Copy Trading Secrets Guide
Copy Trading Secrets Guide
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*The typical fee for a hedge fund is 2% of assets under management, and 20% of profits, though this
does vary depending on the fund. In addition, most successful strategies have significant deposit
minimums of $250,000 or greater.
**Based on live performance results as at 15/04/2015. Past performance is not necessarily indicative
of future results.
Of course, your account will have a different amount of capital to the master account, so these trades
are scaled by percentage to your account size. This means that the returns on the master account
will be mirrored (as accurately as possible) in your account, based on your account equity.
In some cases you will may also need to provide an authority/letter of direction for the trader to
execute trades on your account.
Note: The trader does not have access to your funds. No one but you has access to your
funds. The trades are simply copied from the master account into your account.
Quick Start
Ready to get started? Simply click on the link below to choose from a variety of ex-bank and
industry traders with live track records.
Selecting a Strategy
Once you have decided you want to invest in copy trading, its time to decide which strategy best fits
your needs. Here is the information you will have available to you, and how to make sense of it.
style money management model is dangerous. These types of strategies double down when they
are losing, but this can only last for so long, before a trend will cause a significant loss.
Maximum drawdown
An important consideration in selecting a copy trading provider is the previous drawdown that the
system has experienced.
While it would be nice if our investments always went up in value, that is not the reality. They all go
through losing periods on occasion, before recovering to new highs. When a system is in one of
these losing periods, it is called a drawdown.
When assessing the copy trading profile you want to engage, look at the maximum drawdown and
see if it fit your personal risk profile. Generally you would look for a drawdown of no more than 40%
at most, with around 20-50% preferable. Some drawdown is inevitable, but its important to limit this
based on what youre comfortable with. In addition please see altering your drawndown below.
Having said that be careful not to throw out the baby with the bath water. It is quite possible for an
excellent money making strategy to have suffered a drawdown due to a market event. That does not
mean that the strategy is not going to perform in future. Always reach out to your signal or system
provider to discuss any questions with a particular drawdown.
Below are some skills that will help you manage drawdowns effectively.
Understanding returns
When you assess a trader, you will see monthly, weekly, and annual returns per trader. Of course the
greater returns the better, but you must consider this alongside the maximum drawdown.
For example: if one trader returns 100% with a 40% maximum drawdown, they will have the same
risk profile as a trader with a 50% return and a 20% maximum drawdown.
Look for traders with a proven track record of consistent returns over a period of time. Dont judge
a program but any performance outliers. If a program is up huge or down huge in one particular
month it could be due to a extreme market move. Base your analysis on the historical performance
collectively.
It is also helpful to look at the biggest winning and losing months to get an idea of what to expect
from the system.
Understanding MyFXBook
What is Myfxbook?
Myfxbook is an online automated analytical tool for forex traders. It supports over 100
brokers, enabling clients to track, compare, verify, analyze and share live and demo
trading results/activity. Trade data is posted on their live servers to allow clients to see
authenticated results in real time.
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Managing drawdowns
A drawdown occurs when there is a loss from an equity high in an account. For example: if your
account had lost 5%, then it would be said to be in a 5% drawdown. Drawdowns are part and parcel
with trading and are to be expected and planned for.
There are two types of drawdown that you might experience. The first is a drawdown on your initial
investment. As an investor, it is critical that you protect your core capital otherwise you cannot
continue to invest. For example, if you invested $10,000, and your account drew down to $9,500, this
would be a drawdown to your initial capital.
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The second type of drawdown is a drawdown to your profits. For example: if you started with
$10,000, went up to $15,000 and then had a drawdown to $14,000, you would have a drawdown to
your profits.
Both types of drawdowns require slightly different management techniques. As an example, you
might be less willing to risk your core capital and more willing to risk your profits. This is a good
example of the old investing adage cut your losses short, and let your profits run.
Taking profits
Key to an effective money management plan is having rules for profit taking.
Over time, your copy trading investment is going to produce profits, which need to be managed
just as your risk does. Again, when developing your profit taking plan, you want to think about your
objectives.
While it may be tempting to simply shoot for the stars, over the long-term this is going to mean you
end up leaving money on the table. All traders run hot and cold, and its your job to make the most of
it when they run hot and then keep your profits when they run cold.
There are several ways to design a profit-taking plan, and here are some considerations to take into
account:
What percentage of your profits do you want to withdraw, as opposed to leave in to compound?
Compounding your account is an excellent way to grow your investment, but it needs to be
balanced with a prudent approach to locking in your gains.
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How often will you withdraw profits? You may decide to withdraw some profit each month, quarter
or year.
Will you withdraw profits based on a percentage return figure? For example, will you take profits
out when your account is up by 20%? 30%? What are your goals?
How will you handle a large windfall profit? For example, a trader may have an exceptionally good
month, and it may be prudent to take some of those profits.
How much of your profit might you be willing to give back, before you withdraw some? For
example, if a trader has a 5% drawdown, you might use this as an indication of when to take
profit.
As a professional investor, you want to design a method of profit taking that uses these
considerations to achieve your goals, and not be too cautious or greedy. In other words, its best not
to leave it all in, and its best not to take it all out. Your job as an investor is to find the line.
