Legacy record

SwingHunter — legacy record.

No longer sold. Succeeded by Momentum Rotator.

Multi-day swing trading using 3x leveraged ETFs. Buys dips in confirmed uptrends. Sells rips in confirmed downtrends. 23-instrument universe spanning equities, sectors, commodities, and bonds.

Verified live on Collective23x leveraged ETFs23 instrumentsequities, sectors, commodities, bonds5 min/day
At a glance
Backtest CAGR+39.7%
Sharpe0.99
Max DD (backtest)-31.2%
Live sinceDec 1, 2025
Live recordOn Collective2
Total trades0

The hypothesis

Why this system exists.

Mean-reversion works when you filter for regime. Most mean-reversion systems lose money because they buy dips that keep dipping and sell rips that keep ripping. The fix is a regime filter: only buy dips when the larger trend is up, only sell rips when the larger trend is down. RSI(2) identifies the short-term extreme. The regime filter ensures you only trade extremes that are counter to short-term noise, not counter to the primary trend.

What to expect

Drawdowns are a feature of this system. Here's the envelope.

Backtest max DD
-31.2%
Over 6 years of data
Worst single month
-12.8%
Rare. Expected to recur.
Typical DD range
15% to 25%
Normal behavior
Live max DD
Live C2 record
Verify on Collective2

SwingHunter is deliberately aggressive. It trades 3x leveraged ETFs across equities, sectors, commodities, and bonds. Large drawdowns are expected, and the live C2 book can and has exceeded the research envelope. If a 30%+ drawdown would make you panic, this is the wrong product.

Live Collective2 max drawdown is currently about -35.6%, deeper than the historical research envelope of about -31.2%. C2 strategy 154627903 is the authoritative live record. Do not treat the research curve as the current experience.

How it works

Three engines, one regime filter.

ENGINE 01

Dip & Rip Detection

RSI(2) mean-reversion entries filtered by market regime. Only buys dips in confirmed uptrends and only sells rips in confirmed downtrends.

ENGINE 02

Multi-Asset Universe

23 different 3x leveraged ETFs covering equities, sectors, commodities, and bonds. Large opportunity set. Low correlation within trades.

ENGINE 03

Four Exit Mechanisms

Profit target, time stop, trailing stop, reversal exit. Whichever triggers first closes the trade. No holding and hoping.

Performance

Backtest history. Live record verified on Collective2.

The chart below is the backtest record. The live track record is published on Collective2, the third-party platform that executes every trade. We link out rather than embed because Collective2 is the authoritative source.

SwingHunter figures assume a standalone SwingHunter subscriber, 100% allocation to this system, with 20% position sizing per trade (allows roughly five concurrent positions — conservative default for a multi-signal 3x ETF system).

Verified live record

Live results on Collective2

Since Dec 1, 2025 · verified on Collective2

SwingHunter's live signals are tracked on Collective2 — an independent platform that records every fill, exit, and subscriber P&L in real time. The live track record is verified there, not self-reported.

See verified track record on Collective2
Backtest + Live (since Dec 1, 2025)

Backtest Jan 2, 2020 — Dec 1, 2025 · Live since

Backtest through Dec 1, 2025. Live period verified on Collective2 — see the link above.

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SwingHunter
SPY
Live: 2025-12
CAGR
+39.7%
Sharpe
0.99
Sortino
1.22
Max DD
-31.2%
Total return
+782.6%

Statistics

The numbers in detail.

Risk profile

Max drawdown
-31.2%
Max DD duration
249 days
Worst month
-12.8%
Positive months
61.5%

Legacy record notes

Trade-level average win, average loss, and expectancy are not available in the canonical C2 summary, so they are not displayed here. Use the linked C2 record for the authoritative legacy history.

Best month
+37.8%

Recent signals

Recent activity.

Latest signals from this system, most recent first. Open positions shown at the top.

DateEngineDirTickerEntryExitHeldResult
Jul 9longTNA72.53OpenOpen
Jul 9longCURE119.35OpenOpen
Jul 8longTNA69.880dOpen
Jul 7longTPOR42.8144.112d+3.0%
Jul 6longUPRO140.77144.403d+2.6%
Jul 3longUPRO140.770dOpen

Full trade log available to subscribers in the dashboard.

Free pre-trade checklist

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It is the short checklist behind this sales page: decide the regime first, then decide whether SwingHunter is the right execution layer for the current market.

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Common questions

FAQ.

When do signals arrive?

After market close, on days when a setup triggers. SwingHunter scans the universe daily but only produces an email when the RSI(2) extreme plus regime filter line up. You open your inbox in the evening, see the signal, place the order for the next morning. Many days produce nothing.

How many signals per month?

Roughly 15 to 20 in normal regimes. Fewer during strong trends where mean-reversion setups get filtered out. The system targets short windows where an RSI(2) extreme runs counter to short-term noise but not the primary trend, so volume depends on how often those setups appear.

Why 3x leveraged ETFs? Is that safe?

Leveraged ETFs amplify daily moves, including losses. SwingHunter holds for 4 to 10 days on average, which is short enough to avoid most of the decay, and every trade has a hard stop and a defined position size. You should size positions so a worst-case stop-out is a loss you can absorb. Leveraged ETFs are a tool for defined-risk short-term trades, not a buy-and-hold.

What broker do I need?

This page preserves the legacy methodology and record for transparency. SwingHunter is no longer sold to new subscribers. Existing subscribers continue to receive signals unchanged.

Can I subscribe to SwingHunter?

No. SwingHunter is no longer sold to new subscribers. Existing subscribers keep their legacy access. Momentum Rotator is the forward successor to SwingHunter’s aggressive-satellite role.

What is the 23-instrument universe?

A curated list of liquid 3x leveraged ETFs across asset classes: equity indices (TQQQ, SPXL, UPRO), sectors (SOXL, FAS, LABU, ERX, NUGT), commodities (JNUG, GUSH), bonds (TMF, TMV), and volatility-adjacent names. The universe is fixed. Signals can fire on any instrument the regime filter currently permits.

Important: Backtests are historical simulations. They do not represent actual trading and have inherent limitations. Live results are real-time execution. Past performance, whether backtested or live, is not indicative of future results. Trading involves substantial risk of loss. Pollinate Trading is not a registered investment advisor. See full risk disclosure.