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."

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Markets Rally on Friday with Jobs Report

Stock market indices led the way upward on Friday. The other investments we track also rose by in large. Our portfolio gained in value:

PORTFOLIO SYMBOL ENTRY CLOSE STOP PROFIT DAYS
Long British BPU10 155.34 154.72 148.67 -$388 13
Long British FXB 154.68 153.89 147.87 -0.5% 13
Long Silver SLV 18.36 19.42 18.89 5.8% 11
Long Copper HGU10 328.35 349.35 342.50 $5,250 9
Long Copper JJC 44.52 46.57 45.66 4.6% 9

No positions ended on Friday.

There are two new futures signals for Monday: buy Soy Oil and buy Soybeans. There are no analogous ETF contracts for these grains (there is only the grain index, which is a mixture of all the grains: JJG). Since the Soy Oil contract has the better historical record, we will track it here in the BLOG. The algorithmic system had 18 trades with 15 wins for a win-ratio of 83%.

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