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, June 24, 2010

Coffee Soars Again!

Our big winner of the day was coffee: up 4.9% for the day! This brings our total ETF gain for JO to over 13% in 11 days. We have a trailing stop which will allow the position to continue to run before we take our profits. We were also fortune on our short S&P position. Our open portfolio is shown below:

PORTFOLIO Symbol Entry Close Stop Profit Days
Long Cotton CTZ10 79.31 78.93 74.71 -190 14
Long Cotton BAL 38.51 38.43 36.38 -0.2% 14
Long Coffee KCU10 146.10 168.75 151.50 8493.75 11
Long Coffee JO 40.45 45.93 41.23 13.5% 11
Short S&P ESU10 1110.50 1070.50 1106.50 2000 3
Short S&P SH 50.17 52.81 50.35 5.3% 3
Short Canadian CDU10 96.20 95.86 95.90 340 2
Short Canadian FXC 95.38 95.32 95.36 0.1% 2

We exited our program-generated soybeans position with a loss; this was only a futures trade since there is no ETF that I know of.

Closed Portfolio Symbol Entry Out Profit Days
Long Soybeans SX10 938.00 919.00 -950 3

We have two new computer-generated signals for tomorrow. One is to go short the Russell 2000. We will not follow this signal in the BLOG, as we are already short the S&P. Also, a new signal to buy Sugar. The symbols are SBV10 and the ETF is SGG. The historical record for the Sugar signal is 109 wins out of 151 trades for a 72% win-ratio.

Good luck!

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