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Compare vs. the Competition
We asked Futures Truth to conduct an identical "apples to apples" test on several of our well known competitors and match them up against Andromeda. The result was a test on 4 systems that belong to the same category: long term multi market systems. The test was applied on over 40 markets - no "cherry picking" of only the good performers. It was conducted on as much data that Futures Truth had available: 34 years or whenever a market first began trading. All systems were tested under the exact same conditions, on the exact same portfolios, the exact same time frame and exact same data. This is the only way to perform a fair comparison. All results are based on single contracts on as many markets and as much data as possible that Futures Truth had.
Futures Truth is an independent third party dedicated to testing, evaluating, tracking and ranking trading systems. They may be reached at 828-697-0273 (USA) or via email at info@futurestruth.com.
Following is the summary of the test results.
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System
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Total Profits
|
Maximum Daily DD.
(DrawDown)
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RATIO:
Tot. Profits/
Max. DD
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Avg. Profit
per Year
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Avg. of Worst DD
per year
(34 years)
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RATIO:
Avg. Profit per Yr/ Avg. of Worst DD (34 Years)
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| Andromeda |
$1,588,577 |
$67,526 |
23.5
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$45,824
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$34,951
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1.31
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| Aberration |
$1,838,578 |
$233,649 |
7.9
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$53,036
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$78,119
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0.68
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| Golden SX |
$1,627,777 |
$164,813 |
9.9
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$46,955
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$62,128
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0.76
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| Turtle Type* |
$1,918,916 |
$201,071 |
9.6
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$55,353
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$87,370
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0.63
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*There are several Turtle type versions out there. The results posted are for version that we got from Futures Truth.
Download the original Futures Truth Excalibur test reports: the source of the information posted on the above table. The reports themselves are much more detailed and show a market by market performance breakdown for all of these systems. They are included in our manual "Compare vs. the Competition" which is a part of our Information Manuals Pack. You may download the Information Manuals Pack at no cost. Go to Download Free User Manuals & Demos. You may also contact Futures Truth directly (phone 828-697-0273 USA). We encourage you to request a Private Opinion Letter on Andromeda or any system you are considering.
How to evaluate these results:
If you select a system purely on its profits you are making a very expensive mistake. You must include drawdowns for they represent risk. Drawdowns will also determine how much money you must commit to an account in order to trade a specific system on a specific portfolio. The best way to evaluate systems is to look at the profits to drawdown ratios. Here you are including both performance in terms of profits and risk in terms of drawdowns. The higher the ratio the better.
Andromeda had the highest profit to drawdown ratios:
- The total profits to max drawdown ratio was 23.5 – the highest figure (see middle column)
- The ratio regarding average profit per year to average worst drawdown per year (34 years) was 1.31. See far right column. Andromeda was the only one with a ratio above 1. This translates to say that Andromeda was the only one whose average profits per year were higher than the average worst drawdowns per year (for the 34 years tested)
We did not include Pegasus in table above since it does not fall under the same category and therefore it is not a competitor to those systems. Pegasus is an "orange" instead of an "apple" - it operates in a different time frame; it is an intermediary term system instead of a long term system. Nevertheless, so as not to leave any stone un-turned, here are the summary results for Pegasus:
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System
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Total Profits
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Maximum Daily DD.
(DrawDown)
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RATIO:
Tot. Profits/
Max. DD
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Avg. Profit
per Year
|
Avg. of Worst DD
per year
(34 years)
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RATIO:
Avg. Profit per Yr/ Avg. of Worst DD (34 Years)
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| Pegasus |
$1,124,633 |
$64,166 |
17.5
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$32,441
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$36,051
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0.9
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Notice that Pegasus has the lowest drawdowns of all, both overall maximum drawdown and average of worst 34 drawdowns, among all 5 systems presented here. This makes it an ideal “Starter System” to trade on its own, especially for folks with small accounts who cannot afford deep drawdowns. Due to its nature as an intermediary term system Pegasus has a low tolerance for losing trades. It quickly takes you out of losing trades and it reacts quicker to changing market conditions. However, this may sometimes come at a price of getting out too early when compared with long term systems. This is why ideally you would want to combine Pegasus with a long term system like Andromeda.
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