DOOM Trading System

[Cactus]

Cactus is entering the market for a spell here, 50% C 50% S. That means CRAP goes 100% F.

Here are the returns this year through Sep 26:
[TABLE="width: 200"]
[TR]
[TD]Cactus
[/TD]
[TD]CRAP
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD](5.01%)
[/TD]
[TD]16.55%
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[Cactus]

Cactus goes 100% G Fund for early next week. I may get back in before December. That means CRAP goes 50% C, 50% S.

Here are the returns through 11/22/16:

[TABLE="width: 200"]
[TR]
[TD]Cactus[/TD]
[TD]CRAP[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD](1.48%)[/TD]
[TD]12.83%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Cactus is doing better but is still negative for the year while CRAP took a dive with the F Fund.

 

[Cactus]

Cactus goes 100% S Fund today so CRAP goes 100% G Fund.

Here are the returns through Dec 20, 2016:
[TABLE="width: 150"]
[TR]
[TD]Cactus[/TD]
[TD]CRAP[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD](0.66%)[/TD]
[TD]15.3%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[Cactus]

And the day after the trade the market drops like a rock.

Now you know why CRAP does so well and Cactus keeps taking it in the shorts. It's because he's already lost his shirt.

 

[RealMoneyIssues]

And the day after the trade the market drops like a rock.

Now you know why CRAP does so well and Cactus keeps taking it in the shorts. It's because he's already lost his shirt.

I'm with you there brother... maybe I should figure out what my arch-opposite would be at

 

[Minnow]

Wow... you may really be on to something with that CRAP.

What with my moving and stuff I haven't been able to keep up with DOOM.

I hate to say it, but life just got to busy and I stuck my dough in a L fund (2040) and forgot about it. Didn't have time to follow and stuff. I became one of "those people."

Will find a way to stay on top of things once I get my feet set.

Hope all is well with you guys. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year all you super TSPTalkers!!!

 

[Cactus]

For all you enquiering minds out there, this is how Cactus & CRAP finished out 2016:

[TABLE="width: 150"]
[TR]
[TD]Cactus
[/TD]
[TD]CRAP
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD](1.79%)[/TD]
[TD]14.74%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Here are the last 5 year returns together with their 3 & 5 year annualized returns:

[TD="bgcolor: #99CCFF"][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: left"] Cactus [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #99CCFF, align: left"] CRAP [/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: #FFFF99, align: right"]2012[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2.75%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]19.06%[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: #FFFF99, align: right"]2013[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]17.29%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7.29%[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: #FFFF99, align: right"]2014[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] (7.39%)
[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]24.76%[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: #FFFF99, align: right"]2015[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]8.71%[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] (5.87%) [/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: #FFFF99, align: right"]2016[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] (1.79%) [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]14.74%[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: #FFFF99, align: left"]3 Year CAGR[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCFFCC, align: right"] (0.38%) [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCFFCC, align: right"]10.45%[/TD]

[TD="bgcolor: #FFFF99, align: left"]5 Year CAGR[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCFFCC, align: right"]3.57%[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #CCFFCC, align: right"]11.47%[/TD]

 

[Cactus]

Cactus goes 100% G Fund today so CRAP goes 100% S Fund.

Cactus had been in the S Fund all year while CRAP was in G so if you want to know their relative performances so far check out the S & G Funds. They just changed places.

 

[Cactus]

Cactus goes 100% S Fund today so CRAP goes 100% G Fund.

Here are the returns through Oct 30, 2017:
[TABLE="width: 200"]
[TR]
[TD]Cactus[/TD]
[TD]CRAP[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9.39%[/TD]
[TD]5.83%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
CRAP is catching up but you still would have been better of Buy-N-Holding any of our stock funds this year.

 

[uscfanhawaii]

Cactus goes 100% S Fund today so CRAP goes 100% G Fund.

Here are the returns through Oct 30, 2017:
[TABLE="width: 200"]
[TR]
[TD]Cactus
[/TD]
[TD]CRAP
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9.39%
[/TD]
[TD]5.83%
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
CRAP is catching up but you still would have been better of Buy-N-Holding any of our stock funds this year.

Amazing year, especially for the Buy-N-Holders!
A quick look at the Autotracker shows almost NO ONE is negative for the year. Very unusual.

 

[Cactus]

Yeah, especially for me.

 

[nasa1974]

Amazing year, especially for the Buy-N-Holders!
A quick look at the Autotracker shows almost NO ONE is negative for the year. Very unusual.

Just wish we had one or two more IFT's. I'm happy where I'm at, but I would have moved around C&I a little bit if I had some extra IFT's to play with.

 

[Cactus]

Yeah, I would not have stayed out since July if I had another IFT or two to play with.

 

[Cactus]

Here are the End-Of-Year results for cactus & CRAP:

[TABLE="width: 200"]
[TR]
[TD]Cactus[/TD]
[TD]CRAP[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]13.10%[/TD]
[TD]7.65%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Looks like they both made money but not as much as if you had been in any of our equity funds all year. This was a Buy-And_hold year. At least cactus beat CRAP for this year.

 

[Cactus]

Cactus reallocates equities from 100% S to 100% C. This means CRAP remains 100% G.

The return for Cactus so far this year is that of the S Fund: 5.34%

The return for CRAP so far this year is that of the G Fund: 0.17%

 

[Cactus]

As of Feb 5, 2018:

[TABLE="width: 200"]
[TR]
[TD]Cactus[/TD]
[TD]CRAP[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD](2.87%)[/TD]
[TD]0.24%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
CRAP had a rough year against Cactus in 2017 but is looking pretty good now. It just goes to show you that if you stick with Cactus long enough things will turn to CRAP.

 

[Cactus]

Well, February was the first losing month for the S&P500 in 16 months. February was also the first time in years that Cactus decided to go in to the C Fund for the month. Hmmm -- is there a connection? :suspicious:

 

[Cactus]

As of Apr 20, 2018:

[TABLE="width: 200"]
[TR]
[TD]Cactus[/TD]
[TD]CRAP[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD](1.66%)[/TD]
[TD]0.81%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
CRAP is still in the lead this year while Cactus is sticking with negative returns.

 

[Cactus]

Cactus goes 100% S Fund for September so CRAP goes 100% S Fund.

 

[Cactus]

My mistake -- that should have been Cactus goes 100% G Fund.

Here are our respective returns as of Sep 6, 2018:

[TABLE="width: 200"]
[TR]
[TD]Cactus[/TD]
[TD]CRAP[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9.68%[/TD]
[TD]0.51%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
CRAP has fallen behind while Cactus has taken off this year. You don't see that every day.