MU
+85.9%
2026
MU · Slugger
Micron Technology
Slugger caught Micron's 2026 surge — a +85.9% gain over about two months, ridden across consecutive momentum cycles before the system rotated out.
Two systems · one membership · 39-year back-test
Stop guessing.
Start trading
with real edge.
Swing-trade alerts by email — exact buy and sell signals from two rules-based systems, no charting or software required.
Your membership includes two complete rules-based systems — Slugger and Switch-Hitter — built on 39 years of back-tested data. No charts to analyze, no decisions to agonize over: just exact buy and sell signals you execute in minutes. Both systems, one price.
$1 first 30 days · then $79/month · cancel anytime
31.5%
Slugger CAGR
36.6%
Switch CAGR
89.7%
Win years
39yr
Back-test
Slugger & Switch-Hitter · back-tested CAGR
+31.5% / +36.6%
Dashed line marks 2017, when both systems went live. Left is the in-sample back-test (1988–2016); right is out-of-sample — traded in real time since.
Slugger
+31.5% CAGR
1988–2026 · back-tested
Switch-Hitter
+36.6% CAGR
1988–2026 · back-tested
S&P 500
+9.2% CAGR
Same period
Live record
1,278
signals · real-time since 2017
Both systems · est. commissions & slippage included · 1988–2026 · Past results ≠ future results
Documented live record 1,278 signals since 2017 · 55% winners · avg win +13% vs −10% avg loss · every signal archived for members
Live signal record since 2017, both systems combined. Individual results vary; past performance is not indicative of future results.
Introducing Slugger
A complete swing trading
system — done for you.
Slugger identifies high-probability pullback setups in momentum stocks from the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100. Its rules combine two proven market forces — momentum and mean-reversion — validated across 39 years and 1,873 back-tested trades.
Kurt runs Slugger's rules after the market close and delivers exact trade signals by email and member portal — the tickers to buy and the day to trade, everything you need and nothing you don't.
The result: a repeatable, emotionless trading process that takes most members under 15 minutes a month to execute.
Long-onlyS&P 500 & NASDAQ 100 No penny stocksNo day trading ~23 day avg holdHolds 5 positions~49 trades/year IRA compatibleNo software needed
How it works — step by step
1
Subscribe & get instant access
Your first 30 days are $1. No software, no broker requirement. Works with any self-directed brokerage or IRA.
2
Receive trade signals on schedule
Slugger trades on the 6th trading day of each month. Signals arrive by email — the exact tickers to buy — so you're never guessing or watching charts.
3
Place market orders at the open
Execute at next morning's open — or pre-set conditional orders the afternoon before. No intraday monitoring required.
4
Hold until the next monthly review
Each position is held until the next month's trading day, when Slugger reevaluates it — sell, hold, or replace. A daily stop-loss exits sooner if a stock hits its stop. Average hold works out to about 23 days.
Kurt · RelaxedTrader Slugger signals — tonight's trades
- The exact tickers to buy — Slugger's 5 positions for the month, nothing else to figure out.
- When to trade them — market orders at the next morning's open, or pre-set them the evening before.
- A stop price for every position — if one hits its stop, you get an email that night.
- Sent after the close on the 6th trading day — Switch-Hitter's signals arrive the same way on the 14th.
Format shown for illustration — live signal emails contain the specific tickers and stop prices.
Slugger — back-test results
Slugger, the numbers, unfiltered.
Every metric includes estimated commissions and slippage. Full back-test across all S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 stocks from 1988–2026.
