ripper's account talk

[DreamboatAnnie]

Thats a beautiful view! I bet its a wonder each time you look out....burrr......
Best wishes to you Ripper! :smile:

Only two-and-a-half months until the first day of winter.
This is what it looks like here today. :smile:

 

[ravensfan]

Ripper,

Loved the pics. They reminded me of the camping trip the wife and I took to the Black Hills this past June/July as part of a 5000 mile 12 state adventure. Beautiful part of the country you decided to call home.

Glad to hear things worked out with the stage 3 cancer. It is amazing how much our attitude towards life changes when faced with such adversity. And with that, I dedicate this video to you.

 

[ripper]

Thats a beautiful view! I bet its a wonder each time you look out....burrr......
Best wishes to you Ripper! :smile:

Thanks, DA!
Yes, I often feel like I should pinch myself when I wake up in the morning. It's amazing how much a person's life can change. :smile:

 

[ripper]

Ripper,

Loved the pics. They reminded me of the camping trip the wife and I took to the Black Hills this past June/July as part of a 5000 mile 12 state adventure. Beautiful part of the country you decided to call home.

Glad to hear things worked out with the stage 3 cancer. It is amazing how much our attitude towards life changes when faced with such adversity. And with that, I dedicate this video to you.

Thanks so much! I'm not much of a country music fan and I've never heard that song before. But I love it! So much truth in it that I never would have fully understood before.
This really touched me. Thanks again, ravensfan!

 

[ripper]

I'm happy to share that my battle against cancer has been going well. My latest scan a few weeks ago was clean and my next scan won't be for another year instead of six months. That was the best Christmas present I could hope for. I'm so grateful and blessed.

I've decided to track another ETF trading system on here. I'm primarily tracking it on here for my own accountability. I have a tendency to sometimes let these things slide and not keep on top of them or maybe not be as accurate as I should in my tracking.
This system has done pretty well in the past, but what matters most is how it does in the present. The system primarily trades UPRO and SPXU, with positions lasting from several days to possibly over a month. It also may be in a neutral position in cash at times.

The system is currently holding UPRO, which it moved to on 12/2 and has shown a gain of about 11% since then. But since I want to be as transparent as possible, I will use the price of UPRO at COB on 12/31 as the starting point for tracking in 2020.
I will try to post all trades as close to real-time as possible.

 

[DreamboatAnnie]

Hi Ripper, So glad to hear the good news! May God continue to bless you and your family.

I look forward to hearing about your investment moves. Best Wishes! :smile:

PS. Are you staying in the Black Hills places now? Burrrrr....

 

[FAAM]

I'm happy to share that my battle against cancer has been going well. My latest scan a few weeks ago was clean ...

I too am happy you can share such blessed news, and pray you only hear such good news in the future. I too will look forward to reading you market posts. Thank you.

 

[Mcqlives]

Awesome news! Happy 2020 to you and yours!

 

[ripper]

Hi Ripper, So glad to hear the good news! May God continue to bless you and your family.

I look forward to hearing about your investment moves. Best Wishes! :smile:

PS. Are you staying in the Black Hills places now? Burrrrr....

Thank you! Yes, I have undeservedly been blessed!

I'm still in the Black Hills. It's beautiful here in the winter, too, with the snow. And things slow down quite a bit when tourist season ends.
But the winters are rather long. I was ice fishing on Halloween and we're received around 6 feet of snow so far.

Due to the long winter here, I'm leaving on Monday and don't plan to return until early March. I'll be spending about a week in Oklahoma and then in Texas with kids and grandkids. Then on to Florida for about 6 weeks on the beach. Then back here the first part of March to catch the end of winter. I love watching and experiencing the evolution of winter into spring here.
I love retirement!

Welp - one day into tracking my trading system on here and it's on the wrong side of a major world event. :suspicious: Those things obviously happen and I'll just have to see how it plays out.

 

[ripper]

Sold 50% of UPRO @ 72.65. Will sell the other half at the close.

 

[ripper]

Sold 50% of UPRO @72.65. Will sell the other half at the close.

 

[ripper]

Sold the other 50% of the UPRO position at the close @ $73.00, for an average selling price of $72.825. The basis for the trade was $70.01 - the price of UPRO at the close on 12/31.
Trade had a net profit of 4.0%.
The system is currently in cash.

 

[ripper]

Unless there is a major change in the market between now and the close, the system will move to a sell signal and will take a 50% position in SPXU at its closing price.

 

[ripper]

Unless there is a major change in the market between now and the close, the system will move to a sell signal and will take a 50% position in SPXU at its closing price.

Took a 50% position in SPXU @ 18.93.

 

[ripper]

I was traveling yesterday and unable to post an update.
The system moved to a cash position at the close and sold the 50% SPXU position at $18.83, for a loss of 0.3%.
The system is now +3.7% YTD and currently in cash.

 

[ripper]

I was traveling yesterday and unable to post an update.
The system moved to a cash position at the close and sold the 50% SPXU position at $18.83, for a loss of 0.3%.
The system is now +3.7% YTD and currently in cash.

Ugh. I misread the signal. System did not change and maintains a 50% position in SPXU. Issues with being on the road. Time change messed me up.

 

[ripper]

Due to limited internet access, I learned this morning that the system moved from a sell to a buy at the close yesterday. Therefore, I sold my SPXU position a little bit ago at $18.33 and will buy UPRO at today's closing price.

 

[Whipsaw]

Ripper, for us TSP types... is that like a move from C to F?

 

[ripper]

Ripper, for us TSP types... is that like a move from C to F?

No. It would be similar to moving from G and/or F to C and/or S.
I'm using this system for my positions on the AutoTracker to see how it works with the TSP system and made a transfer to 50C/50/S today. I used it for the AutoTracker last year and had a return of over 14%, which I was satisfied with since it was in the G fund the majority of the time.

 

[Whipsaw]

If its not too much trouble, could you translate your moves to TSP speak? It would be highly appreciated by many, I'm sure. I obviously had it 180 out, which could prove to be disastrous in decision making.