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Momentum Mastery RTS
(155456708)

Created by: q3-trader q3-trader
Started: 04/2026
Stocks
Last trade: Yesterday
Trading style: Equity Trend-following Momentum

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Subscription terms. Subscriptions to this system cost $150.00 per month.

C2Star

C2Star is a certification program for trading strategies. In order to become "C2Star Certified," a strategy must apply tight risk controls, and must exhibit excellent performance characteristics, including low drawdowns.

You can read more about C2Star certification requirements here.

Note that: all trading strategies are risky, and C2Star Certification does not imply that a strategy is low risk.

Trading Category: Equity
Trend-following
Category: Equity

Trend-following

Tries to take advantage of long, medium or short-term moves that seem to play out in various markets. Typically, trend-following analysis is backward looking; that is, it attempts to recognize and profit from already-established trends.
Momentum
Category: Equity

Momentum

Aims to capitalize on the continuance of existing trends in the market. Trader takes a long position in an asset in an upward trend, and short-sells a security that has been in a downward trend. While similar to Trend-following, tends to be more forward-looking (predicting oncoming trend), while Momentum is more backward-looking (observing already-established price direction).
-0.7%
Cumul. Return

Rate of Return Calculations

Overview

To comply with NFA regulations, we display Cumulative Rate of Return for strategies with a track record of less than one year. For strategies with longer track records, we display Annualized (Compounded) Rate of Return.

How Cumulative Rate of Return is calculated

= (Ending_equity - Starting_equity) / Starting_equity

Remember that, following NFA requirements, strategy subscription costs and estimated commissions are included in marked-to-market equity calculations.

All results are hypothetical.

(0.4%)
Max Drawdown
5
Num Trades
40.0%
Win Trades
0.1 : 1
Profit Factor
-
Win Months

Model Account Details

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Advanced users may want to use this information to adjust their AutoTrade scaling, or merely to understand the magnitudes of the nearby chart.

Statistics

  • Strategy began
    4/8/2026
  • Suggested Minimum Cap
    $15,000
  • Strategy Age (days)
    2.98
  • Age
    3 days ago
  • What it trades
    Stocks
  • # Trades
    5
  • # Profitable
    2
  • % Profitable
    40.00%
  • Avg trade duration
    2.3 days
  • Max peak-to-valley drawdown
    0.45%
  • drawdown period
    April 09, 2026 - April 10, 2026
  • Avg win
    $9.00
  • Avg loss
    $60.33
  • Model Account Values (Raw)
  • Cash
    $36,628
  • Margin Used
    ($13,371)
  • Buying Power
    $49,837
  • Ratios
  • W:L ratio
    0.10:1
  • Sharpe Ratio
  • Sortino Ratio
  • Calmar Ratio
  • CORRELATION STATISTICS
  • Return of Strat Pcnt - Return of SP500 Pcnt (cumu)
    -1.20%
  • Return Percent SP500 (cumu) during strategy life
    0.50%
  • Verified
  • C2Star
    1
  • Return Statistics
  • Ann Return (w trading costs)
    -36.3%
  • Instruments
  • Percent Trades Options
    n/a
  • Percent Trades Futures
    n/a
  • Slump
  • Current Slump, time of slump as pcnt of strategy life
    0.71%
  • Instruments
  • Percent Trades Stocks
    1.00%
  • Slump
  • Current Slump as Pcnt Equity
    0.40%
  • Instruments
  • Short Options - Percent Covered
    100.00%
  • Return Statistics
  • Return Pcnt Since TOS Status
    n/a
  • Return Pcnt (Compound or Annual, age-based, NFA compliant)
    -0.007%
  • Instruments
  • Percent Trades Forex
    n/a
  • Return Statistics
  • Ann Return (Compnd, No Fees)
    -25.6%
  • Automation
  • Percentage Signals Automated
    n/a
  • Popularity
  • Popularity (Today)
    427
  • Popularity (Last 6 weeks)
    484
  • Popularity (7 days, Percentile 1000 scale)
    0
  • Trading Style
  • Any stock shorts? 0/1
    0
  • Popularity
  • C2 Score
    924
  • Trades-Own-System Certification
  • Trades Own System?
    -
  • TOS percent
    n/a
  • Win / Loss
  • Avg Win
    $9
  • Avg Loss
    $60
  • Sum Trade PL (losers)
    $181.000
  • Sum Trade PL (winners)
    $18.000
  • # Winners
    2
  • Dividends
  • Dividends Received in Model Acct
    0
  • Win / Loss
  • Num Months Winners
    0
  • Age
  • Num Months filled monthly returns table
    1
  • Win / Loss
  • # Losers
    3
  • % Winners
    40.0%
  • Frequency
  • Avg Position Time (mins)
    3246.78
  • Avg Position Time (hrs)
    54.11
  • Avg Trade Length
    2.3 days
  • Last Trade Ago
    1
  • Leverage
  • Daily leverage (average)
    0.46
  • Daily leverage (max)
    0.54
  • Maximum Adverse Excursion (MAE)
  • Hold-and-Hope Ratio
    -0.908
  • Analysis based on DAILY values, last 6 months only
  • DRAW DOWN STATISTICS
  • Risk estimates based on draw downs (based on Extreme Value T
  • assuming Pareto losses only (using partial moments from Sortino statistics)
  • Max Equity Drawdown (num days)
    1
  • Last 4 Months - Pcnt Negative
    0.25%

Strategy Description

Momentum Mastery Regime Trend Squeeze (RTS)

Regime Trend Squeeze is a systematic, rules-based equity trading strategy designed to identify and participate in directional price movements that emerge from periods of volatility contraction.

