Leonard Fox Profile Picture Individual Investor

Len Fox

Trader, Scarecrow Trading,Financial Services,Scarecrow Trading

  • Education Regis University
  • Qualifications MBA
  • Investment Experience 9 years
  • Founded 2003

Crow Chaser

Leonard Fox developed The Crow Chaser program in 2003. The Crow Chaser system reviews 15 indicators on daily basis and based on the degree of consensus and disagreement market positions are established.
Crow Chaser is a composite of two programs. Crow Chaser generates market direction signals including Long, Cash, or Inverse. Depending on the market direction signal, Leonard will take a position in the Nasdaq100. It will take a 100% exposure (long, cash, or inverse) in the called position. It will trade a 2x leveraged Nasdaq100 ETF in the appropriate market direction.
This original system has been trading live since 2003, with a second signal added to the composite in early 2009 to increase the trading frequency.
It trades approximately 20 times per year. At times, it will take a position for a single day and at times stay for a long period of time in the trade if the market conditions and signals call for it.
This system reviews 15 indicators on daily basis and based on the degree of consensus and disagreement market positions are established. Historically it is in cash or taking an inverse position approximately 30% of the time.
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Risk score

5
29.7%

Best 30 days

-23.0%

Worst 30 days

Performance

  • 14.7%
    30 day
  • 24.2%
    90 day
  • 64.8%
    365 day
Monthly vs S&P500
len fox - crow chaser
28.3% 12 months
  • $20,000 subscription min
  • Margin account required
  • 2% fee

Replicability

100.0%
  • Replicable

Top 5 Holdings View all

87.6%
12.4%

Model commentary

  1. Leonard Fox: Reducing leverage with these two ETFs (QLD, UWM)

    1 April 2011

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Performance detail

  • Manager
  • Nasdaq 100
  • S&P 500

Performance

Inception December 13, 2010
as of May 21, 2013 Manager Nasdaq 100 S&P 500 Average Subscriber
Past 30 days 14.7% 8.8% 7.3% 14.4%
Past 90 days 24.2% 10.5% 10.4% 23.4%
Past 365 days 64.8% 18.9% 26.8% 61.3%
Since Inception (Annualized) 22.0% 13.8% 12.9% -
2013 (YTD) 31.9% 13.7% 17.0% 30.3%
2012 20.2% 16.8% 13.4% 17.9%
2011 1.7% 2.7% -0.0% -

Risk Metrics

Last 365 days
as of May 21, 2013 Manager Nasdaq 100 S&P 500
Best 30 days 18.0% 10.5% 8.2%
Worst 30 days -5.0% -9.1% -7.0%
Volatility 18.2% 15.1% 12.7%
Sharpe Ratio 3.55 1.25 2.11
Sortino Ratio 6.38 1.93 3.02
Maximum Drawdown -6.5% -11.9% -7.7%
Value-at-risk (95%, 1 week) -4.2% -3.5% -2.9%
vs. Nasdaq 100 vs. S&P 500
Information Ratio 3.28 2.57
Alpha 37.2% 30.8%
Beta 0.80 0.86
R-Squared 0.44 0.35
  • $20,000 subscription min
  • Margin account required
  • 2% fee

Latest transactions view all

Average trades per month 3.1
Executed Symbol Security Replicable Type Price
05/09/13 QLD PROSHARES ULTRA QQQ Yes Buy $67.55
05/03/13 QLD PROSHARES ULTRA QQQ Yes Sell $66.85
04/26/13 QLD PROSHARES ULTRA QQQ Yes Buy $62.27
04/24/13 QLD PROSHARES ULTRA QQQ Yes Sell $62.04
04/18/13 QLD PROSHARES ULTRA QQQ Yes Buy $58.07
04/12/13 QLD PROSHARES ULTRA QQQ Yes Sell $63.06
04/08/13 QLD PROSHARES ULTRA QQQ Yes Buy $59.91
03/04/13 QLD PROSHARES ULTRA QQQ Yes Sell $58.93


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