Historical Returns

The following represents the BLOG's 2010 ETF returns vis-a-vis other benchmark investment measures:

------------$Initial-----%Growth----$Return-----$Result
BLOG-----$100,000----26.6%-----$26,646-----$126,646
S&P 500--$100,000----12.8%-----$12,783------$112,783
1.5% CD--$100,000-----1.5%----- $1,500-----$101,500


S&P result excludes dividends.
Return on one Futures Contract: $137,684 (roughly margin of $25,000 to $50,000).
Please see the BLOG page on "Shortcomings and Limitations."

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Euro Falls Hard Against the U.S. Dollar

Our big winner today was short the Euro ETF, up 2%. Also, Cotton was up 1%. The computer-generated portfolio is shown below. We were stopped out of Cocoa, the Yen, Gold and Silver with profits (only Cocoa was an ETF position), and stopped out of Copper for a minor loss on the ETF. For tomorrow, we have another signal on the Japanese Yen, ETF FXY. However, bear in mind that the last one was stopped out with a small gain overnight, so never materialized into an ETF signal. The results in the table below look very good as we are over half way through March. All of the existing positions are in positive territory.


Open Positions Symbol Entry Stop Close Profit
Long Cotton CTK10 70.34 78.40 82.21 $5,935
Long Cotton BAL 34.02 37.77 39.61 16.4%
Long Russell TFH10 611.00 644.70 678.40 $6,740
Long Russell IWM 61.66 64.87 68.26 10.7%
Long Platinum PLJ10 1534.90 1563.30 1631.00 $4,805
Long Platinum PTM 18.40 18.69 19.50 6.0%
Long Aussie ADM10 89.58 90.05 91.22 $1,640
Long Aussie FXA 90.30 91.12 92.30 2.2%
Short Euro ECM10 136.78 136.60 136.08 $875
Short Euro EUO 20.20 20.44 20.52 1.6%
Long Gold GCJ10 1124.50 1099.50 1127.50 $300
Long Gold GLD 110.10 107.60 110.34 0.2%

Closed Positions Symbol Entry Out Profit
Long Copper HGK10 342.45 337.85 -1150.00
Long Copper JJC 46.18 45.95 -0.5%
Long Japanese Yen JYM10 110.76 110.80 50.00
Long Cocoa CCK10 2857.00 2898.00 410.00
Long Cocoa NIB 41.76 43.16 3.4%
Long Gold GCJ10 1126.30 1128.50 $220
Long Silver SIK10 17.45 17.51 $300


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