Metric
Slugger
S&P 500
Returns
CAGR
31.5%
9.2%
Winning years
89.7%
74.4%
Winning months
60.00%
63.82%
Risk
Max drawdown
46.2%
56.8%
Avg drawdown
5.00%
2.12%
Quality ratios
Sharpe ratio
1.08
0.35
MAR ratio
0.68
0.16
Profit factor
1.83
1.00
R² equity curve
99.2%
90.9%
System score
24.05
5.97
Trade statistics
Total trades
1,873
—
Avg trades per year
49.2
—
Avg position gain
3.35%
—
Avg hold (days)
22.7
—
Winning positions
56.54%
—
1,278
Live signals
real-time since 2017
99.2%
R² consistency
Near-linear
24.05
System score
vs 5.97
89.7%
Winning years
35 of 39 positive
22.7
Avg days held
True swing trades
Why these metrics matter
The 99.2% R² tells the most important story: Slugger's equity curve is extraordinarily consistent across 39 years. No lucky streaks, no long dead zones.
In 2008, the S&P returned −38.5% — Slugger finished at −7.0%. In 2020, Slugger returned +110.3% vs the S&P's +16.3%. In 2002: +11.2% against the S&P's −23.4%.
With ~49 trades per year averaging 22.7 days, this is genuine swing trading — active enough to compound aggressively, systematic enough to require no daily attention.
Slugger — year by year
Slugger, 39 years of transparency.
No cherry-picking. Every calendar year since 1988 — including the losing ones — published in full.
Year
Slugger
S&P 500
2026
+33.9%
+10.2%
2025
+41.9%
+16.4%
2024
+1.8%
+23.3%
2023
+23.2%
+24.2%
2022
-17.0%
-19.4%
2021
+60.8%
+26.9%
2020
+110.3%
+16.3%
2019
+62.6%
+28.9%
2018
+64.7%
-6.2%
2017
+56.5%
+19.4%
2016
+18.6%
+9.5%
2015
+45.0%
-0.7%
2014
+19.5%
+11.4%
2013
+38.4%
+29.6%
2012
+10.6%
+13.4%
2011
+27.1%
+0.0%
2010
+49.3%
+12.8%
2009
+90.4%
+23.5%
2008
-7.0%
-38.5%
2007
+5.1%
+3.5%
2006
+34.7%
+13.6%
2005
+33.5%
+3.0%
2004
+6.3%
+9.0%
2003
+106.1%
+26.4%
2002
+11.2%
-23.4%
2001
+0.4%
-13.0%
2000
+7.8%
-10.1%
1999
+114.5%
+19.5%
1998
+80.0%
+26.7%
1997
+5.2%
+31.0%
1996
+22.2%
+20.3%
1995
+106.9%
+34.1%
1994
-12.3%
-1.5%
1993
+24.3%
+7.1%
1992
+21.1%
+4.5%
1991
+59.9%
+26.3%
1990
+18.4%
-6.6%
1989
+27.6%
+27.3%
1988
-10.4%
+12.4%
Crisis-year performance
2008: Slugger −7.0% vs S&P −38.5%
2002: Slugger +11.2% vs S&P −23.4%
2020: Slugger +110.3% vs S&P +16.3%
2022: Slugger −17.0% vs S&P −19.4%
1994: Slugger −12.3% vs S&P −1.5%
Slugger trades the 6th trading day of every month — signals arrive the night before.
$1 first 30 days · then $79/month · cancel anytime
Included free with every membership
Meet your second system — Switch-Hitter.
Slugger isn't the only edge you get. Switch-Hitter is a full second rules-based system with its own 39-year back-tested record — same markets, different rules, different timing. It runs in parallel with Slugger, so you capture more opportunity across the year. One membership, both systems.
36.6%
CAGR
84.6%
Win years
2.21
Profit factor
1.20
Sharpe
39yr
Back-test
Switch-Hitter trades on the 14th trading day of each month — staggered from Slugger's 6th — running the same momentum + mean-reversion rules with only a few different parameters across the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100. It holds 10 positions to Slugger's 5, with higher historical returns and a higher max drawdown to match (58.7%). You receive every signal from both systems, plus the full archive for each.
Switch-Hitter back-tested equity curve
+36.6% CAGR
4.0× the benchmark
Dashed line marks 2017, when Switch-Hitter went live. Left is the in-sample back-test (1988–2016); right is out-of-sample — traded in real time since.
