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czapor1967 said:
I'm wondering where a bunch of people went... Friday there was over 1000 people on the AutoTracker and this morning only 936 ??? I don't get it, although being 936 instead of 1014 on the AT is better I just wonder where everyone went!
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My guess is that inactive accounts fall off the tracker over time. This would be a good question for Tom.
 
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Re: AutoTracker Rules - and how to get started
Update is in red*

We now have over 1000 accounts on the AutoTracker, although some may not be displayed because of inactivity. Being "active" on the AutoTracker simply means logging in. You don't have to make any IFT's. You just need to sign into the AutoTracker or the Forum / Message Board occasionally so we know you are still around.

Here is a breakdown of penalties for inactivity. If you haven't logged into either the AutoTracker or the Message Board for:

  • 60 days: You are ineligible for prizes
  • 90 days: Your account will show up as "Hidden" on the standings pages. Simply signing in will get you back on
  • 180 days: Your account is delisted and you'll need to contact us to be reactivated
  • 1 year: Your account is deleted
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Your account can also be deactivated if your email address in the AutoTracker is not current. If you didn't receive a copy of this message via email recently you may not have a current email address in your profile. Go to: http://www.tsptalk.com/tracker/tsp_user_profile.php to make any necessary changes.

* The change is now signing into the forum will also keep your AutoTracker account active. ​
 
czapor1967 said:
I'm wondering where a bunch of people went... Friday there was over 1000 people on the AutoTracker and this morning only 936 ??? I don't get it, although being 936 instead of 1014 on the AT is better I just wonder where everyone went!
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I think as you beat them they drop out. So as you go up I hope I stay above you.:D You should rise quickly now. Yes?:)
 
After a LONG time in the negative, as far down as -16.56... today I have climbed out and am now in the black!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!! :D
 
CONGRATULATIONS, czapor1967!!! I can relate to how good it feels to get your head above water. Was -16.56 for just this year? I didn't know anyone got that low this year.

Good news is as of today only ~7% on the AT are negative for the year! :)
 
Thanks Cactus! yeah -16.56 was this year, this is my first year on the tracker. I must say I've learned a lot from these folks around here, and also learned the hard way... as that -16.56 will tell you! when I got to that point I decided that I didn't know WTH I was doing and started following the Sentiment Survey, and slowly I started coming up. it was from reading things on here that I went into the "I" fund at the beginning of this month, going against the Survey, but hey it has worked so far! knock on wood!
I plan on following the Survey for the most part starting in January, as it has performed great this year! but if I see any hot tips, I won't hesitate to check them out... the best of luck to you Cactus and everyone else out there!!! :D
 
Congrats czapor1967!!! I am kind of in the same boat, but still about 1.5% in the hole.:o First year on autotracker myself, and it shows I don't know what I'm doing. Pretty frustrating for me since its been a good year overall, but I'm still negative. It seems I would wait for a pullback that would not happen until shortly after I got back in. I'm REALLY hoping for the santa rally to continue to where I will be positive for the year. Kudos to you for coming back from being so far down. Here's to 2013, a fresh start on the autotracker!:beer:
 
okay y'all, I've got a question and I hope I don't sound totally stupid here... but, what are contribution allocations? and why would someone NOT set their allocations to the same thing as their interfund transfer? for instance, say someone went all into the S fund yet their allocations were set all in the G fund. I don't understand why there's a seperate transaction you have to make, am I missing out on something here? :confused:

Thanks in advance!
Chris
 
Contributions come out of your pay to TSP, Allocations are done with IFTs twice a month. Contributions take longer to process.
What I used to do is set my Contributions to go into the "G" and Allocate them out when the market looks good, kind of a hedge. Others do it differently but when the market is down and you are losing money your Contributions going to the "G" look good.
 
thanks nnuut!

so say I've got $15K in my tsp and I'm all into the I fund and my contributions are set the same, is that going to hurt my bottom line at the end of the year? or should my contributions be set to G? I guess I don't understand still :embarrest:
 
czapor1967 said:
thanks nnuut!

so say I've got $15K in my tsp and I'm all into the I fund and my contributions are set the same, is that going to hurt my bottom line at the end of the year? or should my contributions be set to G? I guess I don't understand still :embarrest:
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It won't hurt your bottom line if the markets go up. I can't predict which way the CRAZY Market will go, nobody really knows.
 
nnuut said:
What I used to do is set my Contributions to go into the "G" and Allocate them out when the market looks good, kind of a hedge. Others do it differently but when the market is down and you are losing money your Contributions going to the "G" look good.
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Yeah, and I do mine the opposite. I have my contributions go into equities (the C & S Funds for me) regardless of how I'm currently invested. It's a sort of dollar cost averaging thing that works for me. You can see from the Autotracker that my trades have been less than stellar these last two years, but my actual return has been a few 100th of a % better than that due to my contribution allocation. It's really nothing to brag about. It's more of a psychological thing.The thing to remember is that no matter where you have you contribution going, it all gets reallocated the next time you issue an IFT. So if you get paid every two weeks and you use two IFTs a month you are never going to have more than one pay checks worth of contributions out of sync. I trade less frequently so it is more significant for me.
 
Cactus said:
Yeah, and I do mine the opposite. I have my contributions go into equities (the C & S Funds for me) regardless of how I'm currently invested. It's a sort of dollar cost averaging thing that works for me. You can see from the Autotracker that my trades have been less than stellar these last two years, but my actual return has been a few 100th of a % better than that due to my contribution allocation. It's really nothing to brag about. It's more of a psychological thing.The thing to remember is that no matter where you have you contribution going, it all gets reallocated the next time you issue an IFT. So if you get paid every two weeks and you use two IFTs a month you are never going to have more than one pay checks worth of contributions out of sync. I trade less frequently so it is more significant for me.
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What ever works, works.
 
RealMoneyIssues said:
Haven't needed one yet this month... heck, at this rate, we should have a 36% return this year!!!
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I decided to follow the survey for this year, as it got me out of a deep hole last year. but I made my IFT a day late and that cost me a bunch, but I got on track with the survey using my two IFT's... but I'm watching the "S" fund grow and grow, while the survey sits off on the sidelines. I want in but I can't... UGHHH :notrust:
 
Watch out for giving in to your emotions and jumping in. I did that March last year and ended up negative till Autumn.
 
The way I see it the survey is neutral. Having said that If it was in equities it would be staying in equities, if that makes sense. (not a sell, not a buy)
I would think the risk is minimal considering the VIX, the neutral reading and many other indicators but there are some indicators that look a tad further out saying this is petering. My 2 cents I made yesterday because I'm in the same boat:D
 
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