Futures Trading

ANNOUNCEMENT:

NEW CATSCAN 4 RELEASED

The final version of the award winning Catscan system has just been released.
It is an extremely limited release with a total of 150 copies. When they are gone, Catscan 4 sales will be completely closed. There won't be a Catscan 5.

This is your last opportunity to own one of the top rated systems of all time.

The large portfolio of this new system made $2,684,282 during testing.
(trading just 1 contract of each commodity)

Over the years the Catscan trading system has won more awards than just about any other trading system. Back in 1994, just two months after its release, it had already become the #1 T Bond system in the Nation. Its overall portfolio was consistently making $100,000 a year.

They say no trading system has staying power. Well Catscan proved that wrong. From 1994-1998 it was the #1 T Bond system in the Nation. By 1997 it had won a “Top 10 Systems Of All Time” award in a Futures magazine article. And then won "Top 10 Systems Since Release" by Futures Truth. In 2005 it was named "Top 10 Multi-commodity System in the Nation". What a ride. What staying power. Invincible?

Now a couple of years ago we had a new idea. It required adding some very exciting new rules to the Catscan system. The rules were definitely based on scientific research. I had just completed an exhausting two year Trade Exit Study. You see, everyone concentrates on the entry to a trade. But there has been precious little trade exit research. Well, I actually did years of research on different exit techniques. This research was done because I had already tested the famous “gurus” super exits. But in the cold, hard glare of scientific testing, the guru’s super exits turned into something which should more properly be called “GURUBAGE”. They were just awful.

We took our two years of exit research and incorporated it into a new Catscan. The new system was called Catscan 3 Plus which was released in September, 2005. It looked excellent during my usual detailed systems testing. You don’t know me but I have been fortunate to have developed some very thorough trading system testing methodologies. I probably do more testing than the typical system developer. I’ve got all kinds of additional tests to wring out a trading system.

In fact I earn a good income doing something I don’t even advertise. People discovered that I have these thorough system torture tests. And they frequently ask me to test out their new trading idea. I do that for a hefty fee. It’s a good thing. Most of the ideas I test turn out to be very bad. It may sound good on paper, but it usually is terrible when exposed to scientific tests. That’s a good thing to know before actually trading the idea.

But back to Catscan 3 Plus. It passed my grueling tests. We released it. Then something went wrong. It lost money. It kept losing money. I said it must just be in drawdown. After all, every system that has ever been invented has drawdown periods. Every system that ever will be invented will also have drawdown periods. But it kept losing money. Finally I had to face reality. Something was wrong with the Catscan 3 Plus system. I did test after test. The tests said this was no normal drawdown period. For one thing it was lasting way too long. And it was too large. And too consistent.

Then I counted the rules and parameters of Catscan 3 Plus. It hit me like a bolt of lightning. I was staring at an over-optimized trading system. Me, the system developer who is paranoid about optimization had just committed the most insidious of crimes. I had inadvertently over-optimized a system.

The next 6 months were a flurry of changes and tests for the Catscan system. At first I just cut out the new rules. Then I got curious. My son sometimes listens to a music group called “Bare naked ladies”. Just how far could I go in stripping (de-optimizing) Catscan? I chopped out another rule. Tests looked good. In fact it looked a lot better. I chopped out another rule. Tests looked good. I chopped out another rule. It didn’t get better but it didn’t get worse either. I flushed it down the trading system rule toilet. Now I was rolling. I slashed another rule. Tests still looked good. Can you hear the sound of “flush”? Soon I got to the point that it actually had fewer rules and less optimized parameters than the original Catscan system. This was a bare naked system. I knew I was done. It was the pure essence of the Catscan concept and nothing more. It got a name: Catscan 4.

Don't expect another version of Catscan. I’m semi-retiring. It’s a little ironic. I became a successful trading system developer by using fairly creative ideas, testing the daylights out of each system and avoiding system over-optimization. I move into semi-retirement doing exactly what I had started doing 15 years ago.

There is one more thing you need to know about the new Catscan 4. This truly may be your last chance to buy the system. We are not taking any chances on having too many copies of Catscan 4 out there. We have 150 copies. When they are gone, Catscan 4 will quietly be withdrawn from the market. It will not be available at any price.

