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, April 8, 2010

One Position Down Today But Still Ahead

The big loser today was cotton. The ETF dropped 94 cents to 37.91. However, the Cotton programmed ETF is still up 11.4% since entry. Crude Oil was stopped out for a good gain; Heating Oil was also stopped out with a winner on the future and a loser on the ETF.

One new signal for tomorrow: buy Gold. The programmed signal has a historical record of 26 wins out of 26 trades. That's 100% based upon the historical models, but no guarantees for the future.

Note that we are already long a Gold ETF position, and its stop is shown below. This is based upon an earlier program entrance.

Portfolio 1 Active Positions are shown below:
Open Positions Symbol Entry Stop Close Profit Days
Long Cotton CTK10 70.34 78.40 78.60 $4,130 64
Long Cotton BAL 34.02 37.81 37.91 11.4% 64
Long Russell TFM10 608.50 660.70 696.70 $8,820 52
Long Russell IWM 61.66 66.22 69.83 13.3% 52
Long Platinum PLJ10 1534.90 1623.80 1717.10 $9,110 43
Long Copper HGK10 341.15 353.15 359.10 $4,488 11
Long Copper JJC 47.49 47.89 48.70 2.5% 11
Long Aussie ADM10 90.90 91.16 92.20 $1,300 10
Long Aussie FXA 92.24 91.82 92.87 0.7% 10

And positions closed:
Long Crude Oil CLJ10 82.50 85.29 $2,790 10
Long Crude Oil OIL 26.38 27.50 4.2% 10

Open Positions for Portfolio 2 are as follows:
Open Positions Symbol Entry Stop Close Profit Days
Long British BPM10 149.75 150.06 152.34 $1,619 10
Long British FXB 150.46 149.63 151.90 1.0% 10
Long Silver SIK10 18.10 17.15 17.93 -$820 3
Long Silver SLV 17.69 16.99 17.77 0.5% 3
Long Gold GLD 110.56 111.26 112.65 1.9% 5

And positions closed:
Closed Positions Symbol Entry Out Profit Days
Long Heating Oil HOK10 221.67 223.24 $659 5
Long Heating Oil UHN 28.73 28.59 -0.5% 5


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