The Daily Decisions for 8.26.15


Today's Daily Decisions:

Strategy Suggestion: When building portfolios, we prefer to utilize more than one strategy whenever possible. For example, utilizing 50% of the DD Trading System and 50% of the DD Exposure System helps reduce whipsaws and smooths out the ride. (And then if you want to explore adding another methodology into the mix, consider the Insiders Portfolio as a stock selection method).


The Daily Decision Trading System:
Today's Early Decision: Hold Cash Positions
Current Trading Mode: Trending Down
Current Positions:


DD Model
Current
Holding
Market
Exposure
Main 100% Cash0% Long
Hybrid 100% Cash0% Long
Aggressive 100% Cash0% Long


The Daily Decision Graduated Exposure System:
Today's Position: 8% Long (4% SSO - ProShares Ultra S&P 500)
The position is for today's close. Note that the position may change before the close. If there is a change, we will send an alert prior to the close. The maximum possible long exposure for the Graduated Exposure System is 200%.

As a reminder, we will send a Trade Alert via email and/or SMS Text Alert BEFORE we make a move.


New to the Daily Decision?
Our current "New Member Rating" is: Hold


Current Market Environment Model Reading:


The New Daily Decision System Backtest Results

SYSTEM UPGRADE: July 2015 We believe that the character of the market is constantly changing and as such, adapting to such changes is vital to long-term success. Thus, we are pleased to announce that we have developed and are now implementing a trading system designed to function better in the type of choppy environment we've seen over the past 18 months. This system, which is designed to be more swing-trading oriented (i.e. not a trend-following approach) will be utilized when our systems indicate markets are in a mean-reverting mode. We feel this is a significant enhancement to the DD system as this approach would have generated strong gains in 2014 and exceeded market returns thus far in 2015.

Before we ever invest our hard earned capital in a market strategy, we believe it is important to thoroughly test the system in different market environments. While all system tests have flaws, the idea is that a backtest can provide us with (1) proof of concept and (2) an indication of what we might be able to expect from the system in different market environments. For example, while the results were favorable in most years, the system did not perform well in year 2005/2006 and the Aggressive Model underperformed the S&P 500 in 2011. However, from a longer-term standpoint, we are pleased with the way the system performs in most market environments.

The table below shows the backtested results for the upgraded Daily Decision System put into service on 1/1/2015.


Daily Decision Trading System Live Performance:

Below is a summary of the cumulative returns of the three Daily Decision strategies since we began issuing signals in 2009.

The Daily Decision Trading System
Live Performance Results
From 1/1/2009



Period


Main
Model


Hybrid
Model


Aggressive
Model

Barclay L/S
HedgeFund
Index*


S&P 500
Index
2009 +63.51% +204.78% +161.00% +14.42% +23.45%
2010 +20.58% +33.43% +61.20% +36.52% +12.78%
2011 -4.58% -7.42% -26.80% -4.58% -0.00%
2012 +9.81% +8.14% +16.47% +6.35% +13.41%
2013 +19.78% +27.27% +44.34% +13.85% +29.60%
2014 +3.93% +3.54% -1.14% +3.74% +11.93%
2015 (YTD) -9.22% -11.65% -15.00% +3.47%* -9.29%

Cumulative
Total Return:
+133.46% +374.24% +335.08% +52.21%* +87.55%

Average
Annual Return:

(2009 - 2014)
+17.05%
Per Year
+32.31%
Per Year
+31.28%
Per Year
+6.83%
Per Year
+14.81%
Per Year
* Updated Monthly

Have a great day!

David D. Moenning
Founder, StateoftheMarkets.com
President, Heritage Capital Research



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Daily Decision Links:

Daily Decision Resource Page - More information and complete details about the Daily Decision Service

New Member Ratings Explained

Market Environment Model Explained

Daily Decision Model Portfolios Explained

Interactive Performance Details

Backtested Performance Information - Includes Returns for the Adaptive System Currently Being Employed

Introduction to the Graduated Exposure System

Backtested Performance of Graduated Exposure System

Performance/Statistical FactSheet for Graduated Exposure System

Information on Account Management

Heritage Capital Research


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Posted to Daily Decisions Service on Aug 26, 2015 — 8:08 AM
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