For the first 20 days of March 2020, the Bull & Bear Tracker’s back tested signals performance was spectacular. Utilizing the signals to day trade the unleveraged S&P 500 long (SPY) and short (SH) ETFs produced a cumulative gain of 41%. The trend trading signals, which for a majority of the time are held overnight, generated a gain of 32%.
Due to the violent swings for the market, which began on February 20, 2019, the day after the S&P 500, reached its all-time high, the goal has been to reduce the signals’ risk. Being out of the market and in cash before happy hour every day certainly goes a long way to reduce risk.
There have been 18 signal changes for the first 15 trading days of March. The percentage of winning day trading signals was 88.8% (16/18).and for the trend trading signals was 83.3% (15/18)
The day trader’s performance on March 12th was spectacular. It bought the SPY on the open and sold it for a gain of 8.4%. It then bought the SH and sold it for a gain of 13.0% by the end of the day. The round-trip gain was 21.4%.
The wildest multi-signals day was March 16, 2020. There were four signal changes. The signal went from green the night before to red on the open, back to a green by 10:00AM and then back to a red by noon. The signal then went to green during the last hour of trading. Three of the four signals were winners. The cumulative percentage gain for the trend trader for the day was 8.8%.
The day traded signals’ worst daily performance was on March 20th, a decline of 5.2%. The trend trader’s worst signal was a two-day green which ended on March 18th with a decline of 6.8%.
Since the markets will continue to be volatile the monthly percentage gains from the Bull & Bear Tracker’s signals from trading the SPY and the SH will likely remain in the double digits for the foreseeable future. The much riskier double and triple leveraged long and short ETFs would boost the monthly gains to in excess of 20% and 30% respectively.
The market has been and will remain very volatile and dangerous for anyone who is not a professional to trade. Therefore, for the time being the signals are being made only available to registered investment advisors who have been vetted by us. To be referred to a qualified registered investment advisor click below.
Based on my recent empirical research findings from analyzing prior crashes which have similar traits as the crash of 2020, the probability is high that the decline from the top to the bottom will be from 79% to 89%. The final bottom will be reached between October and December of 2022. For the rationale and empirical data which supports my crash bottom forecasts read my 2020 crash related articles.
My prediction is that the S&P 500’s secular bull market which began in March 2009 ended on February 19, 2020. The ninth secular bear since 1802 began on February 20th. Based on the peaks of the last three secular bull markets as compared to the troughs of the of the three most recent secular bears, the S&P 500 could decline by an additional 47% to 80% from its March 6, 2020 close.
The video of my “Secular Bulls & Bears: Each requires different investing strategies” workshop at the February 2020 Orlando Money Show is highly recommended. The educational video explains secular bulls and bears and includes strategies to protect assets during secular bear markets and recessions, etc.
BullsNBears.com which covers all of the emerging and declining economic and market trends is an excellent resource site. Click here to view one-minute video about the site.
A strategy to liquidate all mutual fund holdings and the majority of all stock holdings should be deployed immediately. Time is of the essence. To understand why diversification does not work and why penny and low-priced stocks should be held watch Money Show workshop video.
To maximize the liquidation amounts a registered investment advisor (RIA) who has been vetted by BullsNBears.com should be utilized. The advisor must have the expertise to technically trade the market so that higher liquidation prices can be obtained. Since any referred RIA will be able to utilize the Bull & Bear Tracker’s signals to manage a portion of a portfolio, losses could quickly be recouped. It’s because the Bull & Bear Tracker produces significant profits in declining and in volatile markets. Read “February 2020, Bull & Bear Tracker’s 8th consecutive profitable month” article.
The 2:50 video below provides details on my track records for predicting bankruptcies, market crashes and rallies at crash-bottoms.