Growth of $10,000, log scale · est. commissions & slippage included · 1988–2026 · Past results ≠ future results
Switch-Hitter — back-test results
Switch-Hitter, by the numbers.
The same 1988–2026 back-test across all S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 stocks, estimated commissions and slippage included — measured on Switch-Hitter's own rules and timing.
Metric
Switch-Hitter
S&P 500
Returns
CAGR
36.6%
9.2%
Winning years
84.6%
74.4%
Years beating the S&P
32 / 39
—
Risk
Max drawdown
58.7%
56.8%
Quality ratios
Sharpe ratio
1.20
0.35
Profit factor
2.21
1.00
R² equity curve
97.1%
90.9%
Trade statistics
Total trades
2,785
—
Avg trades per year
73.7
—
Avg hold (days)
30.3
—
1,278
Live signals
real-time since 2017
36.6%
CAGR
vs 31.5% Slugger
2.21
Profit factor
vs 1.83 Slugger
84.6%
Winning years
33 of 39 positive
58.7%
Max drawdown
Deeper than Slugger
How Switch-Hitter differs
Switch-Hitter trades the 14th trading day of each month — staggered from Slugger's 6th — running the same momentum + mean-reversion rules with only a few different parameters, holding 10 positions to Slugger's 5. The trade-off is clear: higher historical returns (36.6% vs 31.5%) and a stronger profit factor, but a deeper max drawdown of 58.7%.
Its best back-tested year was 1999 (+322.2%); its worst was 2021 (−24.0%). In 2008 it returned −16.0% while the S&P returned −38.5%; in 2020, +58.2%.
Because it runs in parallel with Slugger on a different schedule, the two systems capture different windows across the year — which is why you receive both with a single membership.
Switch-Hitter — year by year
Switch-Hitter, every year.
The same full-transparency treatment — every calendar year since 1988, the losing ones included.
Year
Switch-Hitter
S&P 500
2026
+56.0%
+10.2%
2025
+6.7%
+16.4%
2024
+9.3%
+23.3%
2023
+6.1%
+24.2%
2022
-15.7%
-19.4%
2021
-24.0%
+26.9%
2020
+58.2%
+16.3%
2019
+44.5%
+28.9%
2018
+33.1%
-6.2%
2017
+34.3%
+19.4%
2016
+15.5%
+9.5%
2015
+12.1%
-0.7%
2014
+41.1%
+11.4%
2013
+111.1%
+29.6%
2012
+35.3%
+13.4%
2011
+39.4%
+0.0%
2010
+66.1%
+12.8%
2009
+20.8%
+23.5%
2008
-16.0%
-38.5%
2007
+57.0%
+3.5%
2006
+31.0%
+13.6%
2005
+52.1%
+3.0%
2004
+53.3%
+9.0%
2003
+218.5%
+26.4%
2002
-6.5%
-23.4%
2001
+56.8%
-13.0%
2000
+21.1%
-10.1%
1999
+322.2%
+19.5%
1998
+37.0%
+26.7%
1997
-8.8%
+31.0%
1996
+55.3%
+20.3%
1995
+115.1%
+34.1%
1994
+30.2%
-1.5%
1993
+39.5%
+7.1%
1992
+44.9%
+4.5%
1991
+69.1%
+26.3%
1990
+12.2%
-6.6%
1989
+35.7%
+27.3%
1988
-3.9%
+12.4%
Crisis-year performance
2008: Switch-Hitter −16.0% vs S&P −38.5%
2002: Switch-Hitter −6.5% vs S&P −23.4%
2020: Switch-Hitter +58.2% vs S&P +16.3%
2021: Switch-Hitter −24.0% vs S&P +26.9%
2022: Switch-Hitter −15.7% vs S&P −19.4%
Documented live trades
The kind of trades these systems find.
