Does your
trend-following system have a real edge? Easy to know. Test the short
side against stock indexes. The S&P500 returned an average of 10.15%
since 1957. So, making money going against such an upward drift is not
easy. If your system has timing accuracy, it should be profitable when
going short. The table below shows the key performance figures resulting
from shorting the S&P500 with my Composite Trend Indicator (made of
the Dow Theory and the Blay Timing Indicator). Key insights:
The
Profit Factor (total profit/total loss) is a remarkable 4.3. During the
period tested, we were short only 10.57% of the time with a CAGR of
2.41% (which is equivalent to 22.80% if we had been invested all the
time). The maximum peak-to-trough drawdown is a well-contained -17.45%
vs. ca. 55% for Buy and Hold, and the average short lasted only 47.72
days.
Your may find the first post of this saga HERE.
Sincerely,
Manuel Blay
Editor of thedowtheory.com
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