FXQ-11, FXIA, FXBQ, FXC, V1, V2 & V4 Combined Performance

Below are given actual trading results from combined trading of multiple strategies. Multi-strategy trading started with 3 strategies in March 2012. Beginning February 2014, seven strategies are trading simultaneously. To see back testing results of the most current modifications of these strategies, please see the MS7-BackTesting page. Actual trading results presented below are achieved trading former versions of the strategies.

By retaining the returns of the replaced (less efficient) strategies we avoid the "survivorship bias". The combined performance reflects the performance of the good strategies, as well as performance of the failed and replaced strategies.

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. THE RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING EQUITIES CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION AND INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES.

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YTD

VAMI

2011

See back testing results of a 7 strategies portfolio

1,000.0

2012

0.84% 0.67%*

1.06% 0.85%*

(0.54%) (0.54%)*

3.17% 2.65%*

0.83% 0.66%*

1.67% 1.34%*

0.21% 0.17%*

(0.28%) (0.28%)*

(1.03%) (1.03%)*

(0.62%)(0.62%)*

5.33% 3.87%*

1,053.3 1,038.7*

2013

(0.06%) (0.06%)*

1.66% 1.66%*

(1.20%) (1.20%)*

1.56% 1.56%*

(1.46%) (1.46%)*

(0.71%) (0.71%)*

2.57% 2.50%*

(0.16%) (0.16%)*

1.11% 0.92%*

0.98% 0.78%*

0.01% 0.01%*

0.17% 0.13%*

4.47% 3.97%*

1,100.7 1,079.9*

2014

0.52% 0.42%*

1.86% 1.49%*

0.11% 0.09%*

0.39% 0.32%*

0.76% 0.61%*

0.26% 0.21%*

(1.13%) (1.13%)*

0.39% 0.39%*

(1.53%) (1.53%)*

0.68% 0.68%*

0.93% 0.93%*

(1.71%) (0.71%)*

1.49% 0.71%*

1,117.1 1,087.6*

2015

0.02% 0.02%*

3.27% 3.10%*

0.73% 0.59%*

0.89% 0.71%*

0.58% 0.46%*

(0.14%) (0.14%)*

1.89% 1.54%*

(3.46%) (3.46%)*

0.49% 0.49%*

2.67% 2.67%*

(0.53%) (0.53%)*

(1.39%) (1.39%)*

4.96% 3.98%*

1,172.5 1,130.9*

2016

(0.65%) (0.65%)*

1.30% 1.30%*

3.52% 3.16%*

0.15% 0.12%*

1.75% 1.40%*

0.95% 0.76%*

0.46% 0.37%*

0.26% 0.21%*

(0.40%) (0.40%)*

(1.34%) (1.34%)*

2.04% 1.98%*

1.60% 1.28%*

9.95% 8.40%*

1,289.2 1,225.9*

2017

1.34% 1.07%*

0.45% 0.36%*

1.31% 1.05%*

(0.20%) (0.20%)*

1.38% 1.14%*

(0.25%) (0.25%)*

(0.54%) (0.54%)*

(0.05%) (0.05%)*

1.71% 1.54%*

0.42% 0.33%

0.46% 0.37%*

1.30% 1.04%*

7.55% 6.00%*

1,386.5 1,299.4*

2018

(0.75%) (0.75%)*

(0.37%) (0.37%)*

(0.93%) (0.93%)*

0.16% 0.16%*

1.37% 1.37%*

(0.17%) (0.17%)*

1.92% 1.68%*

0.12% 0.10%*

0.91% 0.73%*

(1.16%) (1.16%)*

(0.95%) (0.95%)*

(0.88%) (0.88%)*

(0.81%) (1.24%)*

1,375.3 1,283.3*

2019

2.60% 2.60%*

1.33% 1.15%*

1.94% 1.55%*

0.73% 0.59%*

(1.09%) (1.09%)*

1.37% 1.32%*

0.62% 0.50%*

(0.07%) (0.07%)*

1.36% 1.10%*

1.55% 1.24%

0.90% 0.72%*

0.45% 0.36%*

12.27% 10.37%*

1,544.0 1,416.4*

2020

(0.56%) (0.56%)*

0.14% 0.14%*

(5.81%) (5.81%)*

0.23% 0.23%*

0.04% 0.04%*

(0.18%) (0.18%)*

0.47% 0.47%*

(0.46%) (0.46%)*

1.76% 1.76%*

0.30% 0.30%*

1.43% 1.43%*

0.83% 0.83%*

(1.99%) (1.99%)*

1,512.3 1,387.6*

2021

(0.58%) (0.58%)*

0.46% 0.46%*

1.38% 1.38%*

1.09% 1.02%*

0.65% 0.52%*

0.68% 0.54%*

(0.27%) (0.27%)*

0.53% 0.50%*

0.70% 0.56%*

0.75% 0.60%*

(0.79%) (0.79%)*

2.05% 1.80%*

6.78% 5.82%*

1,614.9 1,468.3*

2022

(1.28%) (1.28%)*

0.04% 0.04%*

(0.45%) (0.45%)*

(1.04%) (1.04%)*

0.92% 0.92%

(0.33%) (0.33%)*

1.56% 1.56%*

(0.27%) (0.27%)*

(2.18%) (2.18%)*

2.67% 2.67%*

1.93% 1.64%*

(0.12%) (0.12%)*

3.42% 2.87%*

1,636.4 1,483.6*

2023

1.12% 0.92%*

0.15% 0.12%*

0.66% 0.53%*

0.63% 0.51%*

0.15% 0.12%*

2.56% 2.04%*

(0.05%) (0.05%)*

0.70% 0.57%*

6.04% 4.84%*

1,735.2 1,555.4*

I. Mar/01/2012 - Aug/31/2012: 33.3% FX Quant 11 (FXQ), 33.3% Euro Fast Trend (EFT), 33.3% V1 (initial portfolio composition)

