The newsletter has been profitable for 5 weeks out of 5 weeks, which is the entire lifespan of the newsletter so far. I promised some transparency, and this will be a regular feature week-in-week-out. Transparency means that you can realistically assess the value of the newsletter based on verifiable results. Therefore each week, when I post the previous week’s newsletter, so that non-subscribers can follow and assess for themselves the value provided, I shall post these screenshots to aid in that assessment.

Current position:

As can be seen 50% of the available capital is in cash, 50% in the SPY ETF. So the 6.96% return is based on a 50% cash position. This will change over time, as I am running a hybrid strategy that can be followed via the newsletter at the subscribers option.

This next screenshot is of all the trades made as of inception at 21 December 2011.

As can be seen, the position was purchased on 21 December 2011, and no further trades to date have been executed. This is entirely consistent with the newsletter that has recommended ‘Hold Long’ for the last 5 weeks.

Next you will be able to track the profitability of the two strategies that run in the newsletter: the data will indicate profitable trades, at the moment, both strategies are long, and there have been no trades, so it’s a little difficult to show how this will work in the future, all will become clearer.

The graph illustrates the relative return against the benchmark, which in this case is obviously the S&P500. Currently, as I am 50% in cash, relative returns lag the index. There is a method behind this, and over time I will significantly outperform the benchmark. For the moment however, it-is-what-it-is.

I will from this week add another market, which will be Gold. I’ll probably add silver at a later date.