDOG long45Jul 28, 2020Aug 7, 2020($289)
LVGO long45Aug 3, 2020Aug 5, 2020($159)
TDOC long27Aug 4, 2020Aug 5, 2020($1,167)
SITE long25Jul 23, 2020Aug 3, 2020$122
SDS long300Jun 29, 2020Jul 23, 2020($690)
RWM long300Jun 25, 2020Jul 23, 2020($787)
SH long700Jun 17, 2020Jul 23, 2020($845)
BWA long135May 26, 2020Jun 15, 2020$294
JPM long50May 27, 2020Jun 15, 2020($9)
PNC long40May 27, 2020Jun 15, 2020($164)
MIDD long65May 26, 2020Jun 15, 2020$779
VTR long125May 26, 2020Jun 3, 2020$627
POOL long20May 21, 2020May 29, 2020$648
VIAC long220May 20, 2020May 29, 2020$157

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.