I have been a subscriber since May. As the recent reviewer said, it hasn't been going anywhere. That is certainly not uncommon for systems to have their own consolidation before moving again. But, the sub fee of 299 is very steep without having booked any gains. Probably subscribers could hold out until (hopefully) there are better days, but would need to have a fee of $99 rather than $299, or the developer will see many people dropping out.
As for the strategy, I have seen some good gains turn into losses. The system has a hard dollar stop of $1200, which has been hit more frequently these days. But the system has booked some gains, however, the smaller gains vs larger losses will negatively affect the profit factor without some larger gains. Recently, crude has had some good trend days, but the system closes out too early to really get the opportunity to participate in booking some decent days. Without seeing backtest trade results, we can't determine if the system has many long periods of no action, which provides us with a baseline decision on waiting or bailing because of a $299 fee coming out of our account every month.
This system hasn't gone anywhere in almost 4 months.
Normally I can tolerate the break even performance and wait for better times (if they come) but the subscription cost requires Zakum to outperform each month and it hasn't done that is awhile
The great performance in the beginning is gone unfortunately. He says that the system is mechanical but I believe he is trading discretionary. I was impressed in the beginning but now the system seems average. I hope I am wrong.
This is the best futures system on C2 for the following reasons. 1) The developer is very quick to respond with insightful comments. 2) He does not tout his system as a holy grail and has realistic expectations. 3) The system is in and out intra-day, no overnight or weekend risk. 4) No scaling in / martingale strategy. 5) The DD recovery was long-term realistic and steady. 6) The developer tweaks his system according to changing market conditions so the system does not go stale. 7) Especially for a CL trading system, the developer does not let profits run into losses very often.
I got rid of many other systems on C2 to focus on this one and I haven't looked back. I am willing to take on a lot of risk, so I trade 3 contracts with 50k capital.
I have researched and used several systems on C2, Striker and Altavest. Zakum is definitely one of the best systems available as demonstrated by its returns since inception. As part of my diligence, I always submit questions to the system designer. Guy promptly provided useful responses to my questions which gave me confidence to use his system. Many system designers don 19t properly respond to prospective subscribers so Guy deserves extra credit here. I like the fact Zakum focuses on one instrument as I believe it is easier to create a profitable trading strategy for a single instrument versus creating a profitable trading strategy for multiple instruments.
I am currently very satisfied with Zakum's trades. A truly professional trader who knows the market well. I got in Dec when there were only one or two other autotraders and autotraded immediately. Perhaps it was the quality of the trades that attracted my attention. Since then i never looked back. His is one of the few systems that i learned not to meddle with the trades and just let it run.
Very professional trader with excellent risk management and outstanding returns so far. I am very happy with the performance especially given the recent extreme market conditions that this system had to deal with. The last review of 1 star is WAY off-base and unfair--backtests are not always available and even if they are they're not very useful besides seeing very basic characteristics which the developer is happy to describe. What really matters is FORWARD execution in real-world conditions on unseen data and this system has done very well to date. The only thing lacking is the time on C2 but that will resolve itself.
While it is fairly new, I really like this system. Good track record and low drawdown. He is careful in choosing his trades and his results are very impressive. VERY happy with this system so far.
