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Checkmate
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Developed By: Dean Hoffman
Portfolio Size: $45,000
Program Overview:
Checkmate is a commodity trading system that trades the entire spectrum of commodities and does so with identical rule and parameter sets. The primary performance goal with Checkmate is not to maximum profit, but rather to achieve a consistency of returns and minimization of drawdown. Checkmate is very selective when entering the market, even when monitoring a large number of commodities Checkmate will usually only be in a small number of trades. The average margin requirement for Checkmate is often much less than other systems tracking the same markets. The systems logic is designed to capture mid-term trends. The system uses advanced trend filtering when entering and a combination of exits. Checkmate attempts to get out of profitable trades very near the recent high (or low) of the trend. The system attempts to reduce the huge give back in open trade equity often seen in many trend following systems.
Price: $1995
Consecutive Profitable Periods
Run-Up Length Start Date End Date
$42,002 7 12/1999 6/2000
$37,966 6 2/1995 7/1995
$20,821 2 1/1997 2/1997
$18,543 2 5/2002 6/2002
$17,230 3 11/1995 1/1996
$15,726 5 11/1997 3/1998
Consecutive Losing Periods
Run-Down Length Start Date End Date
$-14,984 4 11/2001 2/2002
$-14,581 2 2/1996 3/1996
$-9,818 3 9/2000 11/2000
$-9,104 2 12/1994 1/1995
$-8,720 1 4/1998 4/1998
$-8,272 1 6/1997 6/1997
DRAWDOWN ANALYSIS
% Depth $ Depth Prior Peak Valley Length Recovery
-33.30% $-14,984 10/2001 2/2002 4 4
-32.40% $-14,581 1/1996 3/1996 2 10
-25.50% $-11,475 6/2000 11/2000 3 11
-23.18% $-10,431 5/1997 10/1997 2 3
-21.86% $-9,838 3/1998 7/1998 3 7
-20.23% $-9,104 11/1994 1/1995 2 2
Performance Data
2005 (YTD)
$1,899
Rolling 12 Month
$12,630
Rolling 24 Month
$26,822
Rolling 36 Month
$54,662
Risk Analysis (Anualized Standard Deviation)
2005 (YTD)
$1,442
Rolling 12 Month
$3,382
Rolling 24 Month
$3,076
Rolling 36 Month
$3,571
Maximum (YTD) Drawdown
-$ 782

Rolling 3

Sharpe Ratio
1.20
Largest Run Up
$2,682
Largest Drawdown
-$ 782
Correlation to S&P 500
NA
Average Profitable Month
$1,341
Average Unprofitable Month
-$ 782
% of Profitable Months
66.67
% of Unprofitable Months
33.33

Rolling 12

Sharpe Ratio
3.59
Largest Run Up
$10,762
Largest Drawdown
-$6,286
Correlation to S&P 500
-0.0339
Average Profitable Month
$2,707
Average Unprofitable Month
-$2,256
% of Profitable Months
66.67
% of Unprofitable Months
33.33

Rolling 24

Sharpe Ratio
8.37
Largest Run Up
$10,985
Largest Drawdown
-$6,286
Correlation to S&P 500
0.8588
Average Profitable Month
$2,886
Average Unprofitable Month
-$1,830
% of Profitable Months
62.50
% of Unprofitable Months
37.50

Rolling 36

Sharpe Ratio
14.75
Largest Run Up
$18,543
Largest Drawdown
-$6,286
Correlation to S&P 500
-0.1765
Average Profitable Month
$3,208
Average Unprofitable Month
-$1,862
% of Profitable Months
66.67
% of Unprofitable Months
33.33

All Data

Sharpe Ratio
33.72
Largest Run Up
$42,002
Largest Drawdown
-$14,984
Correlation to S&P 500
0.7608
Average Profitable Month
$4,278
Average Unprofitable Month
-$2,836
% of Profitable Months
57.25
% of Unprofitable Months
38.17
Benchmarks Growth of $1000 since 5/1994
Benchmarks Growth of $1000 since 5/1994
Name
Vami
Correlation
Checkmate
4,978
3 Month Libor
1,449
0.5064
Barclay Commodity
1,707
0.6188
Barclay Systematic
1,753
0.6537
Barra S&P 500
2,210
0.7608
CSFB Managed Futures
1,662
0.5783
Lehman Aggregate Bonds
1,752
0.6264
ML 90 Day T-Bill
1,434
0.5124
Trading System Results Versus Benchmarks
Time Window Analysis
      1 Month 3 Month 6 Month 12 Month 18 Month 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year
  Latest   0.15% 5.96% 25.32% 18.77% 28.70% 60.33% 130.81% 121.42% 136.11%
  Count   131 129 126 120 114 108 96 84 72
  Percent Profitable   57.25% 66.67% 80.95% 88.33% 93.86% 99.07% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
  Average   3.04% 9.25% 18.82% 37.19% 54.31% 71.68% 105.22% 137.46% 179.01%
  Average Gain   9.51% 17.47% 25.60% 42.99% 58.55% 72.37% 105.22% 137.46% 179.01%
  Average Loss   -5.63% -7.19% -9.99% -6.75% -10.48% -2.91% 0% 0% 0%
  Best Period   50.57% 63.85% 84.37% 118.71% 121.56% 143.59% 163.21% 189.12% 240.85%
  Worst Period   -22.49% -22.74% -27.02% -17.96% -27.89% -2.91% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
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Additional Statistics
Avg. Monthly Returns
$1,366
Avg. Yearly Returns
$14,917
Cummulative Returns
$179,008
Max Intra-Mo. DD(loss)
-$17,019
Max Monthly DD(Loss)
-$10,120
Max Yearly DD(Loss)
-$14,581
Maxx DD(Loss) All Periods
-$14,984
YTD Equity Low
-$2,322
Risk Class L/M/H
TBD
Sys Style
Diversified
Sys Type
Medium Term
Greatest Up Month
$22,757
Greatest Down Month
-$10,120
Asset Class
Futures
Release Date
Developer
Dean Hoffman
System Price
$1995
Max MoGain/Max MoDD
1.56
Max YrGain/Max YrDD
?
Max Intra-Mo Gain
TBD
Max Monthly Gain
$22,757
Max Yearly Gain
$36,510
Standard Deviation YTD
$3,392
Standard Deviation(Life)
$4,729
YTD Equity Peak
$2,206
Assumptions
Commissions
TBD
Slippage
TBD
Data
CSI (End of Day)
Broker
Trade Center, Inc.
System Assist
Yes
Auto Trade
No

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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 OF 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 WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT TRADING RESULTS.