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."

Monday, March 29, 2010

A Plethora of Signals

Good afternoon. There is much to be covered this afternoon. First, there were no positions exited today. The new position, Copper, soared upward all day long for a huge gain.

There are a plethora of new signals for tomorrow. They are all highly correlated, so it is not prudent to follow all of them. I will have to decide how to track the results later this week. Before I give you the new signals, let me list the portfolio we have so far. We still have some very good gains on all the positions.

Open Positions Symbol Entry Stop Close Profit Days
Long Cotton CTK10 70.34 78.40 80.43 $5,045 54
Long Cotton BAL 34.02 37.85 38.83 14.1% 54
Long Russell TFM10 608.50 651.20 680.70 $7,220 42
Long Russell IWM 61.66 65.23 68.18 10.6% 42
Long Platinum PLJ10 1534.90 1563.30 1627.90 $4,650 33
Short Euro ECM10 136.78 135.46 134.80 $2,475 14
Short Euro EUO 20.20 20.81 20.91 3.5% 14
Long Copper HGK10 341.15 348.85 353.55 $3,100 1
Long Copper JJC 47.49 47.47 48.11 1.3% 1

All the new signals that appear below are to go long. What follows is the market, the symbols (future and ETF), and historical track record for each system. There are a total of 8! This is a new single day record for the BLOG.

Aussie Dollar, ADM10, FXA, 36/38=95%
British Pound, BPM10, FXB, 57/73=78%
Canadian Dollar, CDM10, FXC, 34/34=100%
Euro Currency, ECM10, FXE, 60/74=81%
Swiss Franc, SFM10, FXF, 28/32=88%
Crude Oil, CLK10, OIL, 28/38=74%
Gold, GCM10, GLD, 59/70=84%
Silver, SIK10, SLV, 90/105=86%

At the very least, I am going to exit my short Euro position, since it is contrary to all of these signals in its direction. Besides, the long and short Euro cancel each other out. I am going to leave it at this for now.


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The quotes and symbols used in the BLOG are believed to be reliable, but no guarantees are made with regard to the accuracy.

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