Futures Truth is an industry publication that tracks the performance of systems submitted by their developers. The director of research George Pruitt has compiled his list "George's Picks" of his favorite 10 systems.

The following performance numbers were independently generated with Futures Truths own testing. As you will see, Checkmate's Yearly Profit / MaxDrwDn ratio is the highest of all. It also has the lowest drawdown of the diversified (non S&P) systems. In fact, the ratio is over 2x higher than the next best diversified system!

Keep in mind, Futures Truths testing  did not use any risk filters with Checkmate (as we do), they simply traded one contract every time. Therefore, the profit and loss numbers will be different than when using those filters.

Two of our other systems (Fusion and Interplay) will also be tracked by Futures Truth shortly. We imagine that they may even do better than Checkmate (they have in our own testing)

To view an additional list we compiled including our other systems CLICK HERE.

Futures Truth also ran this report for their top ten S & P systems (below)

Testing Details:

The diversified (non S&P) systems were tested over a 16 market portfolio from 1986 through 2004. Slippage and commissions were factored in at $75 per trade. Also, please keep in mind that the Checkmate tests assumed a single contract traded at all times. We suggest that many of our clients actually use various position sizing methods and risk filters etc.

* Since Futures Truth Tracks Checkmate in Trade Station instead of Excalibur these numbers are based on monthly vs. Intra month computations. You can see our intra-month computations on our other comparisons here.

** S&P System

*** Due to the nature of the program, Dollar Trader cannot be backtested on the EC. Therefore, JY testing is from 1/1/86 - 4/30/2000, but EC testing is only from 1/1/96 - 4/30/2000.

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Risk Disclosures

COMMODITY TRADING involves high risks and you can lose a significant amount of money. Commodity trading is not suitable for many investors. Any performance results listed in all marketing materials represents simulated computer results over past historical data, and not the results of an actual account. All opinions expressed anywhere on this website are only opinions of the author. The information contained here was gathered from sources deemed reliable, however, no claim is made as to its accuracy or content. Different testing platforms can produce slightly different results. Our systems are only recommended for well capitalized and experienced futures traders.

CFTC REQUIRED RISK DISCLOSURE

HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE MANY INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN. IN FACT, 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 PERFORMANCE RESULTS IS THAT THEY ARE GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. 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.