Over the past 12 months, Bitcoin lost 34% of its value. At its worst point, it was down 53% from its peak. Anyone holding it rode the entire decline.

During the same period, iQ Bitcoin 40 earned 51% in live automated trading profits. The program didn't predict the drop. It didn't need to. Here's why:

1.  It Trades Both Directions

Buy-and-hold only makes money when the price goes up. iQ Bitcoin 40 trade a basket of trend-following and momentum strategies that go long or short  Micro Bitcoin futures (MBT). When Bitcoin trends lower, the short strategies can profit. When it rallies, the long strategies can. Bitcoin's big swings, in either direction, are the opportunity.

2.  It Doesn't Sit in the Market

The average holding period is about two days. Instead of absorbing a months-long decline, the program takes short, defined-risk positions and then steps aside. Maximum risk on any position is about $1,200, or 3% of the suggested $40,000 funding level.

3.  Its Returns Don't Follow Bitcoin

Because it trades both sides and holds briefly, Bitcoin 40 has low correlation with Bitcoin itself, with stocks (-0.08 to the S&P 500), and with other iQ programs. It adds a return stream that behaves differently from almost everything else you likely own.

What It Won't Do

Not every month is a winner. Trend strategies can struggle in choppy, sideways markets where no trend lasts long enough to capture. The program's largest historical month-to-month drawdown is 19.8%, and as with every strategy, its largest drawdown is likely still ahead. One strong year is not a promise of the next.

Who It's For

Bitcoin 40 can help: 

• Investors who want to benefit from Bitcoin's volatility without betting on its direction
• Crypto holders looking for something that has proven it can generate gains when Bitcoin declines
• Equity-heavy investors looking for diversification from a genuinely different source of return

Suggested funding is $40,000 (minimum $30,000), and intro license pricing is $3,900 per year. Like all iQ autotrading programs, it trades futures, so its gains are tax-advantaged due to IRS Section 1256 tax treatment.

Want to see how it would fit with what you already own? Wants to more detailed performance info?  Check it out in the free iQ Portfolio Builder.

Have questions? View the product page.

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#6 -The firm does NOT rely on overseas brokerage firms (who may trade against you)

InvestiQuant (iQ) avoids risky overseas brokerages and only utilizes highly regulated brokers registered with U.S securities agencies.

#5 -The firm’s strategies were NOT developed by retail traders who have no professional experience creating and managing scalable investment solutions

iQ’s strategies were built by previously registered Series 3 traders who managed and traded tens of millions of dollars of investors’ capital as licensed professionals prior to launching InvestiQuant’s autotrading solutions. 

#4 - Clients do NOT have to wonder if the autotrading firm actually trades the same strategies they promote

U.S registered brokers are available to verify that iQ only offers strategies to clients that iQ, its shareholders and employees trade and rely on with their own capital.

#3 -The firm does NOT utilize risky Martingale or related techniques 

Unlike some trading “experts” and many AI and forex bots, iQ strategies don’t double-down on losing trades or use other risky techniques to generate gains — a key reason why clients have trusted InvestiQuant for over 16 years. 

#2 -Client orders are NOT executed independently (“first come, first served”) 

iQ clients’ orders are executed at the same time and price averaged by each broker for client fairness. They are NOT at the back of the line (behind the company’s executives and early clients who are front-running them) receiving different / worse prices and results.

#1 -The firm prioritizes results over revenue and does NOT sell ‘unlimited licenses’ or ‘lifetime access’ to clients

Because InvestiQuant and its team rely on the same strategies, they strictly manage client utilization by charging recurring license fees for the amount of trading volume utilized. (Why would anyone with a legitimate edge NOT do that?)

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