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Leopard II
Leopard II is a mechanical day-trading strategy for the Russell 2000 mini that attempts to capture the major price movement of the day. This strategy uses price patterns and daily volatility analysis in its decision making process. It only trades on days shown statistically to be robust, and during those days it may make only 1 trade.  It uses a maximum stop loss of $750 per trade (there is no guarantee that a stop loss order will be filled at the stop price).  All orders are market or stop market to ensure real-time trades will be filled (no partial orders, unfilled limit orders, etc.).  No trades are held overnight.

Market traded: Russell 2000 mini futures
Max stop loss per trade: $750
Max trades per day: 1
No trades are held overnight

All hypothetical performance results shown below are based on 1 contract per trade, include $50 round-trip commission and slippage per trade and are non-compounded results (profits are not reinvested).  The lease price is not included in these results.  No management or incentive fees are charged.  The method used to determine purchase and sale price for each trade is established by a mathematical computation that is proprietary.  Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.
5 year Hypothetical Performance Summary (based on a $15,000 account not compounded):

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FUTURES TRADING INVOLVES SUBSTANTIAL RISK AND IS NOT SUITABLE FOR ALL INVESTORS.  PEOPLE CAN AND DO LOSE MONEY.  PAST PERFORMANCE DOES NOT GUARANTEE FUTURE RESULTS.  ALTHOUGH EVERY ATTEMPT IS MADE TO ENSURE THE ACCURACY OF THESE NUMBERS, WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT THEY ARE, DUE TO INACCURACIES IN DATA OR ERRORS IN CALCULATION.

HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORDS, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT ACTUALLY BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE OVER OR UNDER COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS SUCH AS A LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED 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 THOSE SHOWN.

THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY ANY PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM. ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL TRADING IS THAT SUCH TRADING DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK AND NO HYPOTHETICAL TRADING RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ABILITY TO WITHSTAND LOSSES OR TO ADHERE TO A PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM IN SPITE OF TRADING LOSSES ARE MATERIAL POINTS WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER FACTORS RELATED TO THE MARKET IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY SPECIFIC TRADING PROGRAM WHICH CANNOT BE FULLY ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS.
Click here for a 5 year hypothetical performance report (must be opened with Internet Explorer or IE Tab).
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
2007 750 -390 -40 -440 1260 720 250 -600 -240 -1150 1550 790 $2,460
2008 -1580 1290 150 680 2400 1940 4690 560 5170 9950 5410 -1760 $28,900
2009 -230 1990 3160 40 1800 -320 480 -2230 2270 2170 -140 210 $9,200
2010 720 1660 -1930 1670 1140 -820 1530 430 1350 -290 420 730 $6,610
2011 -2020 1170 -600 -1670 270 -270 -260 7480 660 2430 340 -590 $6,940
2012 -1210 -1400 -720 -1680                 -$5,010