Mercury Performance

SystemTrader's Mercury is a 3-regime leveraged ETF strategy that trades QQQ and TQQQ. SMA(170) margin, VIX, and ADX(27) drive BULL, SIDEWAYS, and BEAR allocations; an EMA(40) filter gates TQQQ exposure within BULL.

Live since Dec 1, 2025Last updated: 2026-09-18
Starting Capital
$100,000
Current Value
$404,026
Total Return
+304%
Annualized
+28.4%
Max Drawdown
-14.4%
Calmar Ratio
1.96
Sharpe Ratio
1.25
Profit Factor
2.68

Equity & Drawdown

$447K
$352K
$257K
$162K
$67K
-0.0%
-3.6%
-7.2%
-10.8%
-14.4%
2021-02-16
2026-09-18
YearQ1Q2Q3Q4YTD
2021-12.1%+9.0%+1.1%+5.8%+2.5%
2022+8.5%+5.9%+25.0%+26.6%+81.8%
2023-0.3%+16.8%-3.9%+9.4%+22.5%
2024+9.0%+6.6%-3.0%+4.0%+17.3%
2025+2.6%+14.1%+10.2%+0.1%+29.0%
2026+1.4%+22.6%-5.9%+17.0%
Avg+1.5%+12.5%+3.9%+9.2%+28.3%
+10% or more
+5% to +10%
0% to +5%
0% to -5%
-5% to -10%
-10% or worse