The index fund is a 1976 idea.
You don't need to abandon your portfolio to modernize it. Put 10–20% into a rules-based sleeve that trades long and short, inside your own brokerage account.
5 questions · 30-minute call · accounts from $20K
Your account
Ranking trading strategies
A macro trader ranked how people invest. Index investing came dead last.
Two of his A-tier strategies, trend following and mean reversion, are the two Vector's algorithm runs.
Global macro
Big themes across rates, commodities, stocks and currencies. His own style, and he says so.
Trend following
“One of the best institutional strategies you could do from the comfort of your own living room.” Vector's algorithm follows intraday trends in Nasdaq futures.
Vol arb
Needs a physics degree and a rack of servers. Not a DIY strategy.
Basis trading
Cash versus futures. What large hedge funds do, with a lot to lose if it's done badly.
Mean reversion
“This is pure math. There's no opinions here.” Vector's algorithm also fades moves stretched far enough to snap back.
Value investing
A serious discipline that takes years of patience holding losing positions.
60/40 portfolio
What a lazy advisor puts you in. Stocks and bonds, and not much thought.
Buy and hold
Accepts all the volatility the market throws at it, and forgets you'll need the money one day.
Boglehead
“It's a great marketing strategy. It's not an investment strategy.” The buy-the-index-and-wait approach.
What Vector's algorithm runs. Hover or tap a tile for his reasoning.
Ranking and quotes: Nicholas Crown's opinion, from his public reel; quotes verbatim, the rest paraphrased. He isn't affiliated with Vector and doesn't endorse it. Not investment advice; every strategy here can lose money, including ours.
%The sleeve
You don't move everything. You modernize a slice.
The usual setup: 80–90% stays exactly where it is, in your index funds, bonds or advisor account. The other 10–20% goes into a rules-based sleeve that can go long and short. The core stays familiar. The sleeve can act when prices fall.
See if you qualifyYour portfolio
80–90%
Your core, unchanged
Index funds, bonds, your advisor. Nothing moves.
10–20%
The algorithmic sleeve
Long and short, exits set before entry. From $20K.
An illustration of a common split, not a recommendation for your situation.
In 2022 the S&P 500 fell 19.4% and bonds fell 13% with it. The 60/40 portfolio had nowhere to go. The famous 10% a year is an average, and years like that are inside it. A sleeve that can sell short doesn't need the market to rise. It needs rules for when it falls.
S&P 500 price return and Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, calendar-year 2022.
Client, July 2025
Seven months later, my cash account has grown from $50k to $124,618.43. Vector is by far the most transparent and most ethical company I've worked with.”
Graham Sinclair
Client
15.12%
Max drawdown, historically
15–20
Nasdaq futures trades a month
Individual experience, not a typical result. You can lose money.
1The program
Every trade starts with its exit. Here's the worst it has done, historically.
Futures · long and short
Nasdaq-100 futures
One market, traded one way: breakouts from key intraday levels, only in the direction of the day's bias, with the stop and target set before the order goes in.
- 15.12%
- Max drawdown
- 70.43%
- Win rate
- 15–20
- Trades / month
Historical figures supplied by Vector. Past performance is not indicative of future results, and a future drawdown could be deeper. Trading futures involves risk of loss.
An honest filter. The sleeve isn't for you if…
- 01You have less than $20,000 to put to work.
- 02A 15% drawdown would make you switch it off at the bottom.
- 03You'd put money you need in the next year or two into it.
- 04You want a promise of returns. We don't make one, and you should walk away from anyone who does.
Clients, in their own words.
“64% account growth since I started. The automation takes away the stress of manual trading.”
“The focus on 1:1 or 2:1 P/L ratios gives me confidence. Every trade has a clear plan and defined risk.”
“$14K prop-firm payout in three weeks using the futures algorithm. Already scaling to a bigger account.”
“Two and a half years in. The live sessions add a layer of support you won't find anywhere else.”
“Multiple prop-firm payouts. The algorithms are consistent and the support team is always there.”
Individual experiences, not typical results. Your results will vary and you can lose money.
1212-month refund policy
Twelve months to decide. Not satisfied, your license fee back.
12 months
Run the algorithm in your own account for up to a year before you decide.
Your call
Not satisfied with the software? Ask, and your license fee comes back.
No exit fee
Your money sat in your brokerage the whole time. There's nothing to unwind.
A refund policy on the software license, not a promise of trading results. You can still lose money in the markets. Full terms on the call.
Frequently asked questions
The five we get asked first. Anything else, type it into the Infinite FAQ, ask on the call, or email support@vectoralgorithmics.com.
Keep holding it. The sleeve doesn't replace your core. It's the 10–20% of a portfolio built to act when prices fall, which an index fund can't do by design. In 2022 the S&P 500 fell 19.4%, and an index fund's only move was to wait.
Yes. The program's worst historical drawdown is 15.12%, and a future one could be deeper. Every trade has a stop, which caps each loss. It doesn't prevent a run of losses.
No. Vector is software. Your money sits in your own account at a U.S. regulated brokerage, in your name. The algorithm can place trades in that account. It can't withdraw, transfer, or move funds, and you can switch it off any day.
A flat software license, not a percentage of your assets or your profits, with a 12-month refund policy on the license. The minimum account is $20,000. Exact pricing we go through on the call.
Thirty minutes on a screen-share. We cover how the program trades Nasdaq futures, its historical drawdowns and win rate, what size of sleeve makes sense, pricing, and how it would connect to your broker. Bring every hard question you have.
Is your investing still in 1976?
Find out in five questions. Accounts from $20K.