Performance
Here is how my trades have done
the past couple years. You can see the actual
trades for the most recent months once you become
a member. You can also compare how I did to
the S&P 500 index against which most mutual
and hedge funds are compared. (S&P numbers
provided by
Standard and Poors.) Keep in mind that the
majority of mutual funds do not do better than
the S&P.
Note: These results do not include
commissions.
Year of 2010
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Month
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My Performance
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January:
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-1.09%
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February:
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Trades Still Open
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March:
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April:
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May:
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June:
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July:
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August:
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September:
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October:
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November:
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December:
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Total:
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-1.09%
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Year of 2009
2009 was an interesting year. After the end
of the "Great Recession" the market
rallied just about all year long. Had a few
interesting trades and some mistakes were
made. But overall a very nice return was earned.
This was one of the few years when all you
had to do was but a stock or a call and wait.
Everything went up. Even so, option selling
startegies worked, and worked well. For whatever
reason, Stand and Poors stopped updated the
spreadsheet I used to list the returns of
the S&P 500 so I am going to stop comparing
my returns to it. I beat them every year anyway.
|
Month
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My Performance
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S&P 500
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| January: |
+5.62%
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-8.57%
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| February: |
-3.87%
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-10.99%
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| March: |
-12.75%
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+8.54%
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| April: |
+11.87%
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+9.39%
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| May: |
+11.71%
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+5.31%
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| June: |
-1.17%
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+.02%
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| July: |
-2.56%
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+7.41%
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| August: |
+ 16.3%
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+ 3.36%
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| September: |
+ 8.78%
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+3.57%
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| October: |
+ 2.72%
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- 1.98%
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| November: |
+ 5.34 %
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+5.99%
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| December: |
+5.73%
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+1.93%
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| Total: |
+ 47.18%
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+ 26.46%
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Year of 2008
In September we had a much larger
loss than normal. The market was not acting
right and so I decided to stay out the market
in October. In hindsight, that was a good move.
Members were not charged any membership fee
for October and also for September since the
loss was so great.
|
Month
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My Performance
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S&P 500
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| January: |
+4.2%
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-6.12%
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| February: |
+12%
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-3.48%
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| March: |
+14.28%
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-.6%
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| April: |
+15%
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+4.75%
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| May: |
+15%
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+1.07%
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| June: |
+11%
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-8.6%
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| July: |
+15.3%
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-.99%
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| August: |
+4.1%
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+1.22%
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| September: |
-35.6%
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-9.08%
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| October: |
Not in the market
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-16.94%
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| November: |
+13.43%
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-7.49%
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| December: |
+33.43
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.78%
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| Total: |
+102.14%
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-45.48%
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Year of 2007
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Month
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My Performance
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S&P 500
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| January: |
+12%
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+1.41%
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| February: |
+5.5%
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-2.18%
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| March: |
+16%
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+1%
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| April: |
+12%
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+4.33%
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| May: |
+12%
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+3.26%
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| June: |
+13%
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-1.78%
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| July: |
-9%
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-3.2%
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| August: |
+15%
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+1.29%
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| September: |
+18%
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+3.58%
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| October: |
+13%
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+1.48%
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| November: |
+14.2%
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-4.4%
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| December: |
+20%
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-.86%
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| Total: |
+141.7%
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+3.93%
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Year of 2006
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Month
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My Perfomance
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S&P 500
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| January: |
11%
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+2.55%
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| February: |
11.73%
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+.05%
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| March: |
15%
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+1.11%
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| April: |
14.2%
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+1.22%
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| May: |
-11.28%
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-3.09%
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| June: |
11%
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+.01%
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| July: |
18%
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+.51%
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| August: |
14.2%
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+2.13%
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| September: |
15%
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+2.46%
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| October: |
13%
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+3.15%
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| November: |
15%
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+1.65%
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| December: |
14..2%
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+1.26%
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| Total: |
+141.05%
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+13.01%
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