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FX Nice and Easy Nice and Easy trades the EURUSD 20 minute chart which looks to enter trending moves quickly and exits when the trend reverses. It does this with a dynamic indicator which allows profits to run but does not over manage trades. The stop is relatively short at 45 pips and average trade is over $120 over more than 1000 trades. The maximum drawdown at the time of this writing is $3,588.00 from trade close to trade close both figures include 3 pips per trade in fees. Nice and Easy was designed to provide consistent returns regardless of market conditions and has more than one year of un-optimized data which was consistent with back-test results.
Max Drawdown: Max Drawdown %: Max Drawdown Date: Longest Drawdown: Recovery Factor:
($3,779.00) 18.89% 10/26/2011 126 days 32.24
Total Trades: Winning Trades: Losing Trades: Even Trades: % Profitable:
1067 502 565 0 47.05%
Max Runup: Max Runup %: Max Runup Date: Longest Runup: Equity Peak:
$5,375.00 26.88% 7/13/2010 89 days $121,838.20
Avg. Trade Net Profit: Avg. Winning Trade: Avg. Losing Trade: Payoff Ratio:
$114.19 $593.97 ($312.10) 1.903
Return on Initial Capital: Annual Rate of Return: Avg. Monthly Return: Monthly Std. Dev.: % Profitable Months:
609.19% 76.41% $1,273.51, 6.37% $1,726.42 75.26%
Largest Win: Largest Loss: Max Cons. Winners: Max Cons. Losers:
$3,294.00, 1.10% ($561.00), 0.32% 10 8
Sharpe Ratio: Sortino Ratio: Sterling Ratio: MAR Ratio:
2.49 5.16 4.47 4.04
Trading Period:
7.97 years 1/14/2004-1/4/2012 21 days 100000
Total Commission: Total Slippage:
$5,335.00 $26,675.00
Longest Flat Period: Max Shares/Contracts:
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$121,838.20 $298,174.30 ($176,336.10) 1.691 1.55
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Total Net Profit: Gross Profit: Gross Loss: Profit Factor: Pessimistic RR:
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Performance Summary
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Accumulative Monthly Net Profit
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Closed Trade Equity Curve
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Monthly Profit Distribution
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Monthly Net Profit
Largest Drawdowns -$3,779.00 -$3,588.00 -$2,894.00 -$2,870.00 -$2,837.00
21 days 76 days 31 days 28 days 126 days
Total Drawdowns: Average Amount: Average Length:
117 -$973.70 16 days
Closed Trade Drawdowns
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Length
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Drawdown Analysis
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Drawdown Length Distribution
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Drawdown Depth Distribution
Periodical Returns Year 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
Net Profit $883.00 $18,165.70 $9,575.00 $17,688.00 $26,112.00 $9,550.00 $12,173.00 $11,001.50 $16,690.00
% Return 4.42% 90.83% 47.88% 88.44% 130.56% 47.75% 60.87% 55.01% 83.45%
Profit Factor 100.00 1.64 1.48 1.56 1.97 1.60 1.76 1.51 2.02
# Trades 1 151 101 145 147 138 129 140 115
% Profitable 100.00% 42.38% 44.55% 45.52% 48.30% 46.38% 52.71% 45.00% 52.17%
Net Profit $883.00 $1,304.00 ($1,079.90) $2,122.10 ($463.40) $1,953.60 $3,264.20 ($101.40) $6,030.50 $2,199.00 $377.00 $2,044.00 $516.00 ($704.00) $781.00 ($297.00) $5,525.00 ($1,421.00) $4,123.00 $193.00 ($508.00) $2,355.00 $190.00 ($794.00) $132.00 ($49.00) $340.00 $778.00 $1,235.00
% Return 4.42% 6.52% -5.40% 10.61% -2.32% 9.77% 16.32% -0.51% 30.15% 11.00% 1.88% 10.22% 2.58% -3.52% 3.91% -1.49% 27.62% -7.11% 20.61% 0.97% -2.54% 11.77% 0.95% -3.97% 0.66% -0.24% 1.70% 3.89% 6.17%
