15 years of evidence. Radical transparency. We show every year, including the painful ones.
| Year | Strategy | SPY | Outcome & Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 56.09% | 23.30% | Clean bull market. TURBO mode dominated. |
| 2023 | 57.12% | 24.29% | Recovery year. Strategy captured the rebound. |
| 2022 | -34.42% | -19.48% | Bear market. Defensive mode active but false starts hurt. |
| 2021 | 73.26% | 27.04% | Perfect conditions for 3x leverage. |
| 2020 | 25.62% | 16.16% | Navigated the COVID crash and V-shaped recovery. |
| 2019 | 21.12% | 28.79% | Underperformed due to defensive signals in Q4. |
| 2018 | 10.47% | -6.35% | Positive return in a down year for SPY. |
| 2017 | 118.11% | 19.38% | The best year on record. Low volatility bull. |
| 2016 | 10.66% | 9.64% | Matched market in a choppy election year. |
| 2015 | -21.19% | -0.81% | Worst relative performance. Leverage decay in sideways market. |
| 2014 | 25.00% | 11.29% | Solid outperformance. |
| 2013 | 140.74% | 29.69% | Massive gains in a historic bull run. |
| 2012 | -15.29% | 13.47% | Painful year. Volatility decay hurt TQQQ. |
| 2011 | 8.54% | -5.16% | Outperformed in a flat/down year. |
Before you subscribe, you need to understand the trade-off. This strategy beats SPY by nearly 12 percentage points annually over 15 years (23.5% CAGR vs 11.5%). It does this by using 3x leverage during confirmed bull markets.
The Cost: You must be psychologically prepared to watch your portfolio drop 40% without panicking.
In 2012 (-15.29%) and 2015 (-21.19%), the strategy struggled. Why?
These were "choppy" markets. The S&P 500 went sideways or slowly up, but with high volatility. In these conditions, 3x leveraged ETFs (like TQQQ) suffer from volatility decay. They can lose value even if the underlying index stays flat.
Our Volatility Gate (VIX < 25) is designed to prevent this, but in 2012 and 2015, volatility spiked and retreated often, causing "whipsaws" where we entered and exited positions, taking small losses each time.
This is the price of admission for the 140% gains in 2013 and 118% gains in 2017.