This strategy is profitable so far, however the SM works with too high leverage in my opinion, especially when trading XAU (GC). I had 2 profitable moths trading via autotrader and hope this low drowndown will be keeped up.
+ good entries, mostly right direction
+ good risk management, because loses were cuted quickly
+ many tickers, FOREX, commodities and incicies
+ mostly no over night positions
+ low drowndown
- often trade is in a fat profit but SM does not close it and it ends with a loss or even big loss (i.e. 2 GC on 20 June 25)
- often too big size, SM could be much more elastic holding only 1 GC (XAU) contract instead of 2. I did not understand why mostly 2 cons for XAU, it is really risky.
This trader uses far too much leverage. I lost 20% quickly. I messaged to find out more and received no response. Yes, they had a good run for a while but it's been a disaster since then. I understand drawdown but this is far too much, too fast. Too much risk and not good trading lately.
Started auto-trading in early May, signed up for previous 8-9 months of tight take profits, and more importantly, tight stop losses, with then -11% MaxDD. Prior to May, you'll only find a handful of losing trades >$1000. Last two months, it's the norm, as manager has apparently has succumb to "swinging for the fence" emotion/revenge/panic trading, with wildly loose stop losses.
If they were an RIA in real life they would be sued back to the stone age for a radical strategy adjustment (conservative to "screw it") WITHOUT informing subscribers.
Not that you'd sign up for this garbage with its performance over the last two months, but STAY AWAY unless you like emotion/panic trading.
There's a reason this strat manager does not trade his own funds on it.
For me, an expense -$25K lesson learned.
It seemed to be a perfect strategy, but directly after my subsccribing in Mai 25 it did 25% drowndown within a few days. Seems to be algo trading, additionaly the Strategy Manager tried to recover with a big laverage and revenge trades. Not seriously at all.
I’m giving Algo Exchange a 1-star review due to its consistently poor performance and abysmal communication. The platform’s algorithms have underperformed repeatedly, failing to deliver results and leading to significant losses. To make matters worse, the only time I hear from their team is when they’re sending vague updates about market downturns, offering no real solutions or accountability. There’s zero proactive support or guidance when things go south, leaving users in the dark. Save your money and look elsewhere for a reliable trading platform.
For the moment I wouldn't recommend this strategy. Leverage is very high. Win Ratio is only about 50%.
Meaning, that one day you win 5K, next day you lose 5K, then your up again, and down.
And maybe the next day it might be even 10K down, you never know. Very risky. Not for the faint of heart.
Trades are pretty random, and IMHO there are way too many trades. More than 300 trades in only 2 months.
For most investors this strategy is way to agressive. Personally I prefer less trades, but better win ration.
A 10K portfolio would better for C2-investors, using only 1 Micro. (Just in cas it blows up like other strategies.)
But unfortunately the strategy owner never responds to suggestions. (or questions) :-/
I agree with the previous investor that rated this strategy. Yes, the strategy has tight losses. But the problem with this strategy is that there are so many tight losses, that at the end the drawdown is big after all. And every month the drawdown is getting bigger and bigger.
AresP2/Ares had a nice 4-year run from October 2020 up to December 2024 growing from 25K up to 110K. This strategy was profitable so far despite the many many losses; because every 1-2 months it had a few huge wins.
Unfortunately in 2025 it had no huge profits so far, but instead 5 negative months in a row, and the sixth month did start bad as well. Maybe it will recover at one point in this year or next year. But so far, I can't recommend this strategy to anyone.
I really appreciate the consistent performance of this strategy. He's doing an excellent job managing positions with minimal risk, which reflects strong and disciplined execution.
One of best model I like in c2. In this volatile market with Trump;fed or catastrophic events move the market this model always closes trades the same day. To give subscribers good night sleep :-). I’ve lost lot of money in other models which hold losing hand indefinitely to run all profits to ground. I’m hoping this model will continue to cut losses and dig the next day.
Great strategy. I had been following him for almost 1 and 1/2 year and had great success. Good part about blackboulder is that he sends an email everyday explaining about the strategy which clearly tell me how to play based on the risk tolerance. Fantastic!
High risk!! system does not buy the DIP, average down (DCA) hoping a soon pullback, if black swan event (like Tariffs now), can draw down till who knows... even the same black swan event got the lucky JackPot (90days tariffs delay) and comeback like miracle clossing at lost only -3k or so, BUT with an unrealized scaring max DD of -34k (-82% on the trade) and almost temporary lost of the 50% of the whole account. So dont get confused, check the trades and the stats.
It works until it doesn't. NO STOP LOSSES, just DCA's on the way down in the hope that it eventually comes back before you get margin called. Of course, if you ACTUALLY have $80K on this strat 1x trading, that will likely never happen. But the strat manager is quick to tell you that you can trade on a fraction of that.
Until, of course, you start to get margin called, as it is currently at over -$17K open position drawdown (new max drawdown record).
I get that the economy/market is wildly in flux with the "Trump Temper Tantrum" at the moment, but it's exactly this kind of black swan event that kills months of profit in days without proper safeguards.
Just an FYI, it will likely come back eventually, but the whole strat is basically "DCA on the way down with no stop losses and hope it recovers before margin call." If that's your style, you'll love it.
Tight stops are in place usually running at 1% of each trade. Risk management is one of the best on Collective 2. The strategy manager uses an automated approach which reduces the tendency to overtrade and trade excessively. In my opinion this strategy has the best risk management on Collective 2.
I highly recommend this strategy due the automation, tight stops and excellent risk management.