Both systems hunt large-cap momentum names across the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 — holding while a trend runs and cutting fast when it doesn't. Here are some of the strongest individual trades from the systems' live track record — real signals, executed in real time.
1,278
Trades since 2017
57% / 54%
Win rate · Slugger / Switch
+13%
Avg winning trade
−10%
Avg losing trade
MRNA
+57.0%
2021
MRNA · Slugger
Moderna, Inc.
A fast +57.0% in just 28 days during the early-2021 run — a single rebalance cycle, in and out clean.
TTD
+56.8%
2018
TTD · Slugger
The Trade Desk, Inc.
The Trade Desk returned +56.8% in about five weeks in 2018 — a textbook momentum-cycle trade for Slugger.
INTC
+164.8%
2026
INTC · Switch-Hitter
Intel Corporation
The single biggest trade in the record — Intel, +164.8% over roughly three months in 2026, held cycle after cycle while the trend ran.
TSLA
+124.6%
2020
TSLA · Switch-Hitter
Tesla, Inc.
Tesla, +124.6% across three months in 2020 — Switch-Hitter entered in April and rode the move into July.
ARWR
+83.0%
2026
ARWR · Switch-Hitter
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, +83.0% in about three months — Switch-Hitter entered in October 2025 and held the position through its January 2026 exit.
Individual real trades, executed in real time (2017–2026), selected from the strongest by return and not representative of typical results — both systems also take losing trades. Returns shown are per-trade price gains. Past performance is not indicative of future results, and individual results will vary.
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A real Slugger signal email from May 2024, shown in full — exactly as members received it.
The trade in this email closed long ago. It is shown as a sample of the service format only — it is not a current signal, and not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Links inside the sample are disabled.
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Qualification
Is this right for you?
Purpose-built for a specific type of trader. Be honest with yourself before subscribing.
✓ This is a great fit if…
- You want to beat buy-and-hold returns without actively managing a portfolio
- You're comfortable holding large-cap stocks for 3–6 weeks at a time
- You have a self-directed account with at least $5,000 (recommended $20,000+)
- You understand that rules-based systems have losing streaks and you can stay disciplined
- You want to trade systematically without spending hours analyzing markets each week
- You value data and back-tested evidence over tips, opinions, or predictions
✗ This may not be right if…
- You expect guaranteed profits or consistent monthly income — no system delivers that
- You need to trade with money you cannot afford to lose
- You want to day-trade or hold positions for only a few hours
- You'll override the system after two or three consecutive losing trades
- You expect a tool that avoids all drawdowns
- You need personalized investment advice — this is an educational signal service
Member results
Traders who made the switch.
★★★★★
"I've participated in all Slugger swing trades and I'm very pleased. Easiest signals ever!"
★★★★★
"With 20+ years of experience, I've paid thousands for strategies that didn't work. Kurt has my best interest at heart."
★★★★★
"Kurt is incredibly open about his model. You can ask him anything and he will get you unstuck no matter where you are in your trading journey."
★★★★★
"Kurt's ability to code trading strategies is remarkable. Stress-free trading. My account is growing — which is amazing given the economic environment."
★★★★★
"Kurt's research and computerized testing has given me consistent high-probability trades. You've shown me what really makes money in the stock market and I couldn't be more grateful."
★★★★★
"Kurt's stress-free approach using tested systems attracted me. His strategies keep my account liquid unless actively traded. Less overall volatility risk."
Individual results vary and are not typical. Testimonials may not be representative of other clients and are not a guarantee of future performance or success.
What's included
Everything you need to trade systematically.
Slugger Swing Trading Signals
Trade signals with the exact tickers to buy — email plus member portal. Trades the 6th trading day of each month.
Core systemSwitch-Hitter Signals
The same momentum + mean-reversion approach as Slugger with a few different parameters — 36.6% back-tested CAGR. Trades the 14th trading day and holds 10 positions, for more opportunity across the year.
