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."

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

November Is Brewing a New Signal---Coffee

It has been slightly over four months since I published my last BLOG.  I stopped for personal reasons, and my absence was unavoidable.  I had hoped to document a second full year of wins, but with lapse in time that won't be possible. However, the systems are still delivering great results, regardless of the direction of the economy and of the general stock market.

During the past four months, I have dropped one group of systems from the BLOG's mathematical arsenal, and added a new replacement group.  The new bundle of systems (BASS 50) has shorter stops and higher win-ratios than the group that was dropped.  The rest of the systems are still running and delivering great results.

For today, we received a signal to buy Coffee.  The futures symbol is KCZ11 and the ETF symbol is simply JO.  Ironically, today I received an email article from Futures Magazine entitled "Is Coffee Ready to Perk Up?"  Coffee rose to over $3.00 this past year, and then proceeded to decline precipitously.  The futures market opens at 12:30 in the evening, and the system often gets stopped out in the first day.  However, once it gets momentun, it may run for many weeks.  If it gets stopped out overnight, I'll try and email those of you who are on the distribution list, so that you'll know that the ETF signal is negated.  The algorithm generated 17 trades, of which 13 were profitable, for a ratio of 76%.  The stop is about 1.9%.

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