My ETF model had a good week with a gain of 0.91%. It remains 100% allocated to QQQ. I have developed and am now trading short strategies for US and Canadian stocks. The chart below is a hybrid of actual results and back tests since the strategies have been...
Investing Update for the Week Ending July 18, 2025
My ETF system is 100% allocated to QQQ. The bad news is that my ETF system has performed poorly so far this year. The good news is trading strategies that I developed starting in January are performing well in terms of YTD gains. However, they all fell sharply in...
Investing Update for The Week Ending July 11, 2025
Weak markets led to my ETF system and the 60/40 portfolio declining by 0.54% and 0.35% respectively this past week. My system is now 100% allocated to EFA. I began using RealTest in December and developed strategies that I have been trading with some success. The...
Investing Update for the Week Ending July 04, 2025
My weekly ETF system has struggled recently, so I occasionally zoom out and look at the chart of its performance since 2010. Over the long haul, the strategy has performed very well, but poor-performing periods are definitely challenging. Current holdings for my...
Multi-Strategy Traders Always Have a Strategy That Sucks
I began using RealTest in December and now trade some of the strategies that I developed with it. The chart below shows the equity curves for two of my mean reversion strategies. Both stock strategies have CAGRs greater than 30%. Please bear in mind that what you see...
Investing Update for the Week Ending June 27, 2025
As Meb Faber has said, if you have a diversified portfolio there is always something to hate. My ETF system is currently sitting at roughly the same level it was in the fall of 2023. I do trade other systems that I developed with RealTest and those are performing...
Investing Update for the Week Ending June 20, 2025
It was a poor week for my ETF momentum trading system which fell by 1.58% versus a flat week for the 60/40 portfolio. The table below provides current allocations for my system.
Investing Update for the Week Ending June 13, 2025
My weekly ETF momentum trading system gained 0.69% this week compared to a loss of 0.04% for the 60/40 portfolio. Given what is happening in the world, it may be hard to believe that my system is now 100% allocated to EFA.
Investing Update for the Week Ending June 06, 2025
Both my ETF system and the 60/40 portfolio posted solid gains this past week of 1.05% and 0.91% respectively. My system is now 100% allocated to AGG (iShares Core US Aggregate Bond).
Investing Update for the Week Ending May 30, 2025
My ETF system gained 0.88% this past week compared to the 60/40 portfolio's gain of 1.34%. My system is now 100% allocated to EFA. Two chaotic weeks in April substantially affected the performance of my ETF system. However, it remains ahead of the 60/40/portfolio.