namor's Vegas Boxer Account Talk

[namor]

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I put all my eggs into the C Fund basket for the last day of the month. It looks like the market may be a little down or flat today. If it picks up and shows a positive move before 11 AM, I may change this.

Tomorrow: 100% C Fund

Roll them bones!

 

[tsptalk]

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Namor-

Great job with the account. Since you are one of the more active traders, is there any chance we can get you to put the fund prices and / or returns of your trades when they are completed? Anything thatwill help us see how you are doing.

Thanks again!
Tom

 

[namor]

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tsptalk wrote:

Namor-

Great job with the account. Since you are one of the more active traders, is there any chance we can get you to put the fund prices and / or returns of your trades when they are completed? Anything thatwill help us see how you are doing.

Thanks again!
Tom

I'm on it already Tom. I have charted my progress for this month and will be posting it on Friday, along with a mythical account of$10,000 invested in my moves would have made. I'd rather do that once a month, as I spend most of the other time trying to figure out what to play.

 

[FundSurfer]

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Namor, have you ever had a trade delayed beyond the end of the day when you have made a trade by 11:00 am? Since you make a bunch of trades, I figure you'd be more likely than most for this to happen to.

 

[tsptalk]

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namor wrote:

I have charted my progress for this month and will be posting it on Friday, along with a mythical account of$10,000 invested in my moves would have made. I'd rather do that once a month, as I spend most of the other time trying to figure out what to play.

Great!

 

[namor]

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FundSurfer wrote:

Namor, have you ever had a trade delayed beyond the end of the day when you have made a trade by 11:00 am? Since you make a bunch of trades, I figure you'd be more likely than most for this to happen to.

No.

I have never experienced a delay as long as I make it by 11 AM CT. One time I made my change last minute, at 10:57 AM, and it took by the COB.

Good luck in your investments.

 

[namor]

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It's a new month!

I am starting fresh with a clean sheet to track my October funds. To start the new month, I am going aggressive again and putting it all into the S fund.

31 days to gamble this month.

Sep 30 - 100% C

Oct 1 - 100% S

 

[namor]

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SEPTEMBER 2004

Date Fund Bought SoldGain/Loss Balance
1 I 13.17 13.20 22.78 10022.78
2 F 10.30 10.27 (29.19) 9993.59
3 S 12.71 12.65 (47.18) 9946.41
7-9 F 10.23 10.28 48.61 9995.02
10 I 13.24 13.38 105.69 10100.71
13 S 12.84 12.91 55.07 10155.78
14-20 F 10.30 10.35 49.29 10205.07
21 I 13.33 13.56 176.08 10381.15
22 F10.35 10.37 20.06 10401.21
23-24 S 12.84 12.86 16.20 10417.41
27-28 I 13.32 13.30 (15.64) 10401.77
29 F 10.36 10.33 (30.12) 10371.65
30 C 11.82 11.82 0.00 10371.65

Total gain in September: 3.716 %

This chart uses a mythical investment amount of $10,000. The dateis what happened on that date; the bought is the previous day'sclose price, and the sell is the end of that day's price.The Gain/Loss column shows what the shares did for that day, and are added or subtracted from the previous day's balance. I used the new balance figure after gain/loss to purchase the next round of shares. All figures are rounded to the nearest penny.

Using $10,000 as a base investment figure makes it easy to apply that number to what your overall fund would have done by multiplying. For instance, if you have $45,000 in your account, just multiply the total earned by 4.5. It also makes it easier to calculate the total percentage gain/loss.

If you followed the 13 moves I made in the month of September, you would have earned $371.66 for each $10,000.00 invested. September wasn't that great on returns for me, but overall, I'll take a 3.716% gain.

Luckily, the game never ends.:u

Let's all have a great October.

 

[TheProphet]

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CONGRATULATIONS !

Namor,

in 12 years you will be able to turn $10,000 into about $2 Millions at that rate...

I expect to do similar...

Good for You...

Leon

 

[cowboy]

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Yeh Namor!! Looks like you are going to get some nice gains again for the start of October! Hopefully F will pay off some on Monday too! I hope so as that is where I am at at the moment! :^

 

[Guest]

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Nice job namor, sure which I could rely on someones hunches,

 

[tsptalk]

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Leon, please ask your questions in the "Account Talk" forum rather than the "Account" forum. Thanks. I moved this one...

