The Mighty Have Fallen

April 25, 2007 by Trader Rich 

The April trading contest is at the tail end with only 3 real trading days left and the mighty have fallen.  QLaun who led most of last week and the first couple of days this week has fallen from the top.  

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The top 6 traders sorted by portfolio returns have maximum drawdowns between -4.20 and -17.99.  I found details of some other contests and how they determined an acceptable maximum drawdown level.  

Acceptable maximum drawdown level for aggressive trading should not exceed 15%.

Acceptable maximum drawdown level for conservative trading should not exceed 10%.

Acceptable maximum drawdown level for fund managers should not exceed 5%.

So if I were to use these figures, I would rank contestants as of today this way: 

TOP THREE AGGRESSIVE TRADERS

  1. Dumb Luck +24.26%
  2. MartinFXUY +14.66%
  3. RotcaX +12.52% 

TOP THREE CONSERVATIVE TRADERS 

  1. Dumb Luck +24.26%
  2. MartinFXUY +14.66%
  3. RotcaX +12.52% 


TOP THREE MONEY MANAGERS

  1. RotcaX +12.52%
  2. Milton +2.91%
  3. Netman +1.86% 

Good job guys.  I'm not doing too well.  I'm at -3.05%.  The only thing I have going for me is that my maximum drawdown is -1.17. 

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