Hedge Fund stats: Start Date= 2/28, Total value= $20,088.93 (86.76% invested, 13.24% cash), holdings TBT (450 shares, current price $38.73). YTD return= 0%.
Model notes: The general strategy is to bounce the portfolio between cash and several major asset classes. Currently I am tracking stocks (S&P 500) and Government bonds (or yields). We could see several more to follow. The current portfolio is heavily bullish government yields.
Note: The following comments are based on using technical analysis to ‘flesh out’ our nonlinear trading signals.
Nonlinear Trading Themes:
Long Yields ($TNX): When you are investing, you look at the past but you must envision the future. Yields are at the low end of a range they have been bouncing around in during the last 3 months. Fundamentals are a plus here too, Fed sees higher rates and the economy feels like it might be revving up. Upside potential here.
Neutral Stocks (counter factual, SPY): Stocks have been trending up for the last 3 months. They may very well go higher, but equities could underperform as they have already moved strongly up. Yields to out perform?
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Take a minute to peruse the US Equities tab. I posted the S&P 500 trading signals postmortem for the recent March-April time period (approx. as it took about a week to generate a signal at the beginning). Plus 134 Points. Great stuff!
Take a minute to check out the Forex tab on our website. I am posting the recent US Dollar May-June signals. No whipsaws and playing the surprise Brexit vote just right. Great stuff!
Take a minute to take a minute to click on our bond trading tab. Our signals took the profits in the early month while holding the long interest rates position later. It never sold rates, hinting at higher rates to come. The TBT went higher outside our test window. A nice tip-off for the future!
Check out the energy tab. We tracked crude during the run up to the US presidential election. There was plenty negativity with a surprise ending. See how nonlinear analysis walked us through it!
GH Garrett – Chief Market Analyst for ConquertheMummy.com © 2015-2017, “Nonlinear trading signals that matter in gold trading.”