Buy and Hold? I don't think so.

Timing is everything in these markets!                    

RESULTS - Please see table and graphs below:

Looking at the below table and graphs, which present its results, one can get a visual picture of how a bought and held portfolio of SPY did over the period and when and how much better one might have done using SPYmaster's signals to trade SPY just going long (on buy signals and back to cash on sell signals) or in the bottom graph trading both long and short. While not without some disappointing periods, the models have added significant zest and more stability to the S&P's rather meagre 4% bought and held return, particularly in bear markets. Average annual returns are considerably higher than the compound rates shown.
Complete trade-by-trade results for 2009 are shown at the bottom of the page.
These are the results which are graphed below:

2009 Detailed SPYmaster results*







Trade

-----SPY Price-----


  

Trade #

Date buy

Date sell

Type

Buy

Sell

Gain/loss

Index









36

12/31/2009

12/21/2009

Short

111.44

111.33

-0.10%

182.7

35

12/16/2009

12/21/2009

Long

111.52

111.33

-0.17%

182.9

34

12/16/2009

12/4/2009

Short

111.52

111.03

-0.44%

183.2

33

11/23/2009

12/4/2009

Long

110.82

111.03

0.19%

184.0

32

11/23/2009

11/9/2009

Short

110.82

109.57

-1.10%

183.7

31

10/22/2009

11/9/2009

Long

109.34

109.57

0.20%

185.8

30

10/22/2009

10/12/2009

Short

109.34

107.71

-1.50%

185.4

29

9/24/2009

10/12/2009

Long

105.01

107.71

2.60%

188.2

28

9/24/2009

9/14/2009

Short

105.01

105.34

0.30%

183.5

27

9/3/2009

9/14/2009

Long

100.68

105.34

4.60%

182.9

26

9/3/2009

8/27/2009

Short

100.68

103.40

2.70%

174.8

25

8/14/2009

8/27/2009

Long

100.79

103.40

2.60%

170.2

24

8/14/2009

8/3/2009

Short

100.79

100.44

-0.30%

165.9

23

7/30/2009

8/3/2009

Long

98.67

100.44

1.80%

166.5

22

7/30/2009

7/17/2009

Short

98.67

94.13

-4.60%

163.6

21

7/10/2009

7/17/2009

Long

87.96

94.13

7.00%

171.5

20

7/10/2009

6/29/2009

Short

87.96

92.70

5.40%

160.2

19

6/11/2009

6/29/2009

Long

94.82

92.70

-2.20%

152.0

18

6/11/2009

5/28/2009

Short

94.82

90.92

-4.10%

155.5

17

5/14/2009

5/28/2009

Long

89.44

90.92

1.70%

162.2

16

5/14/2009

5/4/2009

Short

89.44

90.88

1.60%

159.6

15

4/22/2009

5/4/2009

Long

84.54

90.88

7.50%

157.0

14

4/22/2009

4/21/2009

Short

84.54

85.06

0.60%

146.1

13

4/20/2009

4/21/2009

Long

83.43

85.06

2.00%

145.2

12

4/20/2009

4/9/2009

Short

83.43

85.81

2.90%

142.4

11

3/30/2009

4/9/2009

Long

78.79

85.81

8.90%

138.4

10

3/30/2009

3/12/2009

Short

78.79

75.50

-4.20%

127.1

9

3/9/2009

3/12/2009

Long

68.11

75.50

10.90%

132.7

8

3/9/2009

3/5/2009

Short

68.11

68.80

1.00%

119.7

7

2/19/2009

3/5/2009

Long

78.18

68.80

-12.00%

118.5

6

2/19/2009

2/12/2009

Short

78.18

83.66

7.00%

134.6

5

2/10/2009

2/12/2009

Long

83.11

83.66

0.70%

125.8

4

2/10/2009

1/28/2009

Short

83.11

87.39

5.10%

125.0

3

1/14/2009

1/28/2009

Long

84.37

87.39

3.60%

118.9

2

1/14/2009

1/6/2009

Short

84.37

93.47

10.80%

114.8

1

12/31/2008

1/6/2009

Long

90.24

93.47

3.60%

103.6

Start

12/31/2008



90.24



100.0









* Include neither dividend income nor commission expense




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