2014 BladeTrader: +0.00% vs. S&P 500: 5.00% 

HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS

2013: +25% vs. S&P 500 +30%

2012: +25% vs. S&P 500 +13% 

2011: +7% vs. S&P 500 +0%

2010: +42% vs. S&P 500 +13%

2009: +49% vs. S&P 500 +23%

2008: +5% vs. S&P 500 -38%

2007: +20% vs. S&P 500 +4%

       We have had a confirming green and entry signal.  For those who have accounts open we will be firing up your software and getting into the markets over next few days (I will set up times for discussion this week).

The sell-off did not work to our advantage, the massive rally was impressive to say the least and did not give the system a chance to get in at lower prices.  Getting out at the top but getting back in at the top doesn't happen very often but buying into sell-offs has been the theme for several years now but a 10% rally in a few days is incredibly impressive. Research from an outside source has suggested that this type of occurrence leads to higher prices in vast majority of cases from 1 month to 1 year out with recent data suggesting less than 5% from this current price (S&P should be at 2120 by next October).

With the holidays approaching there is always an upward bias as well as incredible amounts of intervention by governments and as such, these markets can rally out of virtually anything at the moment.

 Greetings! I have a video on the trading system and how it actually works and can be accessed by clicking on the following link:

https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/url/LfFrSL-OfXcw4yQ0nsobZlozTnKFjxhgPi3O7u53Una00000

The video will have to be downloaded in its entirety.  I will switch back to GotoMeeting shortly as our current webinar provider does not have an intuitive process and you can't simply access information without signing up first in most cases.

The video runs through the algorithm and trading for last 17 years.  Why 17 years of data and not more?  This is because the contract we are trading didn't start until 1997, so we go that far back--the data are also missing short volume and that didn't occur until 2001, so shorting prior to 2001 on volume data was not possible it appears.

The video also runs through a long only "buy and hold" strategy, a Trizen strategy, a buy and short strategy, a reinvest the dividends strategy, and a powerful reinvestment strategy starting with a larger account.

I hope you find the video enlightening and if you have any questions please contact me!

As for directions on accessing the next meeting, I will send that out before the meeting and I will be switching back to GotoMeeting (they didn't have a 1-800 number available until recently).

If you're having trouble accessing the above link, make sure you are viewing it on a Windows computer with Windows 7 or higher in most cases.  You shouldn't have to sign up for WebEx to see the above mentioned video and anyone can view!