Profit Factor 100.00 1.38 0.78 1.45 0.89 1.47 84.70 0.91 3.34 3.29 1.29 5.16 2.08 0.71 1.81 0.79 12.51 0.52 3.53 1.10 0.47 5.91 1.14 0.69 1.05 0.97 1.09 1.38 1.41
# Trades 1 18 22 20 15 23 4 5 17 6 10 9 2 10 5 8 7 13 9 10 4 4 10 11 10 8 15 13 15
% Profitable 100.00% 38.89% 31.82% 25.00% 33.33% 47.83% 75.00% 20.00% 52.94% 66.67% 40.00% 77.78% 50.00% 20.00% 60.00% 50.00% 85.71% 30.77% 55.56% 50.00% 50.00% 75.00% 50.00% 27.27% 30.00% 50.00% 40.00% 53.85% 53.33%
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Annual Returns
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Year 1/2012 12/2011 11/2011 10/2011 9/2011 8/2011 7/2011 6/2011 5/2011 4/2011 3/2011 2/2011 1/2011 12/2010 11/2010 10/2010 9/2010 8/2010 7/2010 6/2010 5/2010 4/2010 3/2010 2/2010 1/2010 12/2009 11/2009 10/2009 9/2009
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Monthly Returns
3.03 0.69 1.67 1.47 1.51 2.15 1.51 3.02 2.00 1.74 1.20 4.10 0.53 2.30 0.60 0.71 5.10 8.32 6.27 2.49 2.14 1.03 2.37 8.43 2.89 2.30 1.76 1.21 0.92 0.98 2.07 0.87 1.24 1.33 2.72 0.54 0.86 1.76 100.00 2.97 4.25 5.15 0.38 5.08 1.67 1.68 5.14 0.62
11 17 17 11 2 12 15 9 13 22 15 12 5 15 10 20 11 5 9 10 6 15 11 10 10 16 12 13 15 10 6 14 10 8 13 12 13 4 6 14 11 7 20 11 19 14 9 14
54.55% 35.29% 47.06% 45.45% 50.00% 33.33% 40.00% 55.56% 46.15% 45.45% 33.33% 66.67% 20.00% 53.33% 30.00% 30.00% 72.73% 80.00% 77.78% 50.00% 66.67% 33.33% 54.55% 60.00% 50.00% 37.50% 50.00% 53.85% 40.00% 60.00% 50.00% 28.57% 40.00% 37.50% 61.54% 33.33% 38.46% 25.00% 100.00% 71.43% 72.73% 71.43% 40.00% 54.55% 52.63% 35.71% 66.67% 50.00%
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$2,789.00 ($1,181.00) $2,799.00 $1,347.00 $245.00 $3,891.00 $1,607.00 $3,887.00 $2,482.00 $3,623.00 $931.00 $5,375.00 ($725.00) $2,677.00 ($921.00) ($1,114.00) $5,030.00 $3,516.00 $4,044.00 $1,194.00 $1,047.00 $111.00 $1,319.00 $2,244.00 $1,576.00 $1,894.00 $793.00 $295.00 ($124.00) ($22.00) $691.00 ($274.00) $413.00 $486.00 $1,568.00 ($894.00) ($348.00) $765.00 $1,315.00 $2,997.00 $2,336.00 $1,333.00 ($1,822.00) $4,024.00 $1,554.00 $1,219.00 $3,979.00 ($961.00)
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8/2009 7/2009 6/2009 5/2009 4/2009 3/2009 2/2009 1/2009 12/2008 11/2008 10/2008 9/2008 8/2008 7/2008 6/2008 5/2008 4/2008 3/2008 2/2008 1/2008 12/2007 11/2007 10/2007 9/2007 8/2007 7/2007 6/2007 5/2007 4/2007 3/2007 2/2007 1/2007 12/2006 11/2006 10/2006 9/2006 8/2006 7/2006 6/2006 5/2006 4/2006 3/2006 2/2006 1/2006 12/2005 11/2005 10/2005 9/2005
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54.55% 36.84% 40.00% 45.45% 33.33% 50.00% 37.50% 37.50% 60.00% 47.06% 37.50% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 60.00% 60.00% 50.00% 66.67% 62.50% 33.33%
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$1,400.50 $1,480.00 $840.00 ($190.00) ($120.00) $140.00 $1,880.00 ($220.00) $1,890.00 $430.00 $660.00 $2,440.00 $660.00 $2,680.00 $1,130.00 $1,100.00 $1,950.00 $2,760.00 $1,670.00 ($680.00)
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Avg. Profit per Market: Avg. Profit Factor: Avg. Trades per Market: Avg. % Profitable Trades:
Net Profit % Return Profit Factor $121,838.20 609.19% 1.69
$121,838.20 1.69 1067 47.05%
# Trades 1067
% Profitable 47.05%
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Market System EURUSD HLC_VB_ENTRY, HLC_...
1 100.00%
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Total Markets in Portfolio: % Profitable Markets: Most Profitable Market as % of Total Net Profit:
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Market Analysis