Is this the best Catscan of all? It generated over $2.6 million net profit during testing. And that’s trading just one (1) contract. Yet it still embodies the basic Catscan concept.

Want to know the secret of Catscan 4? Well, unlike most systems it’s a bit of a chameleon. The system is based on the concept that you should trade trending markets differently than choppy markets. I think it is why the original Catscan has worked for so many years. It doesn’t particularly care what type of market it is. Trending market? Great! Choppy sideways market? That’s ok too! You see it has a proprietary Choppiness Index that continually measures the market. When it concludes we are in a Bull or Bear market, it automatically configures itself into a Bull or Bear market trading system. When it concludes that we have a Choppy market, it automatically re-configures itself for that type of market.

On the following pages are performance statistics. Note: If you ever look into another system and the vendor doesn’t give you these kinds of details, run, don’t walk, in the opposite direction. There are a lot of shady system vendors out there. We want you to have the facts. Don’t buy Catscan 4 until you are completely sure. If you want an opinion on me or Catscan 4 you may want to contact Futures Truth Co. (828) 697-0273. George Pruitt is their Research Director. They’ve known me since I started in this business 15 years ago. Their prime purpose is testing trading systems and then reporting on how they are really doing. That is sometimes dramatically different from what a system developer will tell you.

Carefully review this report. Check me out if you’d like. Read the detailed pdf report (See red button below to download it ). This pdf report has small, medium and large model portfolio performance statistics and looks at both the regular version and a special "constant" version. Both versions use exactly the same rules for all commodities. But the "constant" version also uses exactly the same parameters for all commodities (super-unoptimized). Then, after thoroughly examining the details, if you want to own one of the 150 remaining Catscan 4 systems before it is taken off the market, give me a call at (800) 745-8238 or (765) 866-8001. You can also order online at this website. (You are already on a secure order site). If you have questions, get them answered. You can call or email me at randy@mindfire-systems.com.

As with all of our systems you will get a very detailed manual and a CD with TradeStation and TradersStudio code for Catscan 4. All of the rules of Catscan 4 are fully revealed in the manual. I do not believe in “Black Box” systems. It’s too easy to scam people with black box Systems. I once knew a system developer who sold a black box system. When I asked him why, he said that the system had made some really bad trades during testing. So he added in a few lines of code that said the system couldn’t take a trade on those particular dates. Thus the black box.

The price for Catscan 4 is $1,475. You also need TradeStation or TradersStudio software to run the Catscan 4 system. If you don’t have either TradeStation or TradersStudio we may be able to help. We have a special arrangement with the people at TradersStudio. They charge $514 ($499 + $15 shipping) for TradersStudio 2.0. The new TradersStudio 2.5 will be $614. I have a few special combination packages of Catscan 4 and the TradersStudio software for $1,795. It means you can own TradersStudio for $223 instead of the $514, (soon $614) price you pay everywhere else. You won't find this kind of savings anywhere else.

You may want to read hard copy reports which provide much greater detail on the new Catscan 4 and Golden SX Plus. You can get the reports four different ways.
1. Call me at (800) 745-8238 or (765) 866-8001.
2. Email randy@mindfire-systems.com.
3. Fill out the information form on this website.
4. Or if you don't want to wait, you can get it right now. Just click on the red Catscan 4 box below. Want the same type of report on Golden SX Plus? Just click on the red Golden SX Plus box.

System Assist Broker of the year: If your not comfortable with computers, travel a lot or just don't want the bother of calculating daily signals and calling them into your broker each day, you may want to talk to the people at Fox Investments. They have copies of my systems and TradeStation and TradersStudio. They trade for more of my customers than any other broker. I can show you back tested results. They can tell you about real time trading my systems. Call (800) 281-3654 and talk to Danielle Bourbeau or Kevin Riordan.

Sincerely,

NOTICE:

Catscan III was rated "Top 10 Multi-Commodity System" by independent rating service Futures Truth, Co. Golden SX was rated one of "Top 10 Systems of all Time" by Futures magazine. NEW Catscan 4 and Golden SX Plus are even better.