The strategy focuses on liquid U.S. equities within defined price and volume thresholds, with an emphasis on stocks demonstrating relative strength and orderly price behavior. Trade candidates are identified using objective technical conditions associated with volatility compression (“squeeze”) and subsequent expansion aligned with the prevailing trend.

A core component of the system is a market regime filter, which evaluates broader market conditions to determine when risk exposure should be increased or reduced. The strategy primarily seeks long exposure during favorable market regimes and may reduce or avoid participation during periods of elevated risk or unfavorable conditions.

Entries are executed based on predefined technical signals. Positions may be increased incrementally as trades move in the intended direction, subject to risk constraints. Exits are governed by systematic rules, including trailing stops and regime-based signals designed to limit downside exposure.

Risk management is central to the system design. Key elements include:
* Defined initial risk per position
* Limits on the number of concurrent positions
* Portfolio exposure controls
* Systematic exit and stop-loss mechanisms

The objective of the strategy is to pursue risk-adjusted returns over time, with a focus on capital preservation and disciplined participation in trending market environments.

⚖️ Risk Disclosure & Expectations
Trading involves substantial risk, and losses can occur. This strategy is not designed to perform in all market conditions.

Users should expect:
Periods of draw-down
Periods of low or no exposure
Occasional consecutive losing trades
Variability in performance depending on market conditions

Performance is influenced by broader market behavior, particularly the presence or absence of sustained trends. During choppy, non-trending, or highly volatile environments, results may be muted or negative.

This system is intended for individuals who understand the risks of active trading and are comfortable following a rules-based strategy through varying market conditions.

Summary Statistics

Strategy began
2026-04-08
Suggested Minimum Capital
$15,000
Rank at C2 %
Top 7.6%
Rank # 
#74
# Trades
5
# Profitable
2
% Profitable
40.0%
Sharpe Ratio
-
Sortino Ratio
0.00
Beta
0.00
Alpha
0.00
Leverage
0.46 Average
0.54 Maximum
Summary
Higher leverage = greater risk.

More information about leverage

Collective2 calculates the maximum leverage used by a strategy in each day. We then display the average of these measurements (i.e. the average daily maximum leverage) and the greatest of these measurements (maximum daily leverage).

Leverage is the ratio of total notional value controlled by a strategy divided by its Model Account equity. Generally higher leverage implies greater risk.

Example of calculation:
The Strategy buys 100 shares of stock at $12 per share.
The Model Account equity during that day is $5,000.
The leverage is: $1200 / $5,000 = 0.24

This is a useful measurement, but it should be considered in context. This measurement doesn't take into account important factors, such as when multiple positions are held that are inversely correlated. Nor does the measurement take into account the volatility of the instruments being held.

In addition, certain asset classes are inherently more leveraged than others. For example, futures contracts are highly leveraged. Forex positions are often even more leveraged than futures.

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Some advanced users find it useful to see "raw" Model Account values. These numbers do not include any commissions, fees, subscription costs, or dividend actions.

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About the results you see on this Web site

Past results are not necessarily indicative of future results.

These results are based on simulated or hypothetical performance results that have certain inherent limitations. Unlike the results shown in an actual performance record, these results do not represent actual trading. Also, because these trades have not actually been executed, these results may have under-or over-compensated for the impact, if any, of certain market factors, such as lack of liquidity. Simulated or hypothetical 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 these being shown.

In addition, hypothetical 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 also adversely affect actual trading results. There are numerous other factors related to the markets 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.

Material assumptions and methods used when calculating results

The following are material assumptions used when calculating any hypothetical monthly results that appear on our web site.

  • Profits are reinvested. We assume profits (when there are profits) are reinvested in the trading strategy.
  • Starting investment size. For any trading strategy on our site, hypothetical results are based on the assumption that you invested the starting amount shown on the strategy's performance chart. In some cases, nominal dollar amounts on the equity chart have been re-scaled downward to make current go-forward trading sizes more manageable. In these cases, it may not have been possible to trade the strategy historically at the equity levels shown on the chart, and a higher minimum capital was required in the past.
  • All fees are included. When calculating cumulative returns, we try to estimate and include all the fees a typical trader incurs when AutoTrading using AutoTrade technology. This includes the subscription cost of the strategy, plus any per-trade AutoTrade fees, plus estimated broker commissions if any.
  • "Max Drawdown" Calculation Method. We calculate the Max Drawdown statistic as follows. Our computer software looks at the equity chart of the system in question and finds the largest percentage amount that the equity chart ever declines from a local "peak" to a subsequent point in time (thus this is formally called "Maximum Peak to Valley Drawdown.") While this is useful information when evaluating trading systems, you should keep in mind that past performance does not guarantee future results. Therefore, future drawdowns may be larger than the historical maximum drawdowns you see here.

Trading is risky

There is a substantial risk of loss in futures and forex trading. Online trading of stocks and options is extremely risky. Assume you will lose money. Don't trade with money you cannot afford to lose.

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