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When choosing your basket of traders you want to consider the following:
Do the traders historically have non-correlated returns? Take a look at the winning and losing
months of the traders and see if you can find ones that tend to win while others are losing.
Do they use different trading styles such as discretionary, algorithmic, trend following, countertrend? It is good to have a mix of styles and approaches.
How many traders to have in a portfolio? While it is good to diversify, you need to make sure you
have enough capital to allocate to each trader so any expenses are covered and you have the
potential for profits. This may mean if you have a small account you need to stick to one or two
traders at most.
Most importantly, you want to take time to answer the how much question.
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Rebalancing
Running a portfolio of traders requires some active management.
As one trader makes profits, their proportion of your portfolio will increase, leaving it unbalanced.
To counteract this effect, you may want to rebalance your portfolio. This could be done simply by
taking some profits out of your account, or by moving funds from one copy trading provider to another
when things become uneven.
Perhaps you could schedule this on a set timeframe, such as every three months, or you may decide
to rebalance when a traders returns increase past a certain point.
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Our trade copier also allows subscribers to modify their risk settings. If, for example, youre following
a trader who has very large swings (perhaps the trader is up 50% one month, down 40% the next
month, and up 10% the following month), our trade copying technology permits you as a subscriber
to modify your risk settings to scale down the orders placed. Say you chose 10% instead of 100%: in
this scenario, although the master account had the wild swings, your account wouldve been up 5%,
down 4%, and up 1% - with our trade copier, you have a great sense of control over your account.
We have also equipped our trade copier with emergency fail-safes. Stop losses and take profits rest
not only on the master account, but are copied to all sub-accounts individually as well. So, should the
master account ever become disconnected, your account will still follow all existing trades flawlessly.
Theres also no need to worry about latency (ping, lag, call it what you will). If a trade cannot be
copied within 100ms, and the price has moved over an acceptable threshold that you can set, the
trade will simply not be copied.
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Strategy Profiles
Omega Genesis
The Omega Genesis Methodology is based on a technical evaluation of multiple markets. It uses
hyper-sensitive algorithmic analysis of trading ranges, trends, and support/resistance levels with
proprietary indicators determining levels for trading. Dynamic stops and targets are internally
managed as trades progress.
Managerial oversight is implemented to cut the duration of certain trades short, or add to existing
positions based on the progression of market conditions. It is important to note that there are no grid,
martingale, or hedged trades employed in the system. Most major pairs are addressed, and crosses
are monitored for trading. Recent trading has included more than 10 different currency pairs.
Theta Trader
The Theta Trader program is based on constructing a big picture of where a particular currency
pair may be headed. Using technical and fundamental analysis, and by researching the economic
outlook, the manageris able to build a macro long-term view. The Theta system then develops
a shorter term trading outlook for each currency pair over the next 24 hours. Careful not to overcomplicate things, the system uses a combination of 3 momentum indicators, Fibonacci, resistance
and support levels (and also refers to Ichimoku analysis for the longer term trends).
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Omicron Growth
The Omicron Growth HFT trading strategy is a technical system that looks for high probability
market entries. Based on a proprietary combination of technical indicators, the System combines its
indicators with a strong belief in risk management. Omicron always trades with stop losses in place.
By focusing mostly on the majors and major crosses, the system does not risk dealing in less liquid
/ more volatile pairs, eliminating a large amount of risk. The Omicron strategy has been built and
optimized over the last 10 years, and looks to continue to improve on the trading results.
Lambda Ascent
Lambda Ascent utilizes proprietary algorithmic systems, based on various market conditions, volatility,
and customer sentiment data. Allocation of trading systems is based on trends, breakouts, and range
analysis in the market environment. Set up as amulti-model alternative investment vehicle with a low
correlation to equity and fixed income markets, it takes advantage of market anomalies usingmarket
flow/customer sentiment pulled form one of the worlds largest retail Forex brokers. The Systems are
non-discretionary,highly scalable algorithms that dont rely onhigh frequency or machine gun trading
systems that Liquidity Providers and banks target as predatory.
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Getting Started
If you would like to get started following one of our traders, you can follow the instructions below.
Alternatively, you can visit:
http://www.backbaymarkets.com/how-to-get-started/
Step 1
Select A Plan
$59/month
$179/month
The following programs are available on our $59/ The following programs are available on our
month plan:
$179/month plan:
Omega Genesis
Lambda Ascent
Omicron Growth
Theta Trader
Step 2
Fund Your ILQ AccountTitle here
There is a $500 minimum account deposit, which can be completed by wire transfer, check or
credit card.
Fund your ILQ account by clicking on the link below:
http://www.backbaymarkets.com/ilq-live-account/
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Step 3
Activate your signal
Pay for your signal activation by clicking on the link below
http://www.backbaymarkets.com/activate-signals-account/
If you have any questions throughout this process, or would like to know more please contact us:
Toll Free Phone:+1.855.TRADE FX(1.855.872.3339)
Email:[email protected]
Skype:BackBayMarkets
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