II. Sep/01/2012 - Jan/31/2013: 25% FXQ, 25% FX Index Arb (FXIA), 25% EFT, 25% V1 (FXIA added)

III. Feb/01/2013 - May/31/2013: 20% FXQ, 20% FXIA, 20% FX Basket Quant (FXBQ), 20% EFT, 20% V1 (FXBQ added)

IV. Jun/01/2013 - Jul/31/2013: 20% FXQ, 20% FXIA, 20% FXBQ, 20% V4, 20% V1 (EFT replaced with V4)

V. Aug/01/2013 - Jan/31/2014: 16.67% FXQ, 16.67% FXIA, 16.67% FXBQ, 16.67% FXC, 16.67% V4, 16.67% V1 (FXC added)

VI. Feb/01/2014 - Nov/31/2015: 14.29% FXQ, 14.29% FXIA, 14.29% FXBQ, 14.29% FXC, 14.29% V1, 14.29% V2 (old), 14.29% V4 (V2 added)

VII. Dec/01/2015 - Feb/28/2018: 14.29% FXQ, 14.29% FXIA, 14.29% FXBQ, 14.29% FXC, 14.29% V1, 14.29% V2 (new), 14.29% V4 (V2 redesigned)

VIII. Mar/01/2018 - April/30/2020: 14.29% FXQ, 14.29% FXIA, 14.29% FXBQ, 14.29% FXC, 14.29% V1, 14.29% SP Quant, 14.29% V4 (V2 replaced by SP Quant)

IX. May/01/2020 forward: 16.67% FXQ, 16.67% FXIA, 16.67% FXBQ, 16.67% V1, 16.67 SP Quant-2, 16.67% V4 (FXC removed, SP Quant modified)

Portfolio trading is overleveraged by 20% over individual strategies (to take advantage of reduced volatility of portfolio trading). These strategies are trading real capital, but in separate accounts (individual strategies do not trade equal capital). The combined performance is calculated by combining returns from all strategies (equally weighted), using the following formula (from February 1, 2014 forward):

Combined daily and monthly rates of return from real trading, as well as performance analytics, can be downloaded from this link (Excel spreadsheet, 4 Mb).

Strategy Statistics
Reporting period	Mar/12 - Aug/23 (138 months)
Total return since inception of trading	55.54%
Return last 12 months	6.89%
Compound average annual rate of return (ROR)	3.92%
VAMI Index - hyp. growth of $1,000 since inception	1,555.4
# Profitable months / average positive ROR	91 / 0.94%
# Unprofitable months / average negative ROR	47 / (0.85%)
Kurtosis & skewness of monthly RORs	4.97 / (0.98)
% Profitable months	65.9%
Ratio avg. positive / avg. negative monthly ROR (Gain to loss ratio)	1.10
Maximum / minimum monthly ROR	3.16% / (5.81%)
Monthly profit factor (Profit to loss ratio); Ratio sum positive returns ÷ sum negative returns	2.13

Risk Measures
Annualized standard deviation of monthly RORs	4.11%
Annualized downside deviation (below the RF rate of return of 1% per annum)	3.36%
Sharpe ratio, annualized (RF rate of return 1%)	0.71
Sortino ratio, annualized (below the RF rate of 1% per annum)	0.87
Calmar ratio	0.63
Efficiency index	0.95
Alpha relative to the S&P 500 Index, annualized	1.79%
Strategy Beta & Correlation coefficient, relative to the S&P 500 Index	0.17 / 0.61
Jensen's alpha relative to the S&P 500 Index, annualized	1.02%
R-squared (coefficient of determination), rel. to the S&P 500 Index	0.376
Information ratio, relative to the S&P 500 Index	(0.60)
Worst drawdown depth / duration (on end-of-month basis)	(6.19%) / 15 months

III. Nonstandard (Overleveraged) Portfolios

All returns and performance analytics discussed above are achieved in a "nominally leveraged" or "1x" multi-strategy portfolio. The 1x portfolio is quite conservative and even the most prudent investors will consider the risks reasonable. A client with higher risk tolerance, looking for higher returns, can assign (in the Monthly Allocation Order) a Nominal Account Size (or "Designated Trading Size") in excess of his account balance. Such notionally funded accounts (1.5x, 2x etc.) would have all return and risk characteristics increased by a factor of 1.5, 2.0 etc. Simply said, the 2x program would grow twice as fast as the 1x program, but also the 2x program drawdowns would be twice as large as the 1x program drawdown. Remember: any target return can be achieved by use of leverage; think of target risk (drawdown) when selecting the appropriate leverage.

THIS COMPOSITE PERFORMANCE REPORT IS HYPOTHETICAL AND THESE TRADING ADVISORS HAVE NOT TRADED TOGETHER IN THE MANNER SHOWN IN THE COMPOSITE. HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE MANY INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY MULTI-ADVISOR MANAGED ACCOUNT OR POOL WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE A COMPOSITE PERFORMANCE RECORD SIMILAR TO THAT SHOWN. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A HYPOTHETICAL COMPOSITE PERFORMANCE RECORD AND THE ACTUAL RECORD SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED.