Strategy Management
How does my strategy qualify for the Featured Strategy spot?
Strategy developers that want to increase awareness of their strategy can pay a small sponsorship fee to appear in our "Featured Strategy" spot. In order to maintain the quality of the Collective2 site, a strategy must meet minimum standards to be ...
My system description is too long. What's the max?
The detailed system description length should not exceed 2,000 characters (including spaces). Helpful hint #1: Use Word to write your description and count characters. Then copy and paste it into the description field on C2. Helpful hint #2: HTML is ...
Can I create a 'trial' strategy in order to experiment with Collective2?
Any strategy you create during a free trial of the Basic Plan is considered a "trial" strategy. It is not publicly visible and does not affect your track record in any way. No one can view its trades, and no one can subscribe to it. Upgrading to a ...
My system has too much capital. I want to scale it down so that it trades smaller quantities.
You can "rescale" your system, even after starting it, but only in the downward direction. (For example, if you start your C2 system with $100,000 in hypothetical cash, but decide you'd rather trade a system with $10,000 cash, you can rescale.) You ...
How do you calculate the monthly returns listed in the "Hypothetical monthly returns" charts?
We look at the total strategy equity (closed P/L plus open P/L plus cash in your strategy plus the value of what you hold) and compare it at two points in time. For the "October monthly return" for example, we'll compare the equity on October 31 and ...
Do Strategy Stats Include Commissions & Fees?
"Win Trades" does not include broker commissions and fees. "Cumulative Return" includes cumulative monthly subscription fees and cumulative commission costs. Changing the Broker View: Typical Broker Commissions is the default view. To change the ...
When will my hypothetical monthly returns table show up?
When your strategy is more than thirty days old.
Can I enter complex or spread or multi legged or Butterfly or Condor trades?
Collective2 does not support spread-order entry. To trade spreads you will have to "leg into" the trade, one leg at a time. You'll probably want to leg into the long side first so that your short-margin requirements are not onerous.
Can I import trades?
Collective2 allows only "go-forward results." We require that you begin a new trading strategy on Collective2 and start building a track record from this point in time. The point is that you need to commit publicly to revealing your track record, and ...
Where can I find my API key?
You can find your API Key under your Platform Transmit Manage page or C2 Account Management screen / last Tab.
How do you calculate Cumulative Return?
To comply with NFA regulations, we display Cumulative Rate of Return for strategies with a track record of less than one year. For strategies with longer track records, we display Annualized (Compounded) Rate of Return. How Cumulative Rate of Return ...
How do you calculate Annual Return (Compounded)?
To comply with NFA regulations, we display Cumulative Rate of Return for strategies with a track record of less than one year. For strategies with longer track records, we display Annualized (Compounded) Rate of Return. How Annualized (Compounded) ...
What is AUM?
Assets Under Management, AUM for short, represents the the net equity value of accounts linked to a strategy through the AutoTrading feature of C2. AUM is not the same as strategy equity or model account. Investors/AutoTraders can stop autotrading ...
Suggested Minimum Capital
The Suggested Minimum Capital is C2's estimate of the minimum amount of capital to follow a strategy, assuming the Investor uses the smallest reasonable AutoTrade Scaling % for the strategy. The Suggested Minimum Capital is not the same as the Model ...
Planning to Downgrade or Upgrade your Trade Leader Plan?
Upgrades take effect immediately. Your credit card will be charged the price difference to upgrade. Downgrades do not take effect immediately. You have to wait to finish the paid month before the downgrade takes effect. Therefore, there will be no ...
I want to hide my trades from non-subscribers
Open positions are not shown to non-subscribers. We allow system developers to DELAY the display of closed trades by up to 7 days. However, to participate on C2, you do have to make the trading record available, albeit on a delayed basis. We require ...
What is a strategy reset? How much does it cost?
A strategy reset means you can clear the track record of a strategy and start fresh. The old track record is archived but still accessible. There is a $30 fee to reset a strategy and you must be on a paid Trade Leader plan. The Reset Strategy menu is ...
Remittance via PayPal
Payments are transmitted through PayPal to the email address associated with your C2 account. If you already have a main PayPal account that is not your C2 email address, you can request that PayPal "link" the two email addresses. PayPal can ...
AutoTrade your own strategy - Instructions to earn badge
Earn the Trades-Own-Strategy (TOS) Badge Collective2 makes a special effort to promote trading strategies which are AutoTraded by the Trade Leader. We call this the TOS Program. We want you to join. Benefits of participating Strong ...