Trendfinder Trading Systems

It was a very active and profitable week.  Volatility continued to be high and so did the profits for these systems.

It was a wildly volatile week (especially the last two days).  These systems held their own with every system having gains except Bobcat I & II.  Volatility will probably remain high next week as well so be prepared for larger than typical gains and losses.

There were not many trades this week due to the FOMC meeting.  However, every trade except one was a nice profitable winner.

Overall it was a winning week.  4 systems had gains, 1 was flat and 3 had very small losses.

It was a winning week for every system.  We had two days of breakout volatility (Wednesday and Friday) which might be foreshadowing of that top in the market so many people are looking for.  Regardless, as long as we have some movement intraday then these systems should do well.

2 systems had gains and 6 systems had losses this week.  Overall it was a sideways consolidating week, which doesn’t give trend following strategies like these very much opportunity for profit.

This was the first week for Jaguar and it handled the market action nicely.

Very quiet holiday week.  2 systems had gains, 3 systems had losses and 2 systems had no trades.  The gains were larger than the losses so overall there was a $140 gain.

It was a very active and profitable week.  Every system had gains.

There were few trade opportunities this week.  The volatility (average daily range) continued going down to anemic levels.  Today (Friday) did have an expanded range with a big move off the open; hopefully that is indicative of higher volatility for the next few weeks.

These strategies did handle the low volatility well, in my opinion, by not jumping in and getting whipsawed – the losses for the week were very low.

Each system had a losing week, but fortunately they were all small losses ($460 max).  This is the third week in a row of losses which is indicative of narrowing ranges and choppy intraday movement.  In my opinion, when the current bullish move turns around, volatility will increase, and profits will return for these systems.