Core systemStop-Loss Alerts
Both systems set a pre-determined stop price for every position. Kurt monitors them daily — if a position hits its stop, you get an email that night to sell it. Defined risk on every position, built into the membership.
Risk managementPriority Q&A with Kurt
Direct access to Kurt for any questions about signals, strategy logic, or EasyLanguage. Members rate this as unexpectedly valuable.
Included freeFull Trading Archives
The complete history of every Slugger and Switch-Hitter signal — every trade, every exit, every result. Full transparency from day one.
Included freeMarket Myth-Busting Commentary
Regular commentary challenging popular trading myths with data. Learn what actually works vs. what just sounds good.
Included freeExclusive Bonus Material
Deep-dive content on system design, back-testing, position sizing, and risk management from Kurt's 20+ years of experience.
Included freeCommon questions
FAQ.
A rules-based system removes all discretionary decisions from trading. Every entry, exit, position size, and market filter is defined mathematically. Both Slugger and Switch-Hitter have been back-tested across 39 years of historical data, giving you a precise statistical record of how each system has performed through every market condition since 1988.
Both systems are included in your single membership — no extra charge. Slugger and Switch-Hitter trade on different days of the month using different rules, so running both gives you more opportunities across the year. You receive every signal from both, plus the full archive for each.
No. You do not need TradeStation, any special software, or a particular brokerage. Kurt runs Slugger and Switch-Hitter internally and delivers signals to you by email and member portal. Place market orders through whatever brokerage you already use.
You won't miss a trade because of your inbox. Every signal is posted to your member dashboard the moment it goes out — the email is your heads-up, and your dashboard is the permanent record. If a message ever lands in spam or you're away from your inbox, just log in: the full signal — exact tickers, stop prices, and the trade date — is waiting in your archive. Adding kurt@relaxedtrader.com to your contacts keeps the emails landing in your inbox.
Both are momentum and mean-reversion systems running the same core rules — they differ by only a few parameters and their trading day. Each scans the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 for pullbacks in strong stocks: Slugger holds 5 positions and trades the 6th trading day of each month, Switch-Hitter holds 10 and trades the 14th. Each position is held until the next month's trading day, when the system reevaluates it to sell, hold, or replace — and a daily stop-loss can exit sooner.
Yes. Because both are long-only systems trading liquid large-cap stocks with no margin, short selling, or options, they're compatible with self-directed traditional and Roth IRAs at most brokerages.
The minimum recommended account size is $5,000, though $20,000+ is ideal. Smaller accounts can still follow the signals but may need to trade fewer positions at once.
Most members spend 15 minutes or less per month across both systems. Trade alerts arrive by email after market close. You place a market order at the next morning's open — or set a conditional order in advance.
After 30 days your membership continues at $79 per month. You can cancel at any time before renewal — no long-term commitment, no cancellation fee.
Yes — $790 per year: 12 months for the price of 10, saving $158 versus paying monthly. The annual plan bills immediately (it doesn't include the $1 trial — most members start monthly, then switch) and renews yearly. Cancel anytime before renewal — you keep access through the full 12 months you've paid for; there are no prorated refunds. Start the annual plan →
Both systems' rules are intentionally simple and robust, built on fundamental market forces. Consistent performance across dot-com, 2008, COVID, and 2022 — with Slugger posting a 99.2% R² — is evidence the systems generalize rather than over-fit historical data.
Drawdowns. Both systems take losing trades, have losing months, and have had losing years — Slugger's worst back-tested drawdown is 46.2% and Switch-Hitter's is 58.7%. The long-term record says the discipline pays, but sitting through a drawdown without overriding the rules is the hardest part of systematic trading. If you'd abandon the system after a losing streak, no signal service will work for you.
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- ✓Market myth-busting commentary
- ✓Exclusive bonus educational material
- ✓Compatible with IRAs & retirement accounts
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Data Scientist · Slugger Member
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