From lkatteng...

namor,

Why do you like so much the F Fund ?

Am I missing something...

For me G for safety...

and C, S for Stock agressive advancements...

I also sound good when the $ index is going down...

Would you please tell me what do you find so attractive on the F Fund ?

Just Curious ?

Thanks...



Namor's reponse...

Leon:

Thanks for the question.

Here is why I find the F Fund more attractive in most cases than the G Fund:

As I stated in one of my first posts, I am a gambler. I play Vegas the same way as I play the markets. I look for possible fluctuation. Markets go up, and they go down. If I see losses two days in a row, I am likely to go into that fund, because the high risk funds can fluctuate at a more frenzied pace.

G Fund will always pay a penny about once a week. We all know that. It's nice to be in the G when it pays that penny, but its not if you are sitting in there the other four daysand seeing other funds making big gains. To me, a loss is staying even while missing a big gain, even if its just a day. F Fund, meanwhile, may go up a few pennies while the market is on a down day, making it the only fund to have the potential togain more than a penny for that particular day. If F Fund loses, its rare that it loses more than anickel. A nickel can be made up easily by staying in the F Fund and getting outwhen it fluctuates, or by hitting the high risk funds on a good day.

Hope this helps you understand my strategy. Good luck in your investments.

 

[Cinderella]

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Namor, Did you know that college students are taking in some poker, roulette, and live music? Not for pleasure - for college credit. There is a growing movement toward college educated blackjack dealers, casino security experts, restaurant & entertainment managers, and gaming managers. Class laboratories take on new definitions in these courses that include green felt poker tables, and red & black roulette wheels. Casino nights to benefit charities, and field trips to Vegas, Atlantic City, and the countless Indian-owned casinos in between are part of the course load. Gambling 101 is a pioneer effort that could expand to a four-year degree in entertainment and gaming electronics at some colleges. It's a tough life, but somebody has to do it!

By-the-way, thank-you for sharing your account moves with us. I am astounded that you are so successful with your gambling strategy. Thank you again. I must get back to my charts, MA's, etc, etc... which I have named project CSI: ella

 

[namor]

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Cinderella:

Wow, Gambling 101 as a course? Thats interesting.

As for being astounded about my strategy, you really don't have to be. It's all in timing. For instance,if anybodyhad made only one buy and sellmove all month, you would have beaten my system. Aug 31 - Buy S Sep 30 - Sell S

Of course, you would have to know which day to buy and which day to sell. If you just sat in the S all year, you would have made and lostYTD and end up with just a slightly smaller gain thanif you just bought at the end of August and sold at the end of September. You would have missed opportunities as they came up.

I only hit 8 of my 13 moves. But that's the gambler/boxer strategy, you have to take yourlosses and not worry, then get out of those funds to try to get into one that is set to go up.

Thank you for your comments.

 

[FundSurfer]

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Thanks for posting the table of numbers, it helped me find a datingerror in the way I calculate based gains.

 

[tsptalk]

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This has been difficult to enforce so I'll have tocontinue to remind everyonethat if you have a question or comment about namor's account, please post it here. Do not use the actual "Account" forum for his purpose. The "Account Talk" forums are for that purpose.

That is true of all the members' accounts. I have to delete the posts in the "Account" forums to keep them clean so we can go in and quickly see what that member is doing.

Much appreciation.
Tom

 

[namor]

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It has been difficult to sit idling in the F this week, and I am going to jump into the S river and swim downstream a ways.

Hope there's no waterfalls ahead. I'm rolling the dice. . .

Today: 100% FFund

Tomorrow: 100% S Fund

 

[namor]

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I feel the need for SPEED! Top gunning it into the I fund.



Today: S Fund 100%

Tomorrow: I fund 100%

 

[tsptalk]

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Good for you namor. All or nothing :^.

How's your return doing since you started the account?

 

[namor]

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I am changing my allocation again.



Today: I Fund 100%

Tomorrow: C Fund 100%



Note: Tom, I will do another chart at the end of month detailing all my October moves as well as gains/losses.