The system uses the direction of interest rates to help determine whether the odds favor going long or short. The Piranha S&P System is swift to enter and swift to exit. Much like its notorious namesake, the intent of the Piranha System is to quickly take numerous bites out of the S&P market. The system trades aggressively both long and short, buying on dips and selling short on rallies and is very capable of producing excellent profits on both sides of the market. Using the reduced $250 S&P point value throughout our historical test period and trading no more than one contract at a time the system has produced more than $300,000 in hypothetical profits in ten years and ten months of trading. The system is unusually accurate with 76% winning trades (119 winners out of 156 trades). The system has a solid profit factor (gross profit divided by gross loss) of 3.33.

The logic of the Remarkable S&P system is simple and sound. The Remarkable System uses Average True Range bands to set up entries so that the buy signals occur near the low band and the short signals occur near the high band. The ATR bands work well for this purpose because they contract and expand rapidly and stay in tune with changes in volatility. We believe this design makes the system very adaptive and robust. In our opinion the system is indeed remarkable because it can trade the S&P market either long or short with unusually high winning percentages. We believe the system may also have broad application as a market timing tool to assist in mutual fund timing and the trading of individual stocks.

The NYFE Index can be traded with much lower margin requirements than the S&P Index and our historical testing showed it to be an excellent trading vehicle. The "MACK" System performs well on both long and short trades and shows an unusually high Profit Factor (Gross Profit Divided by Gross Loss) of 6.20. The system incorporates break even exits and does an excellent job of locking in profits at various levels. In spite of using high costs of $150 per trade the average trade (win and loss) was a very substantial $3855. Over the last ten years trading one contract without any compounding of profits would have resulted in a hypothetical gain of $173,475 with a maximum drawdown of $7,550. The system meets our high standards for accuracy with 69% winning trades (31 winners out of 45 trades).

Our Stock Index Portfolio is made up of the Prudent, Remarkable and Mack Systems which trade the S & P and the Nyfe. We will be adding the Piranha to this portfolio shortly. Using these systems in combination allows us to capitalize on the variety of  features each system contains individually.