Category Archives: Specific Discussion of Individual Trades

ABOUT SPECIFIC TRADES, POSSIBLE OR ACTUAL

Personal Trades for June

June 9, 2008 – 7:40 am

I’ll be following the Aggressive system, executing trades market at open.

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Aggressive and Personal Trades for May

May 12, 2008 – 7:45 am

In its initial version, Aggressive was an equal-weighted portfolio derived from two different quantitative stock screens, based on companies that trade on U.S. exchanges. Each screen produced an exceptional trading plan by itself, but when the two were combined, the volatility of returns was reduced without much degradation of total returns. This was because their […]

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Personal Trades for April

April 13, 2008 – 11:34 am

Last week, I mentioned in the comments at The Rempel Report that I would be switching the system that I follow for my personal trades, moving from Rotational to Aggressive. I believe that, over the longer term, I’m more likely to achieve my personal absolute return benchmarks having made this switch. While Rotational […]

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100% Long and Good With That

March 16, 2008 – 9:11 pm

It ain’t THAT you’re long, it’s WHAT you’re long. Rotational portfolio suggestions from last week, and what I did with them.

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Personal Trades for March

March 10, 2008 – 4:58 am

I gave some thought to three optional positions over the weekend. I considered grabbing a bottom in low-grade corporate bonds (HYG) instead of making the switch to IEF; I considered taking a higher-yielding position in currencies than the FXF selection, with FXA having recently raised rates and being a liquid, moving currency, or with […]

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