If you’re looking into Strike Algo, you should be skeptical. You should be skeptical of any trading software that wants a piece of your money. So in this video I’m not going to ask you to trust me. I’m going to give you six things you can check yourself, without us, in about five minutes.
I’m Robert Ratcliff, founder of Strike Algo. We build rules-based momentum software for U.S. stocks, and it runs inside your own Interactive Brokers account. Our company is Capital B28, founded in San Diego on August 28, 2020.
Every claim we make points to something outside our company: a verification firm, a broker, a fund, or published research. Let’s go through all six.
Someone outside the company checked the record
Number one. Call the firm that verified our record. It’s Alpha Performance Verification Services in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. They examined our full model record from April 1, 2020 to October 9, 2026. The opinion is signed by Michael W. Hultzapple, a CPA, CFA and CIPM, and it’s dated October 12, 2026. Their number is 804-677-4343. Call them.
Number two. Go to Interactive Brokers’ website and look up their RIA Compliance Center. Interactive Brokers lists Alpha as one of its preferred performance verification providers. That’s a directory listing, not an endorsement of us. But it tells you the verifier is a real firm the broker knows.
Number three. Read the report yourself. It’s on our website. It has the verifier’s signed opinion and every single month of the record, the good months and the bad ones. The verifier’s conclusion is that the record is accurately presented in all material respects.
Checked the record? See how it would run in your own account.Book a call →Hear it from people who use Strike Your money, the idea and the research
Number four. Confirm your money stays with your broker. Strike runs inside an Interactive Brokers account opened in your own name. Strike gets exactly one permission: placing trades. It cannot withdraw a dollar. You can log in to Interactive Brokers any day, see every position and every trade, and close the account whenever you want. If our company disappeared tomorrow, your money would still be sitting in your account.
Number five. Look up BlackRock’s momentum ETF. The ticker is MTUM. It runs about 20 billion dollars on the same idea Strike uses, which is momentum. BlackRock holds about 125 stocks. Strike holds the strongest 20.
Number six. Read the research. Momentum was published in the Journal of Finance in 1993 by Jegadeesh and Titman, and it’s been studied for over 30 years since. This isn’t a secret indicator. It’s one of the most studied ideas in finance.
The record, good and bad
Here’s the record itself. On the model record, Strike is up about 1,094 percent since April 2020, against about 216 percent for the S&P 500 over the same period.
But I want you to see the bad parts too, because that’s how you know this is real. In 2021, Strike was up 0.4 percent while the S&P was up 27. The deepest drawdown was 37 percent, against about 25 for the S&P. And in July 2026, we lost 22.1 percent in one month.
Strike swings harder than the market in both directions. Anyone who shows you only the up months is hiding something. Every year and every month is on strikealgo.net.
These are model results, calculated before fees and trading costs. They’re not the record of any client account, and past performance doesn’t guarantee future results.
Check us. Then talk to a real person.
So that’s six things you can check without us: the verifier, the broker’s listing, the report, your own account, BlackRock’s momentum fund, and the research.
Don’t take my word for any of it. Check every one. Then, if you want to see Strike run on your own account, go to strikealgo.net and book a call. A real person will walk you through the record and the platform live.
Why this matters if you’re considering Strike
Here’s the point: everything above can be checked without us. That’s rare in this industry, and it’s on purpose. On a call we’ll open the verifier’s report with you, walk the record month by month, and show you exactly what Strike would do inside your own Interactive Brokers account. If it isn’t a fit, we’ll tell you.
What happens on your call1We open the record togetherThe verified report, every month, the good and the bad. Ask anything.
2We map it to your accountHow Strike would run in your own Interactive Brokers account, the minimum, and what the swings could feel like.
3You decidePaper trade first if you like. No pressure, and if it isn’t a fit, we’ll tell you.
$100,000, same months
Jegadeesh & Titman 1993George & Hwang 2004Moskowitz, Ooi & Pedersen 2012
$100,000 invested April 2020, value September 30, 2026. MTUM NAV total returns per BlackRock. Strike: verified model record, gross of fees. Same months.
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