Hello Drcha,
I've been at C2 for over 1 year and my discretionary system is currently one of only 2 that shows up when searching for "hidden gems" with survivors and futures selected.
My feeling is that c2 subscribers are looking for amazing returns or name-brand. I honestly doubt many of the systems really have paying subscribers. It is a herd type of mentality there.
You need some "aura" and very high returns. While 30% in the real-world is great, at c2 most are looking for probably 50% to 100% returns minimum -- granted few, if any subscribers will achieve that. My newest 100% mechanical system, for example, has returned 80% annual over the most recent several years and IF it does this well in the future then perhaps someone will subscribe to it.
Are you trading your system with your own cash? If you aren't that could be a problem -- perhaps that is my problem. Most subscribers will probably want to see real auto-trade data.
I will give you this advise:
1. 200k is too much. You are saying you MUST have 200k to trade my system. Reduce it to the lowest amount possible. I made a similar mistake when I started mine.
2. $50 is too cheap. If your system doesn't justify at least $100 to $250/month fees it is probably not going to be valued.
3. 5 months is plenty of time
4. You need to do something to qualify and demonstrate you are a serious professional. A lot of C2 folks have been burned. How are you going to demonstrate that you are serious?
5. You need to think what subscribers WANT.
6. Don't expect too much.
Quote from drcha:
I posted a system on collective2.com. I'm having trouble getting subscribers. I am wondering why--Matthew over there is not too interested in helping me figure it out. I would appreciate anyone who has experience with these types of sites helping me think about it. Here are some possible reasons:
1) the system is only 5 months old (time will heal this)
2) the starting equity of $200,000 is too high (I can fix this, but I have to close all the trades first, which is a hassle, but I'll do it if I need to)
3) it is not profitable enough, since its annualized return to date is 34% (I don't expect it to return even this much over the long haul; it's a pretty conservative system, so I don't intend to aim for anything higher. If this is the problem, I cannot fix it.)
4) the per month charge of $50 is too high (it is about average for the site)
5) I have not advertised the system anywhere nor taken advantage of any of the additional ways to dramatize the system on collective2 (I might do this if Matthew could give me some inkling of which, if any of them, is likely to work.)
The system is called Long-Short ETFs/ETNs.
thanks in advance for your thoughts
