Risk disclosure
Read this before you buy
Trading futures involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor. You can lose more than your initial deposit. Only trade with money you can afford to lose entirely. Nexus Algo does not provide investment advice, and nothing on this site is a recommendation to buy or sell any instrument.
Hypothetical performance
Every performance figure published by Nexus Algo — win rates, net profit, drawdown, profit factor, equity curves, monthly tables and the interactive size calculators — is a hypothetical backtested result unless it is explicitly labelled as a live result. It was produced by running a strategy over historical market data, not by placing real orders in a real account.
CFTC Rule 4.41. Hypothetical or simulated performance results have certain limitations. Unlike an actual performance record, simulated results do not represent actual trading. Also, since the trades have not actually been executed, the results may have under- or over-compensated for the impact, if any, of certain market factors such as lack of liquidity. Simulated trading programs in general are also subject to the fact that they are designed with the benefit of hindsight. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profit or losses similar to those shown.
What our numbers assume
- Results are stated per contract at the size shown next to each figure. Larger size multiplies both the profit and the drawdown.
- Where a figure is described as net of cost, a round-turn commission and one tick of slippage have been deducted. Where it is described as gross, they have not. Each product page states which basis applies.
- Maximum drawdown is measured on closed trades. Live intraday excursions run deeper than a closed-trade log can show, which is why our recommended sizing deliberately leaves part of your loss limit unused.
- Backtests exclude US market holidays and half-day sessions.
- Fills are modelled. Real fills depend on your broker, your data feed, your latency and the liquidity available at that instant — particularly around scheduled news releases.
Prop-firm evaluations
Nexus Algo is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or partnered with any proprietary trading firm. We do not guarantee that any strategy will pass, or help you pass, any firm's evaluation. Win rates we publish are the historical outcome of the trades themselves over the stated backtest window — they are not a pass rate, a success rate, or a prediction. Evaluation rules, profit targets and drawdown limits are set by the firm and change without notice; always check your firm's current rulebook before sizing a position.
The Catalyst news strategy in particular is designed around a small number of trades per month. A single losing release can end an evaluation attempt. Historical win rates over a few dozen releases carry wide statistical uncertainty and should not be read as an expected outcome for your account.
Automation
Automated strategies execute without supervision and can behave unexpectedly during outages, disconnections, platform errors, data-feed faults, exchange halts and unusual volatility. You are responsible for monitoring your account, your platform and your positions at all times. Test in simulation before trading live.