Merlin Strategy Performance for December 2019

Our Merlin swing trading strategy kicked off its live track record November 2019 and in this post we’ll cover the recent performance since that time. To learn more about the strategy and to follow along in real-time with its trading signals, please visit the Merlin strategy page.

 

Merlin Trading Performance November

StrategyNovember
Merlin Margin+8.19%
60/40 Benchmark+1.89%

 

Closed TradesReturn on SignalR-Multiple
ADBE+10.60%+1.81
PRO+18.86%+1.50

 

Merlin Trading Performance December

StrategyDecember
Merlin Margin+5.42%
60/40 Benchmark+1.37%

 

Closed TradesReturn on SignalR-Multiple
VEEV+5.07%+0.50
SHOP+19.44%+1.45
SSW+16.48%+1.50
LGIH+4.03%+0.50
MTCH+9.40%+1.50
NEM+13.18%+1.50
RDUS-11.76%-1.0

 

See Performance Disclosures: Monthly Performance.

 

Performance Commentary

We couldn’t have picked a better time to launch the strategy.

It was a monster 2 month return for Merlin beating the returns of the benchmark and doing so with very little volatility and draw-down. The strategy has been accumulating as much risk as it can get its hands on and utilizing margin for most of December. The number of open positions heading into the new year remains high, but many initial targets have been achieved and stops raised to protect from the inevitable market pullback.

You can find out more about the Merlin strategy here.

Evan Medeiros

Evan is the founder of Trade Risk. With 25 years of coding experience and a B.S. in computer science, he brings a rules-based, research-driven approach to trading and investing.

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2 Comments

  1. GLEN on 10:28 pm January 19, 2020 at 10:28 pm

    I thank this would work with trading options over many types of stocks and other.

    • Evan Medeiros on 10:47 pm January 19, 2020 at 10:47 pm

      Hi Glen, Yes most of the stocks in the merlin universe (but not all) will have liquid option chains so you could express the trades that way and it would definitely